Yep. That case is based on an established construction technique.
I don't have space in my head for all the learning that goes with 3D
printing!
Richard

On Tue, 10 Nov 2020, 16:17 Nicholas Stock, <nickst...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Richard, looking at your clock case on a regular monitor now makes me
> suggest you buy a 3D printer....won't need so many curved spacers for the
> edges then.... :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nick
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 7:58 AM Richard Scales <scales...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Actually, I now see that the SP-353 had a decimal point so these could be
>> used as separators, yep two displays, six digits, time, date, temp,
>> pressure, ntp sync, all possible.
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 10 Nov 2020, 15:51 Richard Scales, <scales...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This design would not suit our at all. However, my other design that
>>> uses direct drive would be well suited.
>>> The SP-353 has three digits and no colons so that's 21 segments per
>>> display. If you want a six digit clock then that would be easy with a
>>> couple of HV5622 shift registers. Unfortunately it would be difficult to
>>> have colons where you'd want them. If you used three displays then one
>>> digit could be used as a colon. You'd need 63 outputs, how convenient, that
>>> still leaves one spare!
>>> So that's a definite possibility and you'd have a spare output that
>>> could be used for something else perhaps.
>>> Would that work for you?
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 10 Nov 2020, 15:27 alb.001 alb.001, <alb....@sympatico.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How difficult would it be to redesign the display boards to us
>>>> SP-353   3-digit panaplex displays ?   I still have some of those
>>>>
>>>> Thanks  Pharma Phil
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>>>> From: Richard Scales <scales...@gmail.com>
>>>> Date: November 10, 2020 at 10:10 AM
>>>>
>>>> Thank you. I have a Heathkit clock that needs some assistance. It does
>>>> everything it should do apart from increment the time. The clock chip is
>>>> driving the displays so I'm thinking it's OK but it just won't count time.
>>>> I wasn't thinking of offering a kit but if anyone has a set of SP-101's
>>>> then I can help out with Pcb's for this version as well as another one that
>>>> I hope to have ready soon.
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 10 Nov 2020, 14:11 martin martin, < mcvei...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Your clock looks great! I'm currently fixing this 1970s Heathkit with
>>>> an overheating power transformer.
>>>>
>>>> And yes! I would be interested in a kit
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ~
>>>> *mcvei...@gmail.com <mcvei...@gmail.com>*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 6:04 AM Richard Scales < scales...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I could make plans available, or all hinges on having the displays.
>>>> The rest of just smart sockets albeit ones I made work for these 7
>>>> segment displays.
>>>> I have another design which is a direct drive approach and is therefore
>>>> much simpler in terms of hardware whilst the software has to do a lot more
>>>> of the heavy lifting.
>>>> I'll show that when ready. I'm just waiting on updated pcb's to arrive.
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 10 Nov 2020, 13:58 Michail Wilson, < m...@michail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Love it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Plans, Open source, only one or making a kit available?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Michail Wilson
>>>>
>>>> 206-920-6312
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* neonixie-l@googlegroups.com <neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> *On
>>>> Behalf Of *Richard Scales
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 10, 2020 1:39 AM
>>>> *To:* neonixie-l <neonixie-l@googlegroups.com>
>>>> *Subject:* [neonixie-l] SP-101 Clock, finshed at last!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've finally completed this: Six SP-101 panaplex displays being driven
>>>> by 'smart sockets' which are getting their instructions from a Teensy 
>>>> Micro.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A Wemos provides NTP sync, sensor reading (temperature and pressure) ,
>>>> Web scraping (local wind speed and direction) and random words.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It does the best it can with only 7 segments. Also includes microwave
>>>> motion detection so the thing is only displaying data when there is someone
>>>> there to see it!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I got green pcb's so the case is especially tinted to match.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> - Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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