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Sweet single-tube Nixie clock design

User [Trax] submitted this commendable write-up, at a Bosnian electronics forum, of his aesthetically note-perfect one-tube Nixie clock design. A green LED beneath the tube blinks once every second, and a button-press gives the time, digit by digit. The video, below, shows it in action. The hardwood case is just perfect. [via Hack a Day]

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Posted by: Dre on September 8, 2009 at 9:16 AM

Can you use a controller like that to run the project linked below? I've been obsessed with it, but don't have the enough knowledge in the matter...

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/09/qlocktwo_clock_tells_time_with_word.html

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Posted by: trevyn on September 8, 2009 at 9:39 AM

You could start by getting yourself an Arduino and playing with it a bit. Follow some tutorials from the web, make a few simple circuits. Read about driving LEDs in a matrix and then try it with a small array. If the Arduino doesn't have enough output pins for your project, take a look at the Arduino Mega. It should have enough IO.

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Posted by: Dre on September 8, 2009 at 10:40 AM

Thanks for the tip... ;)

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