Jun 17, 2018 Replies: 5 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 : Last edited: Jun 17, 2018 Click to expand...
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 Well-Known Member Licensed User Longtime User Jun 17, 2018 #2 Great IoT clock, congrats to one of our best hardware designer & software developer using B4x
JordiCP Expert Licensed User Longtime User Jun 17, 2018 #3 Wooooow!!!! Totally agree with Imbault's above post!!
Cableguy Expert Licensed User Longtime User Jun 17, 2018 #5 Are the tubes refurbished or from the new russian manufactor? I just love these old look things and all the steampunk movement! Last edited: Jul 11, 2018
Are the tubes refurbished or from the new russian manufactor? I just love these old look things and all the steampunk movement!
freedom2000 Well-Known Member Licensed User Longtime User Jun 17, 2018 #6 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. Last edited: Jun 17, 2018
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.
