TMK nixie clock

Another broken meter from ebay, this one had a cracked glass panel, the needle meter movement was buggered and some of the bakelite from a corner of the case has broken off. This is...

Unusual nixie tubes

A friend had these in his possession and new that I loved nixie tubes, so he gave them to me! They are unusual as they don’t have the traditional anode mesh/grid obscuring the cathode digits.

EM83 VU meter

This is a stereo VU meter using a EM83 display tube, also known as a magic eye tube. A stereo audio input is connected to the RCA connectors at the rear and the audio signal...

Weston nixie clock

Found this weston multimeter on eBay and thought it has potential to be a nixie clock at some point. After designing the layout for the tube and clock PCB’s (based on the tubehobby schematic...

Charlieplex clock

Charlie what? i hear you ask! Charlieplexing is a way of controlling many LED’s with only using a small amount of pins from the microprocessor. I came across this clock design by John Smout @ www.clock-it.net and...

Neoxnixie clock

“Neoxnixe” clock using IN-12 nixie tubes. Picked up the old clock from ebay, pulled it apart and removed all of its guts to make space for the tube board and clock PCB. The IN-12...

Four Letter Word Clock

A Four Letter Word device using B-7971 nixie tubes. These devices have a history that goes back to 1973! Since then, they have popped up now and then in various forms using different display...