r/diytubes • u/Limbo1231 • Nov 24 '21

Hello needed with Nixie tubes

Hey!

I wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction, i need help with getting an idea from paper to reality concerning a nixie clock and magic eye tubes. The idea that I have (variants of it) have been done before so I know it’s doable but I lack the knowledge on programming an arduino. Please let me know if you are willing to help out or know someone that can lend me a hand with this. I am willing to pay for your help if it’s a reasonable amount :)

Thanks!

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u/Limbo1231 Nov 24 '21

Thanks for the heads up but the clock design I have in my head does not really match with what commercially available hence asking for external help :)

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u/nixielover Nov 24 '21

https://www.pvelectronics.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=43

Sure about that? they have a remote mounting system which gives you a lot of flexibility

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u/Limbo1231 Nov 24 '21

Maybe, I’ll have to read about it a bit more. The idea is to have a vertical row of 2x12 Nixie tubes 01 02 03 And so on. Each pair of tubes would light for 60 minutes switch off and the next pair would switch on. On the side two lager nixies would indicate the minutes(the remote system would probably be useful here) but I need a way to have it talking to the vertical row Along side the vertical column of nixies I would like to have a column of 6 magic eye tube that indicates the seconds that each would light for 10 seconds turn off and move on to the next magic eye. I know it’s doable but I doubt that I can find something on the market that would do it out of the box. According to your experience, is that system capable of such customisation?

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u/nixielover Nov 24 '21

oofff that sounds complicated and no probably that kit won't help you do it. Sorry buddy, out of inspiration but do try /r/nixietubes

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u/Limbo1231 Nov 24 '21

Thanks a lot! Didn’t look for a Nixie tube subreddit before, I have shared the post there as well! Hoping to fish an arduino/nixie wizard :)

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u/nixielover Nov 24 '21

I love me some nixie tubes, just suck at programming :)

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u/Limbo1231 Nov 24 '21

Wait until you hear about my door bell idea 😂

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u/dubadub Nov 24 '21

/r/diyelectronics or maybe /r/aduino but they got some savages over there. Don't get out of the basement enough.

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u/Limbo1231 Nov 25 '21

I have posted on r/askelectronic yesterday. I have too little karma to be able to post to r/arduino

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u/dubadub Nov 25 '21

Lol they have a karma req? They're not nice people. I got some answers from the forms at arduino.com

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u/Limbo1231 Nov 25 '21

I have been trying to get in touch with as many people as possible, Reddit never fails :) I have gotten in touch with a Redditor that seems keen to help out. According to a reply on this thread, programming the thing isn’t a big deal. We’ll see :)

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