[neonixie-l] Flip Clock with WWVB

Thought a few people might be interested in this for a fun little kit (although not Nixie). http://www.makershed.com/products/electric-wave-clock They had it for $54.99 Sale price of $24.99 BUT, if you go to the site, it is a blow out sale for $9.99 Just the WWVB receiver is worth that for

Re: [neonixie-l] Flip Clock with WWVB

This is likely JJY and not WWVB. Japanese radio controlled clocks receive JJY at 40/60 kHz. US clocks receive WWVB at 60 kHz; and the data formats are incompatible. /tvb > On Jan 27, 2016, at 4:05 PM, Michail1 via neonixie-l > wrote: > > Thought a few people

Re: [neonixie-l] Flip Clock with WWVB

Sounds like a project clock for arduino with RTC then except that the internals/case are done for only $10 each. :) Thanks for the input. I will update when I receive them. Michail In a message dated 1/27/2016 7:33:04 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, t...@leapsecond.com writes: This is

Re: [neonixie-l] Microchip finally buys Atmel

On 01/27/2016 09:22 AM, Nick wrote: > +1 on hating the PIC "architecture". > > I was always an AVR man, then I discovered the MSP430 series... :) Interesting. I plugged MPS430 into mouser and what came up is a large 100 pin chip that is fairly expensive. Are there smaller versions in the

Re: [neonixie-l] Microchip finally buys Atmel

The whole MSP430 toolchain is free. You only pay if you want the slightly better optimiser in the commercial variant which also allows bigger binaries, however the gnu MSP430 compiler has no limits, is fully supported by the TI IDE, and is free - TI's commercial offering is the same gnu gcc/g++

Re: [neonixie-l] Microchip finally buys Atmel

John, I purchase 5 of these. MSP-EXP430G2 They were like $4.30 Like most projects, I never used them. One here and open while the rest are stored somewhere in the garage. Mine are 14 pin. Michail Wilson 206-920-6312 In a message dated 1/27/2016 8:06:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,

Re: [neonixie-l] Microchip finally buys Atmel

The launchpads are excellent/astonishing value. Have a look at the MSP-EXP430FR5969 which is the one I mostly use. Phenomenal board for a stupidly low price. Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: [neonixie-l] Microchip finally buys Atmel

John, TI makes a thing called the Tiva C Launchpad. A sub $20 ARM board with USB (even Ethernet on some models!). It can be programmed with Energia, which is a spinoff of the Arduino IDE. Basically, an Arduino style board with a lot more CPU power. I still haven't found how to integrate the

Re: [neonixie-l] Microchip finally buys Atmel

Ahhh, OK. Thanks. Sheds a much different light on things. John On 01/27/2016 11:34 AM, Nick wrote: > The whole MSP430 toolchain is free. You only pay if you want the > slightly better optimiser in the commercial variant which also allows > bigger binaries, however the gnu MSP430 compiler has

Re: [neonixie-l] Microchip finally buys Atmel

Ahhh HA! Good to know I'm not the only one who dealt with that PIC problem. Worked with the Microchip FAEs for months on it. I finally got them to admit there was a bug in the circuit prompted a revision on their part and a work-around on mine. It was intolerant of a non-monotonic or too

Re: [neonixie-l] Microchip finally buys Atmel

+1 on hating the PIC "architecture". I was always an AVR man, then I discovered the MSP430 series... :) Nick -- 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

Re: [neonixie-l] Microchip finally buys Atmel

On 01/27/2016 12:24 AM, John Rehwinkel wrote: > I did a lot of research and looked at many architectures before > settling on the Atmel AVR line, with their strong flash support > (Atmel was a big flash memory manufacturer), their $79 demo board > that also served as an in-circuit programmer