Well done Anders, looks very nice... numitrons don't get enough love in my opinion, they have a nice warm incandescent glow all of their own..
Cheers, Nick On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 1:27 PM Jeff Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > Very nice looking! Clean and simple. I like the wood. > > > > Jeff > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On > Behalf Of *Anders Mikkelsen > *Sent:* Monday, November 11, 2024 3:16 PM > *To:* neonixie-l <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [neonixie-l] Another Numitron clock > > > > I came across some NOS DR-2100 Numitrons a while back, and decided to > design a clock around them, as a delayed Christmas present for family and > friends. > > > > The design is pretty basic, but it gave me a chance to finally make > something which resembles a finished product, using some basic woodworking > with hand tools, and I must say I'm really happy with the result. > > > > I never really fell in love with Numitrons from seeing photos, but a > friend had built a clock with some Russian ones and that was the turning > point for me. Since I acquired enough tubes to make some clocks, I decided > to go with a mass-manufacturable design on a single PCB, in order to > simplify the assembly. > > > > On the firmware side, there was a lot of experimentation with WiFi, NTP, > DST and time zones, but I recently decided to strip it down to bare basics > with manually settable time, as that ended up being the lesser evil > compared to captive portal web configuration and WiFi setup with endless > complications. Often simpler is better, and I'm happy to see that my single > button time setting code is intuitive enough that most people figure it out > on their own. > > > > I'm still a bit on the fence about sharing design files, but I'm > gravitating towards doing so. For now this is just a showcase of my own > project, which might hopefully inspire people to pick up some nice wood and > a hand plane. > > -- > 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, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/daf63507-dd7b-421b-8957-a1f2c6376d88n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/daf63507-dd7b-421b-8957-a1f2c6376d88n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > 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, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/002901db3480%24791ca420%246b55ec60%24%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/002901db3480%24791ca420%246b55ec60%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHLw22Sd4ESdMksi%3DGKyTqDU%3DWG23yTNYF-ko4tEd611sw%40mail.gmail.com.
