Nixie Shield for Arduino

[Marcin Saj]

Hi guys,

I have a new nixie toys: Nixie Shield for Arduino with 8 tube sockets for many many nixie tubes.

This is very usefull gadget which allows an Arduino board to connect any nixie tube you want to use in your projects. 

These "toys" are so good that I decided to launch the indiegogo campaign: https://igg.me/at/arduino-nixie-shield

YouTube: https://youtu.be/nuHvv5SfCj4

Regards
Marcin Saj

  

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[Terry S]

Neat. You might be running Dalibor's tube a bit too hot.

[Marcin Saj]

Dalibor gave me a 10 year warranty on it :)

[SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.]

Very nice project!

And beautiful illustration of the boards/arduino.

[Marcin Saj]

Thank you Jonathan.
A lot of work with graphics and pleasure with electronics.

[Marcin Saj]

I have a question about IN-1 nixie tube.

I'm looking for a solution what to use for IN-1 pin socket. This tube have pins diameter ~2.25mm (890 mils)

Any ideas?

[gregebert]

I have used 0.093" Amphenol connector contacts for the IN-1 and also for the A-101 Dekatron. From there, I have 3D-printed a socket to hold the A-101 tube and the pins. A similar socket for the IN-1 could also be done. 

Now, the bad part is these socket pins will take a lot of force for insertion and removal for an entire tube (all pins at the same time), so I only recommend this for infrequent insertion/removal. Not a good solution for a tester.

When I test my nixies at home, I just pull the tube from the one-second position of my garage clock and slightly insert the tube to be tested just enough to make all cathodes cycle thru. Then it goes into storage.

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It's no secret I dont like IN-1's, so I never bothered to print a socket for them. The only thing I have made with three IN-1's is a youtube video of them going into a microwave oven. They produced a few seconds of the most beautiful crimson glow I've ever seen in my life, followed by flames and toxic smoke.

[Tomasz Kowalczyk]

IN-1/LC-516 have pins not connected directly to the glass, so stress on the pins shouldn't cause cracking of the tube itself. 

ElectroNIXclock 4xLC-516 uses a specific type molex connector: https://www.tme.eu/gb/details/zzs525-tz/dc-power-connectors/joint-tech/c5080f-tbe/

I've tried it and it works OK. 

[Marcin Saj]

Thanks for a tip. 

IN-1 tubes are ugly and I don't like them too. Unfortunately I need to make a smooth socket for a Nixie Shield and new Nixie Tester.

W dniu środa, 1 listopada 2017 18:39:00 UTC+1 użytkownik gregebert napisał:

[Marcin Saj]

Thank you Tomasz for a link. 

I will try with molex. This is not perfect but promising idea.

[Marcin Saj]

Hi guys,
I have a new sockets for my latest project https://igg.me/at/arduino-nixie-shield

Now Nixie Shield can works with 15 different nixie sockets.

Regards

Marcin Saj

W dniu poniedziałek, 16 października 2017 23:58:06 UTC+2 użytkownik Marcin Saj napisał:

[Marcin Saj]

In the end I built the prototype and the socket with molex pins is functional but too tight for use as a tester socket.

I need to try something different.