Thanks David for that information. I am not sure I want to go to the expense of the Nixie tubes, but those are very cool looking clocks indeed -- the opening for the story would go something like: "In the days before there were LEDs..."
I have looked into the sites you mention and hope they can help me find those parts. Thanks again, Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Forbes Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:45 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Clock Project Help At 3:44 AM -0500 10/28/09, J. Mike Needham wrote: > >Where the problem lies is that I need to find the IC chips for clocks and >build a display . ideally my whole house would sport these clocks and get >their signal from my own NTP server or any of the public ones. My prototype >clock would be a bedside alarm clock with only alarm set functions for any >buttons, the actual time setting would be as described above. If anyone can >direct me to suppliers for these parts that is what I really need as well as >to know what parts I need J J., There is an entire cottage industry for making nixie tube clocks. These devices are beautiful to look at and they complement any decor. There's a Yahoo group called NeoNixie that discusses them. Two members of this group that sell clocks and kits (and have impressed me with their technical skill) are: http://www.chronotronix.com/ http://www.tayloredge.com/ And there are many more out there. I'm not selling nixie clocks myself any more, though. -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
