Tagged: clock

Vane Nixie Clock

I haven’t come across many white multimeter cases before, it’s a different look! Think it still works well as a nixie clock. Clock and tube PCB’s for the tubehobby microprocessor were used and IN-14 nixie tubes...

VFD approximate clock

This is a clock that shows you the time more like you would say it, not the exact time. So when it is 10:38am, it will show you “it’s twenty minutes to eleven” on...

Buchanan Nixie Clock

One thing I love about this original multimeter is the hand made nature of it. All of the labelling has been engraved by hand and painted white. The maker even engraved his name in the...

AC Ammeter nixie clock

After finishing the DAP nixie clock, I started to look at other cases I had laying around and found one that was very similar to the DAP case. So I pretty much followed the...

D.A.P nixie clock

This meter was originally used by The Department of Aircraft Production (DAP) at its Beaufort Division in the early 1940’s. They used to make Beaufort planes for the RAAF which were based on the Bristol...

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...

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...