I am Gen X and grew up with side table alarm clocks that had VFD or a n some cases flip cards to display numbers. These days we are using our cell phones to get us up. Old tube clock have been a hobby if mine for awhile, I would love to see one that had apple integration. I understand Apple licensing it would not make sense for a niche product but I wonder if there is an already licensed device that could be integrated.
Collin On Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 12:08:09 PM UTC-5 Collin Smith wrote: > I want iPhone integration. 🤣 > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Feb 5, 2023, at 01:29, Moses <[email protected]> wrote: > > That looks really neat! Looks like the cases Ramsey Electronics used to > use as their 'standard' kit case. > > > I've made and sold my fair share of clocks and kits. Surprisingly alarms > were low on the list of feature requests. I recall someone telling me they > didn't want their delicate $200 clock waking them up lol. > I'm going to see about adding an alarm as a mod to my existing kits, just > a beeper/speaker, a switch and some code. Could go fancy with music and a > radio, but a basic alarm is.. well pretty basic. > > I've got a fair number of prototypes that never went into production as > well. They are not failures.. they are "limited editions" :) > > Speaking of old and tired.. this prototype has a date code of 2008.. seems > like yesterday. > > Regards, > -Moses > > <neonixie-some-prototypes.jpg> > > > On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 8:55:18 PM UTC-8 petehand wrote: > >> I designed one about ten years ago. I made a few and offered them on >> Ebay, but nobody was interested. The prototype has been waking me reliably >> in the morning for ten years. It has IN17s, 12 or 24 hour mode, two >> completely independent alarms, snooze adjustable 1 to 9 minutes, a tilt >> switch for snooze (reach out blindly and slap it) and a supercap to keep >> time for a nominal 24 hours if it gets unplugged. It uses a 12V wall wart >> for power. I believe I still have one left, tucked in a drawer somewhere, >> and a few partly assembled boards and parts. >> >> [image: IN17 alarm front.jpg] >> >> [image: IN17 alarm open.jpg] >> >> I'm old and tired now and I'm never going to pick this project up again. >> Does anybody feel like taking it over? It's a shame to let it die. >> >> >> >> -- > 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/c92ab8a6-1d28-4770-b71b-ccbf1c292799n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c92ab8a6-1d28-4770-b71b-ccbf1c292799n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > <neonixie-some-prototypes.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/efc37b27-fb39-4613-aad3-0ad01cb73c46n%40googlegroups.com.
