Re: [neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Remco]

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[neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Remco]

Hi,

Due to the size of the USB-C connector. And needing an extra long connector I 
did not choose to use the USB-C.

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[neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[J Forbes]

I love the slot head screws!  :)
 

> The only very small thing i dislike is the screws :D I would have put torx 
> or allen screws there ;)
>
>
So...no USB-C connector available? That seems to me to be the only thing 
about the Cathode Corner watch you copied that's a bit iffy to me. 


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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Nicholas Stock]

Where are you located?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 20, 2019, at 06:45, Remco  wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know how to properly anodize aluminum I still want my case to get 
> anodized.
> Cant find a company that will do one case only
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[neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Remco]

Does anyone know how to properly anodize aluminum I still want my case to 
get anodized.
Cant find a company that will do one case only

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[neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Remco]

Does anyone know how to properly anodize aluminum I still want my case to 
get anodized.
Cant find a company that will do one case only

Op woensdag 17 juli 2019 15:19:33 UTC+2 schreef Remco:
>
> Hi guys,
>
>
> The last year or so I was doing a hobby project of a nixiewatch. I was 
> wondering what you guys think of it.
>
>
> I got inspired for the case by Craig Smith from this post: 
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/neonixie-l/RINs0RbaYB8
>
>
> It features:
>
> - Two small nixie tubes of type z5900m.
>
> - Accurate real time clock.
>
> - Calculations showed that 350 hours standby time was easily achievable.
>
> - Bluetooth for controlling settings and setting the time of the watch as 
> well as seeing the battery status.
> - Some Bluetooth settings include: Animation On/Off, Manual or 
> accelerometer triggering of tubes, background led On/Off. Programmable 
> button for seeing temperature of battery  percentage.
>
> - Accelerometer for triggering the tubes when wrist is turned
>
> - 300 mAh battery.
>
> - Powerfull microcontroller.
>
> - Ultra low power microcontroller.
>
> - RGB led for multiple purposes.
>
> - Battery gas gauge IC for accurately monitoring the battery state.
>
> - micro USB for charging the battery.
>
> - One multi direction button for triggering, Bluetooth connection and a 
> programmable button for temperature reading or battery status.
>
> - CNC milled housing from Aluminum.
>
> - Plexiglass window for protection
>
> - Bluetooth phone application.
>
> - Optional time synchronization via WiFi.
>
> - Optional Vibration motor to indicate smartphone notifications like 
> Whatsapp, Facebook, Snapchat, SMS...
>

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[neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Remco]

Thank you

I CNC milled the case out of aluminium and did the holes myself.
It is hard to find screws this small. luckily is found these.

Op zaterdag 20 juli 2019 15:09:12 UTC+2 schreef SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.:
>
> Amazing Work, very well made! How did u make the Case? 
>
> The only very small thing i dislike is the screws :D I would have put torx 
> or allen screws there ;)
>
>
>

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[neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.]

Amazing Work, very well made! How did u make the Case? 

The only very small thing i dislike is the screws :D I would have put torx 
or allen screws there ;)


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[neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Remco]

Yes I did use the pico. The integrated flash and oscillator make it very 
handy for tiny products. Also you don't have to worry about EMC/EMI issues.

Op donderdag 18 juli 2019 13:48:16 UTC+2 schreef Paul Andrews:
>
> From your description, it sounded like the esp32. I've started using that 
> myself. It's hard to beat on the features. Did you use the pico d4? That's 
> what I'm using.

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[neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Paul Andrews]

>From your description, it sounded like the esp32. I've started using that 
>myself. It's hard to beat on the features. Did you use the pico d4? That's 
>what I'm using.

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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Remco]

Hi!

I used the internal ULP of the ESP32 to do some stuff while the watch is 
sleeping. This ULP has a very basic set of instructions 
I found it easier to use a separate RTC wich holds the time much better 
with much more features and at a much lower voltage then the esp32 
processor. 

>
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[neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Remco]

Thank you Paul!

Because of all the features and being still an electronics student on 
school. 
I used an esp32 processor mainly for its ease of implementation and 
features.
The esp32 will draw a bit more power then other processors.

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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Remco]

Thanks Kevin A.

