I agree with the minimally invasive route. Is this a digital caliper of some sort? In which case there would have been a device plugged into that input with which to do the measuring. If you have that and it works then a physical representation of the time is a neat idea, if you can drive it with sufficient precision.
Otherwise perhaps you could just simulate whatever electrical signal it would generate and achieve the same effect. Again, the precision might be tough. I started a counter-based clock on this principle - I just output pulses appropriately to increment the display as needed. The only modification I made to the counter was to give myself access to the reset signal so that I could reliably start counting at 0 when I needed to. It was a neat project but didn't make it past breadboard stage. On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 11:16 AM, 'Terry S' via neonixie-l < neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Looks like it's from a CMM. Had a similar unit at last employer. Lost > track of it 25 years ago when they upgraded to LED units. > > > On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 9:39:28 PM UTC-5, Kerry Borgne wrote: > >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LptumLmp_g4/VRDNDnTQrxI/AAAAAAAAACw/KQBDPpX1znU/s1600/IMG_0378.JPG> >> >> >> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0LaZWrDJewM/VRDM5w70HzI/AAAAAAAAACo/cXNUE32z9_s/s1600/IMG_0377.JPG> >> >> >> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ii6WbcOEgnM/VRDMxynBu-I/AAAAAAAAACg/90Y69OsGnWM/s1600/IMG_0370.JPG> >> >> >> Picked this up at a flea market a couple of years ago. Didn't pay much >> for it. It's in like new, unused condition. My original intent was to part >> it, mostly for the Nixies but I was >> wondering what you guys would do with it.....Might make an interesting >> clock...? (or maybe I should keep it for a collectable ? ) >> >> Kerry >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a825742a-7acd-4fe5-91e6-e365c6cbc86f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a825742a-7acd-4fe5-91e6-e365c6cbc86f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAM1F4kSbYoChYWTWpradgu6y0kJSN1N9YnNLgf2nffp%3DtGX06w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
