There's no law against displaying minutes:seconds on a 4-digit clock, so that can help mix things up a bit.
BTW, I modified my LED clock (ewww....aren't LEDs blasphemy for nixie addicts ??) to display the date every 31 seconds (instead of every 30), so that lessens the monotony. On Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 8:46:12 PM UTC-8 Richard Scales wrote: > I like that too though, as this clock has no seconds to display - I want > to make it slightly more dynamic - hence the desire to perhaps have 3 x > random words + the date stuff during each minute. > > I'll have a go at making it as random as possible. > > - Richard > > > On Saturday, 1 February 2025 at 06:33:32 UTC newxito wrote: > >> In my clocks, I set every hour a random second for the alternate thing. I >> think this is an acceptable compromise. >> >> gregebert schrieb am Freitag, 31. Januar 2025 um 17:50:51 UTC+1: >> >>> I would pick an interval that is a prime number, so that the exact >>> second where the FLW, date, etc comes up varies slightly. So instead of 15, >>> use 17 or 19. Most of my clocks do their alternate thing at 15 and 45 >>> seconds, and it's predictably annoying, and annoyingly predictable. I'm >>> gonna go back and recode that. >>> >>> If you have other clocks in the room, then 15 seconds is probably OK; >>> but if it's the only clock I would stretch it out closer to 30. >>> >>> On Friday, January 31, 2025 at 3:14:46 AM UTC-8 Richard Scales wrote: >>> >>>> I too have a PIR connected so it is only ever on when needed, direct >>>> drive and PWM is available to dim if required. >>>> At 30 seconds past it does the date/temp etc thing - but as it is only >>>> a four letter word clock, I was thinking of putting a word up every 15 >>>> seconds. >>>> Is that too many, too few or about right ? >>>> - Richard >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, 31 January 2025 at 06:57:29 UTC gregebert wrote: >>>> >>>>> Shouldn't be a problem; these are sturdy tubes. I have an 8-tube clock >>>>> and every 30 seconds it displays the day (eg, SATURDAY) and the date (eg >>>>> JAN 30). No signs of segments weakening after several years. I have a PIR >>>>> sensor so most of the time the display is running a walking segment >>>>> pattern >>>>> (1 segment of 1 tube). The ^ symbol is rarely used and shows no signs of >>>>> poisoning. Tubes are direct-drive with no PWM dimming, and there are >>>>> current limiters to keep the segment current and total anode current >>>>> within >>>>> datasheet limits. >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 8:40:55 PM UTC-8 Richard Scales wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I am working on a design for a FLW clock using B-7971 tubes with the >>>>>> original Cinch sockets. Having built a prototype I can see that these >>>>>> sockets are super kind to the tubes. >>>>>> >>>>>> Given that a FLW clock displaying HHMM will have a very static >>>>>> display most of the time, I am wondering how often it might be suitable >>>>>> to >>>>>> display a WORD. >>>>>> >>>>>> I already have something happening at 30 seconds past the minute, >>>>>> either the date, temperature, pressure, humidity or a scrolling message. >>>>>> >>>>>> For the rest of the minute, and given that there are 1000's of FLW's >>>>>> - would once every 15 seconds be too little or too much? >>>>>> >>>>>> Can anyone advise as to how existing FLW clocks handle this? >>>>>> >>>>>> - Richard >>>>>> >>>>>> -- 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/c2a76aad-9d76-4b80-a2f8-ad7ec91d9abfn%40googlegroups.com.
