ZM1022 clock

[newxito]

Currently working on a new clock with 4 x ZM1022, 4 RGB LEDs and 62 neon lamps, 2 for colon, 60 for the seconds. At the moment there are only two modes for the seconds (single and progress), but I will add some more. With all the neons and nixies on, the clock consumes about 35mA @ 170V. I hope I'll finish the case next week, I ordered a PCB for the front panel.

[Richard Scales]

That's very neat, I have had a similar idea (in my head only!) for some time now though my plan was to use APA106 RGB LED's for the seconds, I expect neons will look more 'authentic' or 'nixie-esque'. SMD is something I have yet to accomplish - I live fairly much in the PTH world!

[Ian Vine]

That is nice

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[newxito]

Here is the clock in the case, 3D printed with an ENIG pcb as front panel. I was too lazy to make something else :-)

[robin bussell]

Very smart!

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[Nicholas Stock]

Very nice....bet that took a bit of fiddling to get all the neons through their respective holes....:)

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Here is the clock in the case, 3D printed with an ENIG pcb as front panel. I was too lazy to make something else :-)

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[newxito]

:-) 

I really thought that could be a major problem, but it was surprisingly easy because of the shape of the neons.

Am Mittwoch, 9. Oktober 2019 21:34:07 UTC+2 schrieb Pramanicin:

Very nice....bet that took a bit of fiddling to get all the neons through their respective holes....:)

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Here is the clock in the case, 3D printed with an ENIG pcb as front panel. I was too lazy to make something else :-)

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[Paul Andrews]

That's beautiful. I dread to think how much that 'PCB' was though!

On Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 3:28:17 PM UTC-4, Zedsquared wrote:

Very smart!


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[newxito]

price was ok, $6.36 for 1 board

[Per Jensen]

On 10 Oct 2019, at 20.46, newxito <axt...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Who makes boards in that size with ENIG for such a low price?

Absolutely beautiful build btw :)

// Per.

[newxito]

Thank you. I've ordered 5 boards from jlcpcb, 165 x 165 cm, 2 layer, black, ENIG

[H. Carl Ott]

I did a clock like that a while ago,

The round ZM1022s work much better with the circular motif than the tubes I used.

It also did not occur to me to use a top plate.  

 Your design came out looking terrific. 

 The fun part is all the things you can do with the outer ring of neons. 

Various ways to display seconds, but I also added some random chasers, 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ze5tUSyLyk 

 

 carl

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[newxito]

Beautiful clock, Carl!

There are a lot of clocks with a led ring, but personally I prefer the glow of a neon ring, glows really nice in the dark!

[martin martin]

excellent   I may need another

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Beautiful clock, Carl!

There are a lot of clocks with a led ring, but personally I prefer the glow of a neon ring, glows really nice in the dark!

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[H. Carl Ott]

Oh yeah, I did my share of led ring clocks too. 

You can see one of them here. You can get some nice effects with leds. 

https://youtu.be/hhEmFjQgK8Y

But I also really like the neon glow. 

More of that here. 

https://youtu.be/Luvib5Qwq80

I was going for that liquid bubble light look you see on some older jukeboxes. 

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Beautiful clock, Carl!

There are a lot of clocks with a led ring, but personally I prefer the glow of a neon ring, glows really nice in the dark!

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[Bill Notfaded]

It looks like you've got a pretty well stocked workshop behind there Carl!  That's some parts drawers you've got there!  Is this where the mod-six was born?

Best Regards,

Bill

[H. Carl Ott]

Yep, the background of that video shows the disaster area/superfund site that I call my shop. 

 And the first (and subsequent) versions of the mod-six were born there many many years ago.

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[Bill Notfaded]

I love it Carl. One of the neatest ideas you came up with is the rotary push button selection dial for settings on the mod-six. I love that interface. It's much more intuitive than button pushing and since you've got alphanumeric display it's a beautiful marriage for a configuration user interface. It's a great method... You made it so you really don't need any instructions or manual to figure it out. I'm not sure how that came about but it just works great!

Bill