/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>13186
Yeah that would be fun, it would look great in a big enclosure next to my power supply on my desk.

Maybe something like this?
I would make my own enclosure though.

>>13179
I haven't heard of exploding radio tubes before, but don't take my word for it.

>>13037
Also look how cheap the tubes are
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-IN-9-NIXIE-BARGRAPH-TUBE-ORANGE-fld-NEON-TUBES-/150625367467?pt=Vintage_
Electronics_R2&hash=item2311f8b5ab

About 10 bucks for two of em.

>>13103
Depending on the tube it could be inexpensive, but yeah. Don't forget to look at the awesome nixies with symbols. (Ohms, Hz, V, etc) It temps me to build a multimeter with a nixie display. Too bulky though.

>>13037
That one isn't mine, sadly. Here is a link to a similar one with sauce.
http://www.tubeclockdb.com/forum/Builders-Forum/1280-Nixietherm-IN-9-bargraph-based-thermomer.html

>>13008
+1

I've only seen variable capacitors in my electronic catalogs for low capacitance with a small range. I was thinking of something with a potentiometer..

>>12953
>implying I'm not building this for fun
>implying this isn't a thread for this shit

>>12895
Wow that would be a project.. What would you use for the display? Tubes as well?

>>12894
Lol wasn't that Biostar that designed that mobo with the preamp tube on it?

>>12830
If you don't mind the look of the IN-12's you could get some of those. <20 bucks for 6 of them on ebay with shipping to the US.

>>12802
and for tube info just google IN-18 datasheet, or whatever the tube you want to find more info about. Also this site: http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/nixie-tubes.htm has some awesome stuff on a ton of different tubes. Very helpful.

>>12725
http://www.elektronika.ba/800/warm-tube-clock-v2-nixie-clock/
is a good link I found on hackaday.com, they have some good stuff on nixie clocks, and one article featuring a thermometer. I learned a lot by looking at nixie clocks that are for sale by looking at their schematics, board layouts, etc. The schematic and board layout from http://glowingtech.com/kits.html really helped me learn also. How I'm controlling my clock is just by a microcontroller, that stuff can be learned on sites like avrfreaks (for avr stuff)

Hopefully that was a little helpful.

>>12679
For nixie tubes specifically? I grab them off ebay, cheap and they work. There are a lot of ebay stores outside of the US that sells them NOS.

>>12662
Yup. I got some atmega1284's for messing around with. Overkill for this project, but that just means I can expand.

>>12641
Yeah, super awesome. I'm thinking of putting on the face of my clock, horizontally. My avr has more than enough GPIO's to drive all of the tubes I want.

>>12541
I haven't seen any tubes that run that high, but I may just be ignorant.

>>12588
Hey man, there are plenty of NOS to go around..

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IN-13 in the pic, awesome for making thermometers. They fire at 140v and sustain <100 i believe

>>12524
Anywhere from 100-200 apparently, the IN-12 nixies I'm using fire at 170v. (extremely low current though, like 2.5 mA

>>12508
Just google around, there is a ton of stuff on them. Kits, schematics, tutorials, parts, etc.

I wish I could get my hands on some of these tubes, they're gorgeous.

>>12487
I'm building mine from scratch, total cost will be about $50 without the enclosure. The tubes and the high voltage decoders are the expensive parts.

>>12430
Sounds right. Its been a long time since I've done anything with audio tubes. Last thing i built was a portable amp that ran on two 9v batteries, powered on a 12ax7 and the Analog Devices AD8065. Only had a headphone jack for output, I had a hard time finding small high quality speakers without butchering some headphones.

>>12396
Why not? Not enough time / hard to acquire tubes?

>>12376
It looks amazing when they glow purple/blue.

>>12372
Forgot pic.

Anyone else into tubes?

Bumping, I'm building a clock with some IN-12's right now, they're pretty rad.

Hey i/diy/iots,

Nixiebro here, lets talk about vintage electronics, tubes, awesome shit to make.
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