Re: [neonixie-l] Anyone know what happened to glowingtech?
On 15-05-28 03:37 PM, blkadder wrote: The reason I ask is my first Nixie clock is/was a glowingtech. Today it decided to self destruct, killing a power supply and shattering the 78L05. Sounds like a short in the power supply. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe http://Charles.MacDonald.org/tubes No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- 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/55678C0F.7020802%40zeusprune.ca. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[neonixie-l] Anyone know what happened to glowingtech?
The reason I ask is my first Nixie clock is/was a glowingtech. Today it decided to self destruct, killing a power supply and shattering the 78L05. I figure it is time to move on to a more advanced clock, like the excellent QTC clocks by Pete over at PVElectronics. I figure I can salvage the Amtel chips to use in my forays into Arduino, but most of the other stuff is destined for my used electronics box. Thanks for any info anyone might have. Ron -- 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/052589b9-fd1a-4e57-a943-73ec44079301%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [neonixie-l] Another nixie watch comes to life
Congratulations! That's quite an accomplishment. I hope you can get the charging thing to work. I once considered potting my Nixie watches, but thought better of it for that reason. On 5/27/15 10:26 PM, gregebert wrote: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9IM-biyOxos/VWajNb6RkuI/AB4/vrZTqsArFzQ/s1600/DSCN5264.JPG After 2 years of work, I finally finished my first (and only) nixie watch... OK, so it's panaplex watchwhatever. I still dont know how long the battery life is. When I did accelerated battery-life testing on my demo board a few months ago, it extrapolated to about 2.5 months. So far, it's gone a bit longer than that on a full-charge and there's still a nice charge on it. The sad story about this watch is that *after* I sealed the case (yep, permanently...), then the charging terminal for the battery developed a broken connection. Murphy's LawSo I must either destroy the handmade plexiglass case, which took many hours to build, or drill some tiny holes into it so I can pin-probe the battery terminals to charge it. It's a ridiculous thing to wear because of the size and weight; I'll see what the other engineers at work say about it tomorrow. They think I'm a tad kooky to design a watch with a 40+ year-old display when my day-job is designing 10nm ICs. Heh-hehnotice I didn't show how tall the watch is in the photoit aint no iWatch. Probably 1 inch tall. I just finished it in a nick of time, too. My wife and I saw Tomorrowland last weekend and she was awed by Goerge Clooney's IN-18 nixie clock and gave me an assignment to build one for her. Definitely the best task on my honey-do list..will it really be 12 tubes, or only 6. Still pondering that. -- David Forbes, Tucson AZ -- 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/5566B2D8.6090008%40dakotacom.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [neonixie-l] Another nixie watch comes to life
That looks really nice! Do you have some more pictures? Cheers Jens Am 28.05.2015 um 07:26 schrieb gregebert: [IMGAGE] After 2 years of work, I finally finished my first (and only) nixie watch... OK, so it's panaplex watchwhatever. I still dont know how long the battery life is. When I did accelerated battery-life testing on my demo board a few months ago, it extrapolated to about 2.5 months. So far, it's gone a bit longer than that on a full-charge and there's still a nice charge on it. The sad story about this watch is that *_after_* I sealed the case (yep, permanently...), then the charging terminal for the battery developed a broken connection. Murphy's LawSo I must either destroy the handmade plexiglass case, which took many hours to build, or drill some tiny holes into it so I can pin-probe the battery terminals to charge it. It's a ridiculous thing to wear because of the size and weight; I'll see what the other engineers at work say about it tomorrow. They think I'm a tad kooky to design a watch with a 40+ year-old display when my day-job is designing 10nm ICs. Heh-hehnotice I didn't show how tall the watch is in the photoit aint no iWatch. Probably 1 inch tall. I just finished it in a nick of time, too. My wife and I saw Tomorrowland last weekend and she was awed by Goerge Clooney's IN-18 nixie clock and gave me an assignment to build one for her. Definitely the best task on my honey-do list..will it really be 12 tubes, or only 6. Still pondering that. -- 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 mailto:neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9aa2f110-a8d6-44a3-8b35-065b26cc7bb7%40googlegroups.com https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9aa2f110-a8d6-44a3-8b35-065b26cc7bb7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=emailutm_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/5566BF9D.3050004%40jb-electronics.de. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [neonixie-l] Another nixie watch comes to life
