I've not had hands on the housing myself but I suspect 'solid' is avery good description! - Richard
On Wednesday, 15 June 2022 at 03:57:26 UTC+1 严泽远 wrote: > Nice job, I like it, looks very solid ;) > > > 在2022年6月14日星期二 UTC+8 19:36:52<Richard Scales> 写道： > >> I am posting this on behalf of the creator of this piece, I laid out the >> electronics for it and he came up with the concept and the precision >> machined case - so it's actually his project. >> >> From an initial post elsewhere: >> "Hi everyone, >> I would like to present my first Nixie clock design. My goal was to think >> outside the box and to do something different to what I have seen until now. >> >> All the housing parts are custom and made in Germany. They were machined >> from aluminum blocks using CNC mill & lathe. The surfaces of the aluminum >> parts were anodized for protection and to achieve the characteristic dark >> grey tone. >> >> The size of the clock seen from the front is approximately 0.5 meters. >> >> The electronics are mounted from the bottom of the housing. The cover >> enclosing the electronics is made from clear polycarbonate to allow a >> connection to Wi-Fi if desired. >> Richard Scales has done a great job in developing the electronics. They >> consist of a main board, six sockets and six ribbon cables with connectors >> and is a development of the ‘PRISM’ open source design by Ian Sparkes. The >> electronics are feature rich and include WiFi connection, NTP sync, >> optional RTC, Web GUI, Anti Cathode poisoning, configurable tube >> underlighting and optional PIR connection for motion activation. >> >> Below the BOM for this project: >> -1x Housing + screws >> -1x Electronic board >> -6x Sockets >> -6x Ribbon cables >> -6x Tubes RZ568M >> -1x Charger (12VDC,2A) >> >> Anyone interested in this unique DIY Nixie clock project do not hesitate >> in letting me know. I can gladly provide all the housing parts and point >> you in the right direction to get the rest of components needed." >> >> Anyone interested in this project could PM me in the first instance and I >> will pass the details on. >> >> - Richard >> >> [image: P1.jpg][image: P2.jpg][image: P3.jpg][image: P4.jpg][image: >> P5.jpg][image: P6.jpg][image: P7.jpg][image: P8.jpg][image: P9.jpg][image: >> P10.jpg][image: P11.jpg][image: P12.jpg]- >> >> -- 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/358f01df-83a4-494d-a1fc-9349935ffbaen%40googlegroups.com.
