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Bigass Alphanumeric Nixies Conquer The Earth!!!

🕑 Added 2021-03-30 00:46:48 +0000 UTC

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Fran Blanche

The Lectrascan card is viewed edge on, not to the side, so the entire display rack has the tubes leaning downward, as to be mounted high and angled to be viewed looking up at it.

Robert Rissell

Comment on italicized segments: They ARE italicized, just look at the angle on the sockets mount relative to the normal of the circuit board. Solution for your driver board, more Supplementary LRF Support on the left side of the board..

God of Ramblers

The working Nixie was born the same year as me! It’s as bright and informative as it used to be (unlike myself! ;-)

veritanuda

Fascinating. But FWIW that PCB looked old school etched. It is amazing how inventive people are. Thanks!

Norm Nelson

"A foot-lambert equals 1/π or 0.3183 candela per square foot, or 3.426 candela per square meter (the corresponding SI unit)." .... hahahah ok. Lambertian reflectence is isotropic, I remember that much from optics ...

Fran Blanche

Not that I can tell. But I'm running the tube at fairly low current.

David Blake

Great display and a great project showing it off. Your videos showing how you create things are some of my favorites. How about using the display for another intro spelling out FRANLAB?

David Peaker

That is super cool, but it got me thinking, can I make a 7 segment display using IN13 nixie tubes? Hmmm.

GrayRaceCat

Hi Fran, You may already be aware of this, but, are you familiar with Dalibor Farný and his new hand-made Nixie Tube factory? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_X_JzG6cJRj6uapia0F7BFDLNUc7FMEX He is currently working on Project H, a display with 121 Nixie tubes of 150mm dia each, for a client!

Nice job! I love the animations. Thanks for putting this together.

BobC

Splendid! That is so cool. IIRC, there are similar-sized vacuum fluorescent single-character alpha-numeric displays, but when I just looked all I could find were the large 7-segment variety.

Matt Wietlispach

Wow! A massive Nixie older than me brought back to life. That PC board you were reverse-engineering was probably the oldest PC board I've ever seen. I love seeing all the discrete through-hole components. The circuit boards I see now are usually 8-10 layers and sprinkled with tiny parts that are too small to mark and all conformal coated as well. Your assembly skills and great component layout logic makes it so gratifying to see it all work. There's definitely an artistry in what you create. Keep the video coming!

John McCormick

Not that it is important but do these displays put off much heat? I've never seen a nixie of any sort in person.

You're absolutely correct. Electronics, and all that it encompasses, is an art form. There is something very aesthetically satisfying watching light, and hearing sound and radio waves. I was in the park today with my little QRP ham radio conversing with a total stranger across the ocean. No wires, internet ISP, nothing. Just radio waves bouncing around the planet. How cool and amazing is that and how wonderful is that nixie tube display that you just put together!