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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: miggy on 21 January 2008, 22:17:17
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;D ;D
by the way +2 here
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Time for your tablets Pete :D
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Time for your tablets Pete :D
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Whats the time
Funny you should say that...
I've just finished a little project. Yes, it might have been more constructive to have been LPGing my Omega or something but I fancied picking up the soldering iron, so I made myself a little clock...
(http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w63/kjwood/projects/IMGP1890.jpg)
Kevin
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Whats the time
Funny you should say that...
I've just finished a little project. Yes, it might have been more constructive to have been LPGing my Omega or something but I fancied picking up the soldering iron, so I made myself a little clock...
(http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w63/kjwood/projects/IMGP1890.jpg)
Kevin
Wow.. :o
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Bit cool that. :y :y :y
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Whats the time
Funny you should say that...
I've just finished a little project. Yes, it might have been more constructive to have been LPGing my Omega or something but I fancied picking up the soldering iron, so I made myself a little clock...
(http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w63/kjwood/projects/IMGP1890.jpg)
Kevin
I like that.
Want to share??
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Whats the time
Funny you should say that...
I've just finished a little project. Yes, it might have been more constructive to have been LPGing my Omega or something but I fancied picking up the soldering iron, so I made myself a little clock...
(http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w63/kjwood/projects/IMGP1890.jpg)
Kevin
Orders are coming.. ;D ;D
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Dead smart, I'll have one :y
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I like that.
Want to share??
Certainly...
It uses Nixie tubes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tubes. A totally obsolete display device from the days before LCDs, LEDs, etc. About the only thing I can remember them being used in is petrol pumps when I first started driving.
Mrs. KW saw one a couple of years ago and took a shine to it so I bought some tubes and they've been languishing in my junk box for a while. Anyway, you can get the tubes and kits to build clocks on ebay but I decided to roll my own circuitry to drive them.
Worst part was soldering up all the connecting wires. 10 individual segments in each tube to wire up, one for each digit 0-9 ::) Started to wish I'd just bought a kit with a printed circuit board. Because they are effectively little neon bulbs they need a supply of 185v dc so there's a little converter to knock up the 12 volts from a mains adaptor to power them and there's a microcontroller in there to keep the time and drive the displays.
Kevin
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I like that.
Want to share??
Certainly...
It uses Nixie tubes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tubes. A totally obsolete display device from the days before LCDs, LEDs, etc. About the only thing I can remember them being used in is petrol pumps when I first started driving.
Mrs. KW saw one a couple of years ago and took a shine to it so I bought some tubes and they've been languishing in my junk box for a while. Anyway, you can get the tubes and kits to build clocks on ebay but I decided to roll my own circuitry to drive them.
Worst part was soldering up all the connecting wires. 10 individual segments in each tube to wire up, one for each digit 0-9 ::) Started to wish I'd just bought a kit with a printed circuit board. Because they are effectively little neon bulbs they need a supply of 185v dc so there's a little converter to knock up the 12 volts from a mains adaptor to power them and there's a microcontroller in there to keep the time and drive the displays.
Kevin
Kewin Wood classic :y
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I like that.
Want to share??
Certainly...
It uses Nixie tubes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tubes. A totally obsolete display device from the days before LCDs, LEDs, etc. About the only thing I can remember them being used in is petrol pumps when I first started driving.
Mrs. KW saw one a couple of years ago and took a shine to it so I bought some tubes and they've been languishing in my junk box for a while. Anyway, you can get the tubes and kits to build clocks on ebay but I decided to roll my own circuitry to drive them.
Worst part was soldering up all the connecting wires. 10 individual segments in each tube to wire up, one for each digit 0-9 ::) Started to wish I'd just bought a kit with a printed circuit board. Because they are effectively little neon bulbs they need a supply of 185v dc so there's a little converter to knock up the 12 volts from a mains adaptor to power them and there's a microcontroller in there to keep the time and drive the displays.
Kevin
That seems straight forward enough... ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I like that.
Want to share??
Certainly...
It uses Nixie tubes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tubes. A totally obsolete display device from the days before LCDs, LEDs, etc. About the only thing I can remember them being used in is petrol pumps when I first started driving.
Mrs. KW saw one a couple of years ago and took a shine to it so I bought some tubes and they've been languishing in my junk box for a while. Anyway, you can get the tubes and kits to build clocks on ebay but I decided to roll my own circuitry to drive them.
Worst part was soldering up all the connecting wires. 10 individual segments in each tube to wire up, one for each digit 0-9 ::) Started to wish I'd just bought a kit with a printed circuit board. Because they are effectively little neon bulbs they need a supply of 185v dc so there's a little converter to knock up the 12 volts from a mains adaptor to power them and there's a microcontroller in there to keep the time and drive the displays.
Kevin
Yep, I understood all of that! not.
:) :) :)
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Plenty of kits around to build these if you fancy having a go. Just need a soldering iron.
http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=nixie+clock+kit
Kevin
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Plenty of kits around to build these if you fancy having a go. Just need a soldering iron.
http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=nixie+clock+kit
Kevin
A fire extinguisher, public liability insurance and a FBH for when you lose your rag ;D
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You forgot the rubber gloves for when you switch it on, Pete :y
Kevin