When I was 12, I modified my electric quartz alarm clock to unlock the electric "pause" switch (2.5mm jack near the mic jack) on my cassette player... waking up to music was not a habit in 1972... For a connected Nixye clock, just add a bluetooth speaker inside, that's all, it will even work with an Apple...
Le dimanche 5 février 2023 à 18:22:46 UTC+1, lokn...@gmail.com a écrit : > I am Gen X and grew up with side table alarm clocks that had VFD or a n > some cases flip cards to display numbers. These days we are using our cell > phones to get us up. Old tube clock have been a hobby if mine for awhile, I > would love to see one that had apple integration. I understand Apple > licensing it would not make sense for a niche product but I wonder if there > is an already licensed device that could be integrated. > > Collin > On Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 12:08:09 PM UTC-5 Collin Smith wrote: > >> I want iPhone integration. 🤣 >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> On Feb 5, 2023, at 01:29, Moses <mo...@neonixie.com> wrote: >> >> That looks really neat! Looks like the cases Ramsey Electronics used to >> use as their 'standard' kit case. >> >> >> I've made and sold my fair share of clocks and kits. Surprisingly alarms >> were low on the list of feature requests. I recall someone telling me they >> didn't want their delicate $200 clock waking them up lol. >> I'm going to see about adding an alarm as a mod to my existing kits, just >> a beeper/speaker, a switch and some code. Could go fancy with music and a >> radio, but a basic alarm is.. well pretty basic. >> >> I've got a fair number of prototypes that never went into production as >> well. They are not failures.. they are "limited editions" :) >> >> Speaking of old and tired.. this prototype has a date code of 2008.. >> seems like yesterday. >> >> Regards, >> -Moses >> >> <neonixie-some-prototypes.jpg> >> >> >> On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 8:55:18 PM UTC-8 petehand wrote: >> >>> I designed one about ten years ago. I made a few and offered them on >>> Ebay, but nobody was interested. The prototype has been waking me reliably >>> in the morning for ten years. It has IN17s, 12 or 24 hour mode, two >>> completely independent alarms, snooze adjustable 1 to 9 minutes, a tilt >>> switch for snooze (reach out blindly and slap it) and a supercap to keep >>> time for a nominal 24 hours if it gets unplugged. It uses a 12V wall wart >>> for power. I believe I still have one left, tucked in a drawer somewhere, >>> and a few partly assembled boards and parts. >>> >>> [image: IN17 alarm front.jpg] >>> >>> [image: IN17 alarm open.jpg] >>> >>> I'm old and tired now and I'm never going to pick this project up again. >>> Does anybody feel like taking it over? It's a shame to let it die. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c92ab8a6-1d28-4770-b71b-ccbf1c292799n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c92ab8a6-1d28-4770-b71b-ccbf1c292799n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> <neonixie-some-prototypes.jpg> >> >> -- 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/235bce72-f4ad-424e-bfc7-cfb619be501bn%40googlegroups.com.
