Back in 2011 I was working my first job and I bought a #nixie tube clock kit from Velleman, it was a great learning experience and fun to get access to real nixie tubes, sadly I didn't buy or make a case for it, and when I brought it to work to show it off, I touched the high voltage power rails for the tubes which caused my arm to spasm and fling the clock on the floor which broke it.

Since the tubes seamed to be whole, I kept it for 14 years in a box full of other stuff, but this year me and my dad took a look at it to see if we could fix it.

My dad is a much better electronics engineer than I am and he figured out the issue and got it working, and for my birthday he presented me with this gorgeous case made out of a piece of wood complete with rerouted electrical connections and control switch.

I love it, we both built it and I am soo happy for it!

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And I finally got around editing the footage of my Nixie creations !
https://youtu.be/MCYEbv53_Ck?si=fy3iqVrLzMAYnM4E

Check the pinned comment on my profile for more info on this project !

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My DIY Nixie Clock and Nixie Amp

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I have a 3D version made in Blender to help me vizualize the project (before jumping all in with the fabrication and spending money on materials and laser cutting)
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Here's a quick selection of research sketches, ranging from 2017 to 2023. You can find the rest over on the github page !
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Here are some early pictures from 2017 and more recently from 2023
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The amp uses the SGVU151 kit and IN-13 tubes. The audio part uses the ELA21306 board, as its power matches the speakers I want to use. It's okay for the moment, but I might swap if for something better if I want to revisit this project one day.
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The clock : it uses german Z5600M tubes and 4 small neon lamps, the brains are an Arduino UNO R4 Wifi with the Arduinix (http://www.arduinix.com/) shield. It connects to my Wifi Accesspoint on startup and every friday to (re)synchronize. If you power it up while pressing the button, it will create an access point and a webpage, from which you can set up your local wifi info.
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