Oh, that's a pretty clock! Considering that the tubes hover around $35-$50 each, $240 isn't a bad price.
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 5:07:32 AM UTC-8 Bill Notfaded wrote: > Numitrons are awesome! Driving them is so much easier than Nixie we all > can relate to that. I especially like the Russian Queen Numitron IV-13 and > also IV-19's because they have the extra segments. The Queens are sweet > though when underlit with blue leds like here: > https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/e1IAAOSw44dcA-TN/s-l1600.jpg and here: > https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/LG0AAOSw3bZcA-Tg/s-l1600.jpg > I'm from USA so of course love the RCA and Apollo Numi's. > > Bill > > On Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at 5:13:17 AM UTC-7 newxito wrote: > >> Some years ago, I made some ornaments using transparent plastic balls >> with an IN-18 inside. I did not use any underlight. I made the connections >> with ugly gray 12-conductor cables. Somebody in the group gave me the idea >> to hide the cables inside colored (green, brown, gold, …) cable sleeves. >> That was the solution to the main aesthetic problem. Hiding the controller >> was very easy :-) >> Anyway, it would be nice to see some numitron decorations… >> >> >> Richard Scales schrieb am Dienstag, 16. November 2021 um 10:40:45 UTC+1: >> >>> Well, that's an interesting idea - and with some code adjustment - >>> hanging numitrons would work just fine. >>> I suspect that ribbon cable might not be the connection of choice as >>> you might want to match the tree decor, some bundle of green/dark wires >>> might need to be utilised. >>> In which case - for connections to the main board, would 0.1" >>> male/female pins/sockets suffice? >>> - Richard >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, 16 November 2021 at 06:40:22 UTC newxito wrote: >>> >>>> Well, it's December soon, my favorite application for remote >>>> nixies/numitrons is making ornaments (balls) and hang them on the tree. A >>>> 4-digit clock in the tree looks very nice. >>>> >>>> Richard Scales schrieb am Dienstag, 16. November 2021 um 04:51:58 UTC+1: >>>> >>>>> Do you see an application for a remote board? >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c7adef60-bd30-4146-9eb6-2fecb12e48bfn%40googlegroups.com.
