Hi Russell, thanks for the kind words! Not sure what your background is but you might try starting with a Nixie clock kit. Just the act of following directions, assembling the kit and getting it to work will get you pretty far. If you don't feel confident taking that on you can start with even simpler low voltage kits to work on soldering and basic EE skills.
The calculator conversion is actually trickier because it uses the existing display interface, so you first have to understand that to get it working. It's not just a matter of ripping the guts out and installing an existing nixie clock board. But with some practice and patience you could probably get there thought! - Eric On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 5:34:21 PM UTC-7, russell wrote: > > Thank you for sharing this - it really is brilliant and has given me some > inspiration (now all I need is the skill) [image: 😊] > > > Russell. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> <[email protected] > <javascript:>> on behalf of Eric Cohen <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *Sent:* 13 July 2016 00:03 > *To:* neonixie-l > *Subject:* [neonixie-l] Nixie Tube Calculator Clock w/Android Control > > Thought y'all might be interested in my conversion of a 1971 Singer/Friden > EC1117 nixie tube calculator into an Android controlled date/time clock > with arbitrary digit display. This will probably make more sense after > watching a demo of it in operation here: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mibd44goZ-E > > If anyone is interested in further details or building their own I've > posted more information (including code, schematics and scope traces) at > http://epieye.com/nixie/ > > Have fun! > > - Eric > > -- > 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 [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/0639f226-3812-4f6b-8fab-666a33d5dc81%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/0639f226-3812-4f6b-8fab-666a33d5dc81%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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f16ef7e6-6f88-45a6-ab2c-95c6af2afc6a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
