There are a few words in the electrical engineering lexicon that will perk any hardware hacker’s ears. The first of course is “Nixie tubes” with their warm cold war era ambiance and nostalgia inducing ...
First off a brief explanation of what a nixie tube is:<br><br>Nixie tubes are tube that were used in numeric displays in the 60's and 70's. They look like vacuum tubes but they are actually filled ...
What’s a Tea rup, you ask? Oh…Tear Up. As opposed to Tear Down. If taking something apart is a teardown, surely putting something together is a tearup? With that out of the way, enjoy this photo essay ...
A glass test tube case is used to fit this single digit Nixie clock using minimal component count and without the difficulty of obtaining high voltage transformers & transistors, inductors, and driver ...
If you’ve got decent soldering skills, a soft spot for dated 1950s technology, and $150 burning a hole in your pocket, this DIY Nixie desk clock kit will let you experience what gadget lust was like ...
The Neon glow of a Nixie tube makes for an attractive clock, but that’s not enough neon for some people. [Changliang Li] is apparently one of those people, because he’s using soviet-era cold-cathode ...