[time-nuts] Clock Project Help

J. Mike Needham iain_nitro at att.net
Wed Oct 28 17:52:03 UTC 2009


Thanks David for that information.  I am not sure I want to go to the
expense of the Nixie tubes, but those are very cool looking clocks indeed --
the opening for the story would go something like:  "In the days before
there were LEDs..."

I have looked into the sites you mention and hope they can help me find
those parts.

Thanks again,

Mike



-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of David Forbes
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:45 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Clock Project Help

At 3:44 AM -0500 10/28/09, J. Mike Needham wrote:
>
>Where the problem lies is that I need to find the IC chips for clocks and
>build a display . ideally my whole house would sport these clocks and get
>their signal from my own NTP server or any of the public ones.  My
prototype
>clock would be a bedside alarm clock with only alarm set functions for any
>buttons, the actual time setting would be as described above.  If anyone
can
>direct me to suppliers for these parts that is what I really need as well
as
>to know what parts I need J


J.,

There is an entire cottage industry for making nixie tube clocks. 
These devices are beautiful to look at and they complement any decor.

There's a Yahoo group called NeoNixie that discusses them. Two 
members of this group that sell clocks and kits (and have impressed 
me with their technical skill) are:

http://www.chronotronix.com/
http://www.tayloredge.com/

And there are many more out there.

I'm not selling nixie clocks myself any more, though.
-- 

--David Forbes, Tucson, AZ
http://www.cathodecorner.com/


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