Share My Creation JG Nixie Clock

What's really nice with B4A is that you can do pretty much what you want !

Here is my nixie clock :

• 6x IN14 russian tubes
• 6x Neopixels Leds
• 2x HV5530 high Voltage drivers
• 1x 210V High Voltage step up power supply
• 1x 5V step down power supply
• 1x ESP32 microcontroller
• 1x radar sensor
• 1x light sensor
• 1x (option) temperature + pression sensor
• 2x home made pcbs

And one BA4 application speaking to the ESP32 with Bluetooth Low Energy

Just add a piece of wood (from Vietnam ) a CNC mill, a 3D printer (for spacers and leds' light under the tubes), one lathe (for aluminium rings) and a lot of hours



See it in action :

 

[imbault]

Great IoT clock, congrats to one of our best hardware designer & software developer using B4x

 

[JordiCP]

Wooooow!!!!
Totally agree with Imbault's above post!!

 

[freedom2000]

Thank you my friends !

 

[Cableguy]

Are the tubes refurbished or from the new russian manufactor?
I just love these old look things and all the steampunk movement!

 

[freedom2000]

The tubes are "New Old Stock", they should be new but old... One of them had the digit 7 blind... The seller sent me a new one !

These tubes are fragile and the biggest ones (IN-18) are very very rare and expensive.
Cathode poisoning is a real danger... One of my tubes had a few digits partially blind. So I had to refurbish it carefully. That's why I have added the "depoison" option in my App.

I saw this video of this guy who spent 5 years to be able to manufacture nixies... impressive.