Hi David, I'm looking to offer the kit for $75 + $10 s/h within the U.S. It will be a project offered on Kickstarter. If you like, I'll put you on my list of people to notify.
There is are very few 16 segment nixies, one of the only ones I know of is the B7971 (15 segment), which is rare and expensive (~$80 - $100 per tube, but others on this list probably have an idea of the exact price.) My clock isn't designed for nixies ... nixies require different drivers and a high voltage power supply, and of course have a different part footprint. If you want a nice looking 16 or 14 segment display, I suggest looking into VFD displays, either the IV-17 or IV-21 or similar. For a VFD display you also need a very different power source. Numitrons are easy because they run on 4.5VDC and can be driven with a standard constant-current LED driver. VFDs require a supply that can output both filament and anode voltages. Hope that helps, Sean On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:34 AM, _David_ <david.maugr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Sean and also to all that replied. > > Sean, this looks pretty much like what I'm looking for . What would be > the cost of the kit ? > Also, how hard would it be to use 16 segments nixie instead ? I would > love to have the clock display a special message at specific date, as > Im building this as a present for my kids. > Thanks, > David > > On Jan 25, 9:08 pm, Sean Voisen <s...@voisen.org> wrote: >> If you want to build an Arduino-compatible numitron clock, you're welcome >> to clone my Bluenumi clock:http://sean.voisen.org/projects/bluenumi/ >> >> Schematics, board, gerbers and Arduino-compatible source are all open >> source. They all live at the Github link from that page. It's essentially a >> bare-bones Arduino clone connected to LED drivers (for numitrons), piezo >> buzzer, buttons, and DS1307 real time clock chip. >> >> Of course, this will also be available as a kit in a week or two ... >> >> Sean > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
