Hello all, I've been thinking about writing an article or series of blog posts targeted at beginners who may want to try their hand at building their first nixie clock. There's plenty of information out there about nixie tubes and specific clock projects, but I haven't found much about the entire process of building a clock from scratch, other than maybe a few instructables.
Has anybody written anything like this? Would anybody care to contribute, if not? Perhaps something authored by a group on a wiki? (Like a Wikipedia for nixie clocks.) Having a few clocks under my belt, I know enough to write a reasonable beginner's guide, but there are many on this list far more experienced and smarter than me :) Much of what I learned was by examining other people's published projects, asking questions, and general trial and plenty of error. But it would be great to have something more like a real reference "guide." A few topics to consider in no particular order: 1) General info on how nixie tubes work, voltage requirements, current draw, selecting anode resistors, etc. 2) Tube types, considerations on selecting a tube, and acquiring tubes at reasonable prices 3) Methods for driving tubes, multiplexing vs. direct drive, multiplexing considerations, common driver ICs 4) Power supply design and considerations, where to acquire pre-built power supplies 5) Timekeeping strategies, RTC chips, keeping time via mains AC power 6) Pure hardware vs. microcontroller designs 7) Links to existing reference designs It's a ton to cover, but a lot of it would answer questions I see asked again and again on this list. Thoughts? 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
