Revamping a classic NixiSat
MichaelB
Just finished another NixiSat redo for a customer. Came out
real ‘purdy, I think! Customer provided the partially populated PCB and
unfinished base he originally purchased from Jeff Thomas and I did the rest. I
performed Jeff’s latest changes and added our GPS/NWTS mod as well as our wired
PIR mod. Mounted an Azevedo NWTS in the base route-out and mounted our PIR PCB
there too. Converted the original BNC opening to a 1/8” TRS jack which now
serves as the PIR plug in. Kept the temp setup original except substituted a
nicer looking, more rugged sensor and extended the cable a bit. Also had a new
acrylic top fabricated out of ¼” material vs. 1/8” and had all four corners
radius’d. Replaced the customer’s
original FW with the latest release, V11-02-10. So, this customer will now have
a ‘near stock’ classic Nixie clock updated with network time sync and PIR
capabilities as well to save his gorgeous tubes!
Nicholas Stock
Just finished another NixiSat redo for a customer. Came out real ‘purdy, I think! Customer provided the partially populated PCB and unfinished base he originally purchased from Jeff Thomas and I did the rest. I performed Jeff’s latest changes and added our GPS/NWTS mod as well as our wired PIR mod. Mounted an Azevedo NWTS in the base route-out and mounted our PIR PCB there too. Converted the original BNC opening to a 1/8” TRS jack which now serves as the PIR plug in. Kept the temp setup original except substituted a nicer looking, more rugged sensor and extended the cable a bit. Also had a new acrylic top fabricated out of ¼” material vs. 1/8” and had all four corners radius’d. Replaced the customer’s original FW with the latest release, V11-02-10. So, this customer will now have a ‘near stock’ classic Nixie clock updated with network time sync and PIR capabilities as well to save his gorgeous tubes!
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MichaelB
On Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 8:55:34 AM UTC-7, Pramanicin wrote:
Very nice Michael!!
--Just finished another NixiSat redo for a customer. Came out real ‘purdy, I think! Customer provided the partially populated PCB and unfinished base he originally purchased from Jeff Thomas and I did the rest. I performed Jeff’s latest changes and added our GPS/NWTS mod as well as our wired PIR mod. Mounted an Azevedo NWTS in the base route-out and mounted our PIR PCB there too. Converted the original BNC opening to a 1/8” TRS jack which now serves as the PIR plug in. Kept the temp setup original except substituted a nicer looking, more rugged sensor and extended the cable a bit. Also had a new acrylic top fabricated out of ¼” material vs. 1/8” and had all four corners radius’d. Replaced the customer’s original FW with the latest release, V11-02-10. So, this customer will now have a ‘near stock’ classic Nixie clock updated with network time sync and PIR capabilities as well to save his gorgeous tubes!
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Kevin A.
Just finished another NixiSat redo for a customer. Came out real ‘purdy, I think! Customer provided the partially populated PCB and unfinished base he originally purchased from Jeff Thomas and I did the rest. I performed Jeff’s latest changes and added our GPS/NWTS mod as well as our wired PIR mod. Mounted an Azevedo NWTS in the base route-out and mounted our PIR PCB there too. Converted the original BNC opening to a 1/8” TRS jack which now serves as the PIR plug in. Kept the temp setup original except substituted a nicer looking, more rugged sensor and extended the cable a bit. Also had a new acrylic top fabricated out of ¼” material vs. 1/8” and had all four corners radius’d. Replaced the customer’s original FW with the latest release, V11-02-10. So, this customer will now have a ‘near stock’ classic Nixie clock updated with network time sync and PIR capabilities as well to save his gorgeous tubes!
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MichaelB
On Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 9:07:06 AM UTC-7, Kevin A. wrote:
That is a gorgeous timepiece. The proportions of the Z5680 are perfect!
On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 11:44 AM MichaelB <badn...@badnixie.com> wrote:
--Just finished another NixiSat redo for a customer. Came out real ‘purdy, I think! Customer provided the partially populated PCB and unfinished base he originally purchased from Jeff Thomas and I did the rest. I performed Jeff’s latest changes and added our GPS/NWTS mod as well as our wired PIR mod. Mounted an Azevedo NWTS in the base route-out and mounted our PIR PCB there too. Converted the original BNC opening to a 1/8” TRS jack which now serves as the PIR plug in. Kept the temp setup original except substituted a nicer looking, more rugged sensor and extended the cable a bit. Also had a new acrylic top fabricated out of ¼” material vs. 1/8” and had all four corners radius’d. Replaced the customer’s original FW with the latest release, V11-02-10. So, this customer will now have a ‘near stock’ classic Nixie clock updated with network time sync and PIR capabilities as well to save his gorgeous tubes!
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Nick
The originals are starting to "craze" and the joints to bubble - mine is still ok-ish but not great.
So important to keep these great clocks going.
Nick
Nicholas Stock
Cheers,
(Pharma) Nick
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> For that it's worth it's around 100-120$ here in the AZ USA to get just one made. I had one of the old b-7971 clocks need a new top... Luckily Michael sent me his drawings which made it easier. I can't imagine it would be any more than that. That's with them doing everything directly from the drawing materials, entering into the cad/cam system, laser cutting, gluing, heating the joints to make them less opaque... Everything.
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MichaelB
On Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 10:30:35 AM UTC-7, Jeff Walton wrote:
Beautiful work, Michael!Jeff-------- Original message --------From: MichaelB <badn...@badnixie.com>Date: 6/2/19 10:44 AM (GMT-06:00)To: neonixie-l <neoni...@googlegroups.com>Subject: [neonixie-l] Revamping a classic NixiSat--Just finished another NixiSat redo for a customer. Came out real ‘purdy, I think! Customer provided the partially populated PCB and unfinished base he originally purchased from Jeff Thomas and I did the rest. I performed Jeff’s latest changes and added our GPS/NWTS mod as well as our wired PIR mod. Mounted an Azevedo NWTS in the base route-out and mounted our PIR PCB there too. Converted the original BNC opening to a 1/8” TRS jack which now serves as the PIR plug in. Kept the temp setup original except substituted a nicer looking, more rugged sensor and extended the cable a bit. Also had a new acrylic top fabricated out of ¼” material vs. 1/8” and had all four corners radius’d. Replaced the customer’s original FW with the latest release, V11-02-10. So, this customer will now have a ‘near stock’ classic Nixie clock updated with network time sync and PIR capabilities as well to save his gorgeous tubes!
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Nicholas Stock
Check the back logos Nick...
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MichaelB
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Maybe my luck is about to change... the B-7971's sure aren't very cheap anywhere anymore. Even a couple of my contacts I was getting fairly good prices on them is now selling on ebay.
Basically went from 2 for 150$ to 200+ each o.O That's more than double the price now. I will say this though... after none changing hand in a long time a LOT have changed hands recently.
Bill