That's excellent! Definately an antidote to the iWatch :) Does it have a user interface? How do you activate the display? cheers, Robin. On 28/05/2015 06:26, gregebert wrote: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9IM-biyOxos/VWajNb6RkuI/AB4/vrZTqsArFzQ/s1600/DSCN5264.JPG After 2 years of work, I finally finished my first (and only) nixie watch... OK, so it's panaplex watchwhatever. -- 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/55670051.50308%40cqr-ltd.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [neonixie-l] Another nixie watch comes to life
On Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:35:11 UTC+1, NeonJohn wrote: On 05/28/2015 01:26 AM, gregebert wrote: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9IM-biyOxos/VWajNb6RkuI/AB4/vrZTqsArFzQ/s1600/DSCN5264.JPG After 2 years of work, I finally finished my first (and only) nixie watch... OK, so it's panaplex watchwhatever. Love it! This may be heresy but I think the Panaplex looks much better in a watch than Nixies. I like the People Like Neon in the background. I'd love to get a high res version of that so I can print a banner for my neon shop - until I get time to do the real thing. Click on the link on the group homepage - http://photosbydavid.co.uk/project/people-like-neon-peter-saville/ - its a commercial piece of artwork so please respect that. The guy that made it (Richard Wheater) gave me permission to use it as the banner for the group so long as I left the credit line there... Nick -- 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/01eff578-ce1d-41fa-8739-d449ee4339b1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [neonixie-l] Another nixie watch comes to life
Wow, very nice work. I love it with the panaplex display. On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 1:26 AM, gregebert gregeb...@hotmail.com wrote: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9IM-biyOxos/VWajNb6RkuI/AB4/vrZTqsArFzQ/s1600/DSCN5264.JPG After 2 years of work, I finally finished my first (and only) nixie watch... OK, so it's panaplex watchwhatever. I still dont know how long the battery life is. When I did accelerated battery-life testing on my demo board a few months ago, it extrapolated to about 2.5 months. So far, it's gone a bit longer than that on a full-charge and there's still a nice charge on it. The sad story about this watch is that *after* I sealed the case (yep, permanently...), then the charging terminal for the battery developed a broken connection. Murphy's LawSo I must either destroy the handmade plexiglass case, which took many hours to build, or drill some tiny holes into it so I can pin-probe the battery terminals to charge it. It's a ridiculous thing to wear because of the size and weight; I'll see what the other engineers at work say about it tomorrow. They think I'm a tad kooky to design a watch with a 40+ year-old display when my day-job is designing 10nm ICs. Heh-hehnotice I didn't show how tall the watch is in the photoit aint no iWatch. Probably 1 inch tall. I just finished it in a nick of time, too. My wife and I saw Tomorrowland last weekend and she was awed by Goerge Clooney's IN-18 nixie clock and gave me an assignment to build one for her. Definitely the best task on my honey-do list..will it really be 12 tubes, or only 6. Still pondering that. -- 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/9aa2f110-a8d6-44a3-8b35-065b26cc7bb7%40googlegroups.com https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9aa2f110-a8d6-44a3-8b35-065b26cc7bb7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=emailutm_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/CAJrqPH8C4216DPEWMbes3nm3646ECwhH5arav4PhLApkGEskfw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [neonixie-l] Another nixie watch comes to life
Any forum thread that ties in to Joy Division is a good forum thread. That pulsar album cover connects my radio astronomy gig to Joy Division also. Peter Saville really knows how to do art. On 5/28/15 4:43 AM, Nick wrote: Click on the link on the group homepage - http://photosbydavid.co.uk/project/people-like-neon-peter-saville/ - its a commercial piece of artwork so please respect that. The guy that made it (Richard Wheater) gave me permission to use it as the banner for the group so long as I left the credit line there... Nick -- David Forbes, Tucson AZ -- 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/55672C96.1040809%40dakotacom.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
