Another nixie watch comes to life
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gregebert
May 28, 2015, 1:26:00 AM5/28/15
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I still dont know how long the battery life is. When I did accelerated battery-life testing on my demo board a few months ago, it extrapolated to about 2.5 months. So far, it's gone a bit longer than that on a full-charge and there's still a nice charge on it.
The sad story about this watch is that after I sealed the case (yep, permanently...), then the charging terminal for the battery developed a broken connection. Murphy's Law....So I must either destroy the handmade plexiglass case, which took many hours to build, or drill some tiny holes into it so I can pin-probe the battery terminals to charge it.
It's a ridiculous thing to wear because of the size and weight; I'll see what the other engineers at work say about it tomorrow. They think I'm a tad kooky to design a watch with a 40+ year-old display when my day-job is designing 10nm ICs.
Heh-heh....notice I didn't show how tall the watch is in the photo....it aint no iWatch. Probably 1 inch tall.
I just finished it in a nick of time, too. My wife and I saw "Tomorrowland" last weekend and she was awed by Goerge Clooney's IN-18 nixie clock and gave me an assignment to build one for her. Definitely the best task on my honey-do list......will it really be 12 tubes, or only 6. Still pondering that.
David Forbes
May 28, 2015, 2:16:58 AM5/28/15
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Congratulations! That's quite an accomplishment.
I hope you can get the charging thing to work. I once considered potting
my Nixie watches, but thought better of it for that reason.
On 5/27/15 10:26 PM, gregebert wrote:
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David Forbes, Tucson AZ
I hope you can get the charging thing to work. I once considered potting
my Nixie watches, but thought better of it for that reason.
On 5/27/15 10:26 PM, gregebert wrote:
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> After 2 years of work, I finally finished my first (and only) "nixie"
> watch....... OK, so it's panaplex watch....whatever.
> I still dont know how long the battery life is. When I did accelerated
> battery-life testing on my demo board a few months ago, it extrapolated to
> about 2.5 months. So far, it's gone a bit longer than that on a full-charge
> and there's still a nice charge on it.
>
> The sad story about this watch is that *after* I sealed the case (yep,
> watch....... OK, so it's panaplex watch....whatever.
> I still dont know how long the battery life is. When I did accelerated
> battery-life testing on my demo board a few months ago, it extrapolated to
> about 2.5 months. So far, it's gone a bit longer than that on a full-charge
> and there's still a nice charge on it.
>
> permanently...), then the charging terminal for the battery developed a
> broken connection. Murphy's Law....So I must either destroy the handmade
> plexiglass case, which took many hours to build, or drill some tiny holes
> into it so I can pin-probe the battery terminals to charge it.
>
> It's a ridiculous thing to wear because of the size and weight; I'll see
> what the other engineers at work say about it tomorrow. They think I'm a
> tad kooky to design a watch with a 40+ year-old display when my day-job is
> designing 10nm ICs.
>
> Heh-heh....notice I didn't show how tall the watch is in the photo....it
> aint no iWatch. Probably 1 inch tall.
>
> I just finished it in a nick of time, too. My wife and I saw "Tomorrowland"
> last weekend and she was awed by Goerge Clooney's IN-18 nixie clock and
> gave me an assignment to build one for her. Definitely the best task on my
> honey-do list......will it really be 12 tubes, or only 6. Still pondering
> that.
>
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> broken connection. Murphy's Law....So I must either destroy the handmade
> plexiglass case, which took many hours to build, or drill some tiny holes
> into it so I can pin-probe the battery terminals to charge it.
>
> It's a ridiculous thing to wear because of the size and weight; I'll see
> what the other engineers at work say about it tomorrow. They think I'm a
> tad kooky to design a watch with a 40+ year-old display when my day-job is
> designing 10nm ICs.
>
> Heh-heh....notice I didn't show how tall the watch is in the photo....it
> aint no iWatch. Probably 1 inch tall.
>
> I just finished it in a nick of time, too. My wife and I saw "Tomorrowland"
> last weekend and she was awed by Goerge Clooney's IN-18 nixie clock and
> gave me an assignment to build one for her. Definitely the best task on my
> honey-do list......will it really be 12 tubes, or only 6. Still pondering
> that.
