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Nixie Watch

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These days one can find many nixe clocks on the internet which look all nice and pretty. But to me the small watches seal the deal of what one can built out of 2 nixies. I guess it would be an interesting project in regard to the fact that it combains the creation of a high voltage power supply and a microcontroller under the pressure to make it all fit in a small watch. And even though i prefere the round shape, https://www.facebook.com/nixiewatch shows that it is also possible to power a tube via small solar pannel.

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  • I have been intrigued by Nixie Tubes for some time. They are fascinating to say the least.

    I know Cathode Corner sells round Nixie Watches using two Nixie Tubes, but they come with a price tag of $495 with shipping and handling of $15-85 depending on where you live. Extra Tubes will also run you $15 each.

     

    I don't know the price of materials individually that is required but I am sure a DIY kit could be made with a smaller budget, so I would love to see a DIY kit for this particular topic, especially since I could make some great additions to my electronics lab with the $495 price tag mentioned above.

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  • I have been intrigued by Nixie Tubes for some time. They are fascinating to say the least.

    I know Cathode Corner sells round Nixie Watches using two Nixie Tubes, but they come with a price tag of $495 with shipping and handling of $15-85 depending on where you live. Extra Tubes will also run you $15 each.

     

    I don't know the price of materials individually that is required but I am sure a DIY kit could be made with a smaller budget, so I would love to see a DIY kit for this particular topic, especially since I could make some great additions to my electronics lab with the $495 price tag mentioned above.

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  • in reply to toxxn

    Nixie tubes are a bit on the expensive side.  Take a look on eBay.

     

    There are quite a lot of them available, but almost all of them are NOS from Russia.

     

    I've not seen them yet, but I've heard that there are some blue nixie tubes actually built in the US(?) available.   I believe adafruit had a few of these available at one time.

     

    Tom