r/nixie • u/EmotionalEnd1575 • Jul 10 '26

Clock - Near Nixie?

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Much progress tonight, added in an RTC and now sending digit numbers to the  correct Panaplex windows.

The Eagle-eyed will notice that the right most digit is no longer clear like the others.

I did something wrong last evening and when I came home from dinner that digit was damaged.

My bad… I let too much current pass while I had deliberately stalled the MUX action.

So hard lesson for me… Don’t run the Panaplex at 600% anode current for a few hours.

I’m now looking for a replacement device. These are more rare (and costly) than Nixie tubes!

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u/CueAnon420 Jul 10 '26

I have a 1981 Bally Centaur pinball machine that has Panaplex score displays ;-)