>
David Forbes, Tucson AZ
jb-electronics
May 28, 2015, 3:11:24 AM5/28/15
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That looks really nice! Do you have
some more pictures?
Cheers
Jens
Am 28.05.2015 um 07:26 schrieb gregebert:
Cheers
Jens
Am 28.05.2015 um 07:26 schrieb gregebert:
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Nick
May 28, 2015, 4:11:33 AM5/28/15
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Really really nice - always liked Panaplex-style displays - its juts a shame that no really little ones were made (but we know someone who could probably make or is already planning one!).
Nick
NeonJohn
May 28, 2015, 7:35:11 AM5/28/15
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On 05/28/2015 01:26 AM, gregebert wrote:
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> After 2 years of work, I finally finished my first (and only) "nixie"
> watch....... OK, so it's panaplex watch....whatever.
Love it! This may be heresy but I think the Panaplex looks much better
> watch....... OK, so it's panaplex watch....whatever.
in a watch than Nixies.
I like the "People Like Neon" in the background. I'd love to get a high
res version of that so I can print a banner for my neon shop - until I
get time to do the real thing.
> The sad story about this watch is that *after* I sealed the case (yep,
> permanently...), then the charging terminal for the battery developed a
> broken connection. Murphy's Law....So I must either destroy the handmade
> plexiglass case, which took many hours to build, or drill some tiny holes
> into it so I can pin-probe the battery terminals to charge it.
What? No inductive charging? :-) Best of luck on that.
> broken connection. Murphy's Law....So I must either destroy the handmade
> plexiglass case, which took many hours to build, or drill some tiny holes
> into it so I can pin-probe the battery terminals to charge it.
John
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Nick
May 28, 2015, 7:43:02 AM5/28/15
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On Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:35:11 UTC+1, NeonJohn wrote:
On 05/28/2015 01:26 AM, gregebert wrote:
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> After 2 years of work, I finally finished my first (and only) "nixie"
> watch....... OK, so it's panaplex watch....whatever.
Love it! This may be heresy but I think the Panaplex looks much better
in a watch than Nixies.
I like the "People Like Neon" in the background. I'd love to get a high
res version of that so I can print a banner for my neon shop - until I
get time to do the real thing.
Click on the link on the group homepage - http://photosbydavid.co.uk/project/people-like-neon-peter-saville/ - its a commercial piece of artwork so please respect that. The guy that made it (Richard Wheater) gave me permission to use it as the banner for the group so long as I left the credit line there...
Nick
robin bussell
May 28, 2015, 7:47:30 AM5/28/15
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That's excellent! Definately an antidote to the iWatch :)
Does it have a user interface? How do you activate the display?
cheers,
Robin.
On 28/05/2015 06:26, gregebert wrote:
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Does it have a user interface? How do you activate the display?
cheers,
Robin.
On 28/05/2015 06:26, gregebert wrote:
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Dylan Distasio
May 28, 2015, 8:29:27 AM5/28/15
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Wow, very nice work. I love it with the panaplex display.
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David Forbes
May 28, 2015, 10:56:24 AM5/28/15
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Any forum thread that ties in to Joy Division is a good forum thread.
That pulsar album cover connects my radio astronomy gig to Joy Division
also. Peter Saville really knows how to do art.
On 5/28/15 4:43 AM, Nick wrote:
> Click on the link on the group homepage -
> http://photosbydavid.co.uk/project/people-like-neon-peter-saville/ - its a
> commercial piece of artwork so please respect that. The guy that made it (Richard
> Wheater) gave me permission to use it as the banner for the group so long
> as I left the credit line there...
>
> Nick
>
That pulsar album cover connects my radio astronomy gig to Joy Division
also. Peter Saville really knows how to do art.
On 5/28/15 4:43 AM, Nick wrote:
> Click on the link on the group homepage -
> http://photosbydavid.co.uk/project/people-like-neon-peter-saville/ - its a
> commercial piece of artwork so please respect that. The guy that made it (Richard
> Wheater) gave me permission to use it as the banner for the group so long
> as I left the credit line there...
>
> Nick
>
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