Thanks! I really like how the tubes are perfectly readable in bright indoor lighting, while still not being offensively bright in a dark room.
On Monday, November 11, 2024 at 10:45:44 PM UTC+1 Nicholas Stock wrote: > 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/98be9120-82a6-4e5b-862a-eb5380a37419n%40googlegroups.com.
