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Nixie tube clocks

B7971 Smartsocket driver:

Introduction

What does it do? Movies!

Download the PDF manual

 

IN-18 nixie clock

The ball clock

Floating tube clock

The infinity clock

A slim clock

A slim couple of clocks

Pyramid clock

Panel meter clock

Two tube Charlienixie clock

A small two tube clock

 

Panaplex clocks

The pinball clock

 

LED clocks

The Holoclock

 

Charlieplexed LED clocks

Charlieplexed clocks intro

Circular clock 1

Circular clock 2

Circular clock 3

Circular clock 4

Circular clock 5

Circular clock 6

7 segment dotty clock

 

VFD clocks

Approximate clock

Russian IV-18 clock

 

Muji box twin IN-17 nixie clock

A really simple clock using two Russian IN-17 tubes

This clock was inspired by a small acrylic pen pot I saw in a MUJI store. "I could build a little clock in that", I thought.

A PCB layout is printed out on a laser printer, ironed onto some circuit board, dumped into the ferric chloride and etched. Drill a few holes here and there, wire up the components and it's more or less done.

I machined a base out of oak and drilled two holes in the acrylic box for switches on the back.

Not perhaps obvious in the picture, but the clock slopes back slightly to aid visibility.

I could make a little cosmetic screen to hide the electronics, with holes for the tubes, but I probably won't bother.

The clock has a variety of modes. In its simplest mode it switches directly between the hours and minutes. In addition it has a fade and dissolve effect, a fade in and out effect and one that scrolls the numbers, a little like tossing two dice. Additional modes select among the other modes every minute or five minutes.

The quicktime movies below show various modes of operation.