Reminds me of this project https://makezine.com/2008/06/18/transistor-clock-kit-uses/
~ *mcvei...@gmail.com <mcvei...@gmail.com>* On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 4:21 AM Joe Croft <cro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nick, > > > > I like it! What is the final target for this, going by the counts of bulbs > in the rings (8 & 12) it doesn't seem to be a clock. Unless it's from > Mars.... ;) > > > > Not to make this a pissing match, I know there are even prettier and more > complex, ring counter clocks and not to mention it's yesteryear's news, > but,I didn't exactly avoid punishments myself in the past. I did come up > with the NixieNeon clock. > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSaHHKSnvfI > > > > 7 ring counters with a total of 60 lamps . Not as many in total as yours, > but they don't have the convenience of a trigger wire. The rings free run > counting down the 60hz to the 12 bulb hour ring without the help of the > processor,. The processor is only there to run the green lamps, the 5 > minute eye candy and set to the time (assuming you have the RTC). > > > > My point of my previous email was that assembling 384 little ass SMD > boards was no small feat. I doubt I would've lasted through it. > > > > My favorite ring counter clock of all time it this one! It is a great > looking clock, I love the point to point wiring. I bet the 60 second ring > was a nightmare to get counting so well! > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4v7IDIYiNQ&list=PLcg96zVhEST67yy294qhAUgrr7ijZnUGe > > > > -joe > > > > On Thursday, July 23, 2020 4:55:50 PM CDT Nicholas Stock wrote: > > > Let's try that again....movie was too large.. > > > > > > https://www.instagram.com/p/CCPMzuOjdBs/ > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 2:52 PM Nicholas Stock <nickst...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > Speaking of glutton for punishment.... > > > > > > > > A follow on to Grahame's original Trigger tube clock....aptly called > > > > 'Neon'...that we're both working on....no semi-conductors.....the video > > > > shows one of the minutes boards fed with a 10Hz pulse for testing of > the > > > > counters, hence the speed.... > > > > > > > > The ticking is from a couple of relays. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 2:38 PM celzey11 <celze...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Allegedly there's some neon bulbs that actually act as thyratrons that > > > >> can be used to make large scrolling displays...haven't seen any of > those > > > >> IRL though > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > > > >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/04517e2c-4681-49a6-ad0c-d6d4da3a706ao%40googlegroups.com > > > >> . > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/1660424.iKONuvo0S0%40phil > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/1660424.iKONuvo0S0%40phil?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAKYv7NSt3%2BPYx8qaX12iTYEZzkvGm%2BB4RS_oseXBBDcPHjPcOQ%40mail.gmail.com.
