Nixies Clocks have to be round ;-)

Roman

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Feb 7, 2021, 4:57:03 PM2/7/21

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4 x ZM1042 Nixies, 1 x IN-19A, 60 + 2 MTX-90 Thyratons

controlled by Wemos D1 mini (ESP8266) and lots of daisy-chained 74HC595 + 5 x K155ID1. BME280 Sensor + RTC (DS3231 optional), NCH6300HV

configuration via browser (asynchronos webserver with websockets is running on the wemos d1 mini)

Video: https://youtu.be/XvUqUTBz4DY

Nicholas Stock

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Feb 7, 2021, 5:23:04 PM2/7/21

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Wow! Well done that man, look great!!

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newxito

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Feb 7, 2021, 7:51:26 PM2/7/21

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That's a piece of art, great job!

Richard Scales

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Feb 7, 2021, 11:35:37 PM2/7/21

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Very impressive - could we see some video of it in action?

Richard Scales

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Feb 7, 2021, 11:36:29 PM2/7/21

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... and do you have any plans to offer the design as a board or kit at any time?

Richard Scales

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Feb 7, 2021, 11:36:59 PM2/7/21

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Sorry, I missed the video link...

On Monday, 8 February 2021 at 04:35:37 UTC Richard Scales wrote:

严泽远

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Feb 8, 2021, 4:06:42 AM2/8/21

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Great job, I'm very glad to see my NCH6300HV is a part of your nice design!

newxito

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Feb 8, 2021, 4:23:26 AM2/8/21

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How many layers does the board have?

Roman H.

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Feb 8, 2021, 7:39:27 AM2/8/21

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it's a two-layer pcb and a needed only a few vias. It was uncomplicated to design the pcb. At least its nothing more than daisy-chained shiftregisters and their outputs are driving the K115IDs and MPSA42s.

the first pcb design directly worked (only the HV-power supply is placed too tight to the Nixie-Tube board - so i needed some isolation tape to avoid unwanted electric contacts).

H. Carl Ott

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Feb 8, 2021, 8:22:39 AM2/8/21

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Round clocks are great.

You can have a lot of fun with those ring neons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0nR3gci1LI

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Roman H.

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Feb 11, 2021, 10:24:58 AM2/11/21

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I will not sell any kits - it's to complicated when you're living in Germany. If you only want to sell a few kits, you have to register it as an official business und must pay taxes and so on.

Maybe i will share the gerber files, partlist and also the clock software (here is still some work to do), when i have made a new revision of the clock pcbs. I'll think about it ...

But first i'll finish the pcbs for my ZM1200 pandicon clock ..

Richard Scales

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Feb 11, 2021, 10:57:41 AM2/11/21

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I completely understand about the kit thing. If I were to state a preference, I'd be most interested in the schematics and an insight into your programming, at least to the way you have arranged the displays. I would be interested in making my own PCB .