$78 nixie watch on eBay

John Rehwinkel

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Jan 3, 2018, 4:08:34 PM1/3/18

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/152831852850

Looks like an STLink (knockoff, probably) programmer is included?

- John

Michail Wilson

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Jan 3, 2018, 10:24:21 PM1/3/18

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Thanks. Got one.

Michail Wilson

206-920-6312

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David Forbes

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Jan 4, 2018, 12:30:31 AM1/4/18

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That's not a Nixie watch, it's a Nixie watch module. The case is about
20 times harder to design than the circuit board.

On 1/4/18, John Rehwinkel <jre...@mac.com> wrote:
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/152831852850

SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.

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Jan 4, 2018, 11:37:52 AM1/4/18

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Imagine how fat that looks if you make a proper case around that. Also the alignment of the digits is very odd! They should be at leas in the middle...

Terry S

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Jan 5, 2018, 10:25:54 AM1/5/18

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Yeah, but why?

I don't think I trust a li-ion battery labeled "Trustfire".

Terry Kennedy

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Jan 5, 2018, 7:38:45 PM1/5/18

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On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 10:25:54 AM UTC-5, Terry S wrote:

I don't think I trust a li-ion battery labeled "Trustfire".

Why not - they're just continuing a long tradition of somewhat-inappropriate brand names:

Sparkle Power - power supplies - http://www.sparklepower.com/

MeanWell - power supplies - http://www.meanwell.com

TVI (ham radio acronym for TeleVision Interference) - video terminals (TeleVideo, Inc)

NonLinear Systems - oscilloscopes and other test equipment (which you would hope would be linear)

Fluke - well-regarded manufacturer of test equipment, but it must be a fluke 8-)

Or course, Jeff Thomas released a Nixie watch that used a "Krusty the Clown" battery,

but that was an intentional joke: http://www.nixie.dk/~jthomas/watch.html

Nick

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Jan 9, 2018, 5:47:46 AM1/9/18

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On Saturday, 6 January 2018 04:38:45 UTC+4, Terry Kennedy wrote:

On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 10:25:54 AM UTC-5, Terry S wrote:
I don't think I trust a li-ion battery labeled "Trustfire".

Why not - they're just continuing a long tradition of somewhat-inappropriate brand names:

Sparkle Power - power supplies - http://www.sparklepower.com/
MeanWell - power supplies - http://www.meanwell.com
TVI (ham radio acronym for TeleVision Interference) - video terminals (TeleVideo, Inc)
NonLinear Systems - oscilloscopes and other test equipment (which you would hope would be linear)
Fluke - well-regarded manufacturer of test equipment, but it must be a fluke 8-)

The phase is "nominative determinism".

Here in Dubai we've have a building that in the last couple of years has gone up in flames not once, but twice...

It was, and still is, named "The Torch"...

Nick

John Smout

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Jan 9, 2018, 6:25:13 AM1/9/18

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Nobody today would sell petroleum under the explosive name of shell, would they?

Terry S

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Jan 9, 2018, 8:11:02 AM1/9/18

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I'm guessing "The Torch" is a guy working for the building owner!

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