I used the z5900m because these were the smallest i could find.
You are right! I can change the tubes easily but some changes have to be 
done on the layout of the PCB.
Unfortunately I do not plan to share the design.

 

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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[David Forbes]

Nice set of features. The case looks awfully similar to my square Nixie
watch. I guess that's where the design converges to.

I'm still puzzled why other people need an RTC chip and a fast computer to
make a Nixie watch. I can get excellent results from a PIC running at 32
kHz, keeping time in software to ~1 second per week.

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 8:12 AM Nicholas Stock  wrote:

> Anybody done something similar with B4998 tubes? I know Jeff (RIP) was
> working on a wristwatch using them
>
> Nick
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 7:38 AM Paul Andrews  wrote:
>
>> Amazing achievement. Having explored low power nixie tube applications
>> myself, I can appreciate just how hard it is to do something with very
>> constrained requirements like this. I'm curious what processor you used?
>>
>> On Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 9:19:33 AM UTC-4, Remco wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>>
>>> The last year or so I was doing a hobby project of a nixiewatch. I was
>>> wondering what you guys think of it.
>>>
>>>
>>> I got inspired for the case by Craig Smith from this post:
>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/neonixie-l/RINs0RbaYB8
>>>
>>>
>>> It features:
>>>
>>> - Two small nixie tubes of type z5900m.
>>>
>>> - Accurate real time clock.
>>>
>>> - Calculations showed that 350 hours standby time was easily achievable.
>>>
>>> - Bluetooth for controlling settings and setting the time of the watch
>>> as well as seeing the battery status.
>>> - Some Bluetooth settings include: Animation On/Off, Manual or
>>> accelerometer triggering of tubes, background led On/Off. Programmable
>>> button for seeing temperature of battery  percentage.
>>>
>>> - Accelerometer for triggering the tubes when wrist is turned
>>>
>>> - 300 mAh battery.
>>>
>>> - Powerfull microcontroller.
>>>
>>> - Ultra low power microcontroller.
>>>
>>> - RGB led for multiple purposes.
>>>
>>> - Battery gas gauge IC for accurately monitoring the battery state.
>>>
>>> - micro USB for charging the battery.
>>>
>>> - One multi direction button for triggering, Bluetooth connection and a
>>> programmable button for temperature reading or battery status.
>>>
>>> - CNC milled housing from Aluminum.
>>>
>>> - Plexiglass window for protection
>>>
>>> - Bluetooth phone application.
>>>
>>> - Optional time synchronization via WiFi.
>>>
>>> - Optional Vibration motor to indicate smartphone notifications like
>>> Whatsapp, Facebook, Snapchat, SMS...
>>>
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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Nicholas Stock]

Anybody done something similar with B4998 tubes? I know Jeff (RIP) was
working on a wristwatch using them

Nick

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 7:38 AM Paul Andrews  wrote:

> Amazing achievement. Having explored low power nixie tube applications
> myself, I can appreciate just how hard it is to do something with very
> constrained requirements like this. I'm curious what processor you used?
>
> On Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 9:19:33 AM UTC-4, Remco wrote:
>>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>>
>> The last year or so I was doing a hobby project of a nixiewatch. I was
>> wondering what you guys think of it.
>>
>>
>> I got inspired for the case by Craig Smith from this post:
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/neonixie-l/RINs0RbaYB8
>>
>>
>> It features:
>>
>> - Two small nixie tubes of type z5900m.
>>
>> - Accurate real time clock.
>>
>> - Calculations showed that 350 hours standby time was easily achievable.
>>
>> - Bluetooth for controlling settings and setting the time of the watch as
>> well as seeing the battery status.
>> - Some Bluetooth settings include: Animation On/Off, Manual or
>> accelerometer triggering of tubes, background led On/Off. Programmable
>> button for seeing temperature of battery  percentage.
>>
>> - Accelerometer for triggering the tubes when wrist is turned
>>
>> - 300 mAh battery.
>>
>> - Powerfull microcontroller.
>>
>> - Ultra low power microcontroller.
>>
>> - RGB led for multiple purposes.
>>
>> - Battery gas gauge IC for accurately monitoring the battery state.
>>
>> - micro USB for charging the battery.
>>
>> - One multi direction button for triggering, Bluetooth connection and a
>> programmable button for temperature reading or battery status.
>>
>> - CNC milled housing from Aluminum.
>>
>> - Plexiglass window for protection
>>
>> - Bluetooth phone application.
>>
>> - Optional time synchronization via WiFi.
>>
>> - Optional Vibration motor to indicate smartphone notifications like
>> Whatsapp, Facebook, Snapchat, SMS...
>>
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[neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Paul Andrews]

Amazing achievement. Having explored low power nixie tube applications 
myself, I can appreciate just how hard it is to do something with very 
constrained requirements like this. I'm curious what processor you used?

On Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 9:19:33 AM UTC-4, Remco wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
>
> The last year or so I was doing a hobby project of a nixiewatch. I was 
> wondering what you guys think of it.
>
>
> I got inspired for the case by Craig Smith from this post: 
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/neonixie-l/RINs0RbaYB8
>
>
> It features:
>
> - Two small nixie tubes of type z5900m.
>
> - Accurate real time clock.
>
> - Calculations showed that 350 hours standby time was easily achievable.
>
> - Bluetooth for controlling settings and setting the time of the watch as 
> well as seeing the battery status.
> - Some Bluetooth settings include: Animation On/Off, Manual or 
> accelerometer triggering of tubes, background led On/Off. Programmable 
> button for seeing temperature of battery  percentage.
>
> - Accelerometer for triggering the tubes when wrist is turned
>
> - 300 mAh battery.
>
> - Powerfull microcontroller.
>
> - Ultra low power microcontroller.
>
> - RGB led for multiple purposes.
>
> - Battery gas gauge IC for accurately monitoring the battery state.
>
> - micro USB for charging the battery.
>
> - One multi direction button for triggering, Bluetooth connection and a 
> programmable button for temperature reading or battery status.
>
> - CNC milled housing from Aluminum.
>
> - Plexiglass window for protection
>
> - Bluetooth phone application.
>
> - Optional time synchronization via WiFi.
>
> - Optional Vibration motor to indicate smartphone notifications like 
> Whatsapp, Facebook, Snapchat, SMS...
>

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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: What do you guys think of my homemade Nixiewatch?

[Kevin A.]

Very nice!!! To pull off the electrical design, fab and integrate it into
an aesthetically pleasing watch design is no small feat.

My only criticism of the z5900m is the coarse anode. In my opinion the
previous style tube you used (Burroughs) with the fine mesh anode is much
nicer to look at. But with your modular design, I'm sure swapping tubes is
relatively easy to do; the electrical requirements between similarly sized
tubes should be very similar if not identical.

Do you plan on sharing the boards on OshPark and releasing schematics/
firmware for some of us DIYers out there? ;)

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 9:24 AM Remco  wrote:

> Some more pictures.
>
> Op woensdag 17 juli 2019 15:19:33 UTC+2 schreef Remco:
>>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>>
>> The last year or so I was doing a hobby project of a nixiewatch. I was
>> wondering what you guys think of it.
>>
>>
>> I got inspired for the case by Craig Smith from this post:
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/neonixie-l/RINs0RbaYB8
>>
>>
>> It features:
>>
>> - Two small nixie tubes of type z5900m.
>>
>> - Accurate real time clock.
>>
>> - Calculations showed that 350 hours standby time was easily achievable.
>>
>> - Bluetooth for controlling settings and setting the time of the watch as
>> well as seeing the battery status.
>> - Some Bluetooth settings include: Animation On/Off, Manual or
>> accelerometer triggering of tubes, background led On/Off. Programmable
>> button for seeing temperature of battery  percentage.
>>
>> - Accelerometer for triggering the tubes when wrist is turned
>>
>> - 300 mAh battery.
>>
>> - Powerfull microcontroller.
>>
>> - Ultra low power microcontroller.
>>
>> - RGB led for multiple purposes.
>>
>> - Battery gas gauge IC for accurately monitoring the battery state.
>>
>> - micro USB for charging the battery.
>>
>> - One multi direction button for triggering, Bluetooth connection and a
>> programmable button for temperature reading or battery status.
>>
>> - CNC milled housing from Aluminum.
>>
>> - Plexiglass window for protection
>>
>> - Bluetooth phone application.
>>
>> - Optional time synchronization via WiFi.
>>
>> - Optional Vibration motor to indicate smartphone notifications like
>> Whatsapp, Facebook, Snapchat, SMS...
>>
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