![]() ![]() Unlike in incandescent lamps, the bent metal wires are not filaments. The sealed tube is meant to stop the gases from escaping. The gases are invisible, so you might not see them by just looking. The tube is usually filled with gas at low pressure, mostly neon and a bit of argon or mercury. The nixie tube glass itself contains a wired mesh anode and a number of cathodes which are shaped in the form of numbers or other symbols. If the tubes are wired appropriately, the numbers can tell time, count in sequence, or do a wide range of sophisticated things.īy definition, a nixie tube also referred to as ‘cathode-ray display,’ is an electric concept/device for displaying numerals and other forms of information using glow discharge. You will often see them with digits made out of bent wire and arranged in a stack, one in front of the other, inside a sealed glass tube. As mentioned, nixie tubes display numbers a bit different from the likes of LEDs and VFDs. But if you’re new to steampunk gadget and some of the technology behind them, you must be wondering, what are nixie tubes and how do they work?īefore delving deeper into nixie tube clocks, I thought we should take a moment to understand a little more about the nixie tube concept. The tubes have recently made a comeback in retro-style clocks, and vintage tech and steampunk enthusiasts are all diving in. However, back in the 1950s, before these fancy technologies were perfected, electronic boxes used glowing lamps called nixie tubes. Modern numeric displays are based on LEDs, LCDs, and VFDs. If you want to create sophisticated colors of light, such as a calculator or a clock, you need a technology that is up to the task. Nixie tubes work a little differently to show digits from 0 to 9 they don’t use any bars to light up and compose the numbers. ![]() There are 7 bars that light in a different way to create any digit from 0 to 9. But if they’re red-orange, they’re likely made of light emitting diodes (LEDs).īoth the two concepts work by lighting several bars that compose the numbers. If the numbers are blue in color, it means they are made of vacuum fluorescent displays (VFDs). You deal with them every day, microwaves, ovens, alarm clocks, calculators and any electronic device that has a screen with a timer on it. Valentin Angelovski liked 6-Axis Robot from Scratch - Servo driven.Chances are you have dozens of devices in your home that display numbers.Takahiro has updated the project titled Non-contact touch panel.Michael Gardi has updated the log for TMD-3: Turing Machine Demonstrator Mark 3.kelvinA has updated the log for Tetent.Gregg Eshelman on A Quarter Century Of The IMac.sdfsdfdsd on Measuring Planck’s Constant (Again).Andrew Henderson on An Odd Home Computer From The 1980s.Joshua on Ask Hackaday: Why Retrocomputing?.JvandeWerken on Smart Doorbell Focuses On Privacy.combinatorylogic on Why Nuclear Bombs Can’t Set The World On Fire.H de Jong on Hackaday Prize 2023: Universal Tensile Testing Machine.Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The QWERTY Drum Set 1 Comment Posted in clock hacks Tagged ESP8266, nixie clock, nixie tube, nixie tube clock, web ui Post navigation There are plenty of clock builds on the site, several built from nixie tubes, including another nixie tube clock with an ESP8266, and another. The result is a nice, minimalist clock for your desk. ![]() The code and files for the case and circuit board are available online. wrote a web UI to set the time and interact with the tubes. The clock dims at night so it’s not as bright. This clock is set via the EPS8266 which gets the time and updates the shift registers that set the numbers on each of the tubes. The frame is mounted inside a nice wooden case which was designed in Fusion 360 and milled out of oak at a local hackerspace. Each board is chained together and they’re mounted on a wooden frame. The build starts with the nixie tubes, Russian In4s, each one mounted on its own small circuit board. With the modern twist of an ESP8266, Reddit user built a minimalist nixie tube clock. The combination of the two almost seems to be a no-brainer. We love our clocks around here and we love nixie tubes as well. ![]()
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