Nixie Tube Speedometer
Nixie Tube Speedometer Normally this wouldn't be much use, but I own a Tesla Model 3, and you might be aware that there is no instrument cluster in front of the driver for these cars - everything is on the large iPad-like display in the center of the console. I don't really miss having the...
IN-9 VU Meter
My wife bought several IN-9 nixie tubes as an anniversary present, so this is a quick project to display sound levels on one of them. Quick to put together, but a lot of research on exactly how to do it. The IN-9 is a very simple tube. Just a single long cathode. As you increase...
Nixie Tube Power Supply
Nixie Tube Power Supply A nixie tube power supply that I documented at hackaday.io. Efficiency ranges from around 65% for 3.7V in, up to around 80% for 5V and 12V. Here it is driving a bunch of IN-12 tubes at 177V from a little LiPo battery: My little power supply that could... Here is a...
One Tube Nixie Clock
One Tube Nixie Clock After I had built a few Nixie clock kits, I became interested in making my own hardware. To make sure that I could get everything to play nicely together, I put it all on a testbed which you can see below: Testbed driving an IN-12 nixie tube The testbed had everything...
ITS1A Clock
ITS1A Clock I didn't think that my first six tube clock would be an ITS1A clock, but after I got some of the tubes and spent a little time getting them to light up (and then be able to control what was displayed), it seemed a small step to building an actual clock. ITS1A Clock...