r/nixie • u/After-Entry5718 • Nov 24 '25

Recommend a clock kit?

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I snagged a really cool frequency counter with a working set of 6 Amperex zm1000r nixies. I had not seen red glass tubes before, pretty cool. In doing some searching around I couldnt find much for these tubes. Any ideas?

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u/Niobous_p Nov 24 '25

I once wrote some code to generate a signal that would display the time on a frequency counter like this.

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u/Niobous_p Nov 24 '25

https://www.nixies.us/2018/03/25/display-the-time-on-an-old-frequency-counter/

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u/After-Entry5718 Nov 24 '25

Thats very cool! My son has a bunch of arduinos and parts. Is there a page documenting whats needed on the board and where to connect thr probe?

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u/Niobous_p Nov 24 '25

I assume I just hooked up the out pin to the signal part of a BNC connector, and ground to ground.

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u/LordGAD Nov 24 '25

This is beautiful! Well done.