Re: [neonixie-l] Jeff Thomas Nixie Clock

2016-10-06 Thread Greg P 
John,

It truly is about as basic of a clock as you can get.  Yes, it's almost 
impossible to set the seconds accurately.  I'm sure it's why Jeff came out 
with his NixiSat/NixiChron/GPSII series of clocks which were a big 
improvement in features and functionality.  

I like it mostly because it was Jeff's first design and what started it all 
for his Nixie endeavors.

Greg



On Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 2:37:45 AM UTC-4, Nixcited delighted wrote:
>
> I built one of these as my first clock and it was horrendous. It's almost 
> impossible to set the time with a magnet without overshooting. I found it 
> was better to split the hours and minutes, because otherwise if you 
> overshoot the minutes setting it clocks the hours on. 
>
> I also found the CMOS very sensitive to stray noise and would often find 
> the time had changed spontaneously. 
>
> John S 
>
>
> On 6 Oct 2016, at 02:30, David Forbes wrote: 
>
> > Greg. 
> > 
> > See the bottom of the Harris clock page 
> > 
> > http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/nixclock.html#ready 
> > 
> > to see the seconds display and time-setting option described. 
>

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Re: [neonixie-l] Jeff Thomas Nixie Clock

2016-10-06 Thread Quixotic Nixotic 
I built one of these as my first clock and it was horrendous. It's almost 
impossible to set the time with a magnet without overshooting. I found it was 
better to split the hours and minutes, because otherwise if you overshoot the 
minutes setting it clocks the hours on.

I also found the CMOS very sensitive to stray noise and would often find the 
time had changed spontaneously.

John S


On 6 Oct 2016, at 02:30, David Forbes wrote:

> Greg.
> 
> See the bottom of the Harris clock page
> 
> http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/nixclock.html#ready
> 
> to see the seconds display and time-setting option described.

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Re: [neonixie-l] Jeff Thomas Nixie Clock

2016-10-05 Thread Greg P 
David,

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of the seconds link.  Seems there's 
another reed switch that needs to be installed if the seconds option is 
used, not sure if Jeff added that switch?  I'll have to check.

I suspect no as I really couldn't dial in the seconds when I set the time.



On Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 9:29:59 PM UTC-4, nixiebunny wrote:
>
> Greg. 
>
> See the bottom of the Harris clock page 
>
> http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/nixclock.html#ready 
>
> to see the seconds display and time-setting option described. 
>
>
> On 10/4/2016 7:16 PM, Greg P wrote: 
> > David, 
> > 
> > Thanks for the info and link.  That will be very helpful. 
> > 
> > Still would like to have an documentation that Jeff may have provided 
> > with the clock.  Also trying to figure out how to set the seconds on 
> > this thing. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 9:38:32 PM UTC-4, nixiebunny wrote: 
> > 
> > Greg, 
> > 
> > This clock is described on Mike Harris' Nixie Clock Gallery page: 
> > 
> > http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/nixiegallery.html 
> >  
> > 
> > It's a Harris mains-driven Nixie clock board that Jeff butchered to 
> > drive an NL840 display board that he made. 
> > 
> > 
> > On 10/4/2016 6:04 PM, Greg P wrote: 
> > > Any folks out there happen to have an Instruction Manual or BOM 
> > for this 
> > > clock? 
> > > 
> > > http://www.nixie.dk/~jthomas/nixieclock.html 
> >  
> > > 
> > > This was the first Nixie clock Jeff made and I was lucky enough to 
> > just 
> > > acquire one.  I do not have a manual for it and figured someone in 
> > the 
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> > > 
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Re: [neonixie-l] Jeff Thomas Nixie Clock

2016-10-05 Thread Greg P 
Hi Dixter,

I appreciate the links but the clock I have isn't Jeff's NixiChron... The 
links you provided are for that model, which is a much newer version of the 
clock I'm trying to find documentation on.  The NixiChron is a totally 
different beast.

Thanks

On Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 4:09:28 PM UTC-4, dixter wrote:
>
> Here is the original web site that Jeff set up and has now been posted for 
> us.  at the bottom you can download the manual... I have listed both 
> for you
>
> the web site is:
>
> http://www.nixie.dk/~jthomas/nixichron.html
>
> and the manual is here:
>
> http://www.nixie.dk/~jthomas/NixiChron.pdf
>
> enjoy
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Re: [neonixie-l] Jeff Thomas Nixie Clock

2016-10-05 Thread dixter 
Here is the original web site that Jeff set up and has now been posted for 
us.  at the bottom you can download the manual... I have listed both 
for you

the web site is:

http://www.nixie.dk/~jthomas/nixichron.html

and the manual is here:

http://www.nixie.dk/~jthomas/NixiChron.pdf

enjoy

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Re: [neonixie-l] Jeff Thomas Nixie Clock

2016-10-04 Thread Greg P 
David,

Thanks for the info and link.  That will be very helpful.

Still would like to have an documentation that Jeff may have provided with 
the clock.  Also trying to figure out how to set the seconds on this thing. 
 



On Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 9:38:32 PM UTC-4, nixiebunny wrote:
>
> Greg, 
>
> This clock is described on Mike Harris' Nixie Clock Gallery page: 
>
> http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/nixiegallery.html 
>
> It's a Harris mains-driven Nixie clock board that Jeff butchered to 
> drive an NL840 display board that he made. 
>
>
> On 10/4/2016 6:04 PM, Greg P wrote: 
> > Any folks out there happen to have an Instruction Manual or BOM for this 
> > clock? 
> > 
> > http://www.nixie.dk/~jthomas/nixieclock.html 
> > 
> > This was the first Nixie clock Jeff made and I was lucky enough to just 
> > acquire one.  I do not have a manual for it and figured someone in the 
> > group may.  If so, would you be so kind as to share a copy. 
> > 
> > Thanks 
> > 
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Re: [neonixie-l] Jeff Thomas Nixie Clock

2016-10-04 Thread David Forbes 

Greg,

The clock schematic is on this page:

http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/nixclock.html


On 10/4/2016 6:38 PM, David Forbes wrote:

Greg,

This clock is described on Mike Harris' Nixie Clock Gallery page:

http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/nixiegallery.html

It's a Harris mains-driven Nixie clock board that Jeff butchered to
drive an NL840 display board that he made.


On 10/4/2016 6:04 PM, Greg P wrote:

Any folks out there happen to have an Instruction Manual or BOM for this
clock?

http://www.nixie.dk/~jthomas/nixieclock.html

This was the first Nixie clock Jeff made and I was lucky enough to just
acquire one.  I do not have a manual for it and figured someone in the
group may.  If so, would you be so kind as to share a copy.

Thanks


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Re: [neonixie-l] Jeff Thomas Nixie Clock

2016-10-04 Thread David Forbes 

Greg,

This clock is described on Mike Harris' Nixie Clock Gallery page:

http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/nixiegallery.html

It's a Harris mains-driven Nixie clock board that Jeff butchered to 
drive an NL840 display board that he made.



On 10/4/2016 6:04 PM, Greg P wrote:

Any folks out there happen to have an Instruction Manual or BOM for this
clock?

http://www.nixie.dk/~jthomas/nixieclock.html

This was the first Nixie clock Jeff made and I was lucky enough to just
acquire one.  I do not have a manual for it and figured someone in the
group may.  If so, would you be so kind as to share a copy.

Thanks


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