I built this kit a few years ago. It's still running well and I'm very happy with it although the price was ridiculously expensive and it didn't even include the IN-12's. I also ordered the acrylic case and I added blue LED's to jazz it up a bit. All essential! While building my clock I found out that one of my IN-12 NIXIE tubes had failed. If you really want to post a useful video show what a Pain-In-The-Arse it is to unsolder the tube and replace it! Still it's all worth the effort. Really fantastic!
I would find this price ok if they made some small modifications: 1.) add a connector for an external antenna 2.) add ethernet for PTP and maybe NTP 3.) add a rubidium oscillator for those moments when GPS doesn't work 4.) add eight 10MHz and eight PPS outputs 5.) get rid of the stupid nixie tubes Then it would be a nice and eye-wateringly cheap clock which I would buy immediately. ;-)
9mm digits x.x not suitable for a wall clock. If there was something affordable, i would totally build a nixie clock for my mother. She's currently completely blind, but this is temporary, once the eye surgeries are complete, a good Nixie clock would make for a great present.
Siana Gearz - I'm sorry for your mum, but this doesn't negate that *this* kit is "eye-wateringly expensive" because it uses the IN-12's you complain of, and which can be had for very cheap.
It made me do a double-take. I just found one exactly like it gathering dust on top of a cabinet at the company where I work, in the middle of the United States. Looks like something you'd run across in Fallout...
Marco I really like your videos. You have fantastic voice, as ham radio operators says BBC audio voice perfect for narration. By the way where did you get the bender for resistors ?
I don't think that any comparison to this rotten, corrupt, child-molesting, greedy, wasteful, biased, traitorous cesspool can still be reasonably used or taken as a compliment anymore ...
So how well does that GPS module receive indoors? Do you need to position it near a window? I've had difficulties getting GPS location to work inside my house -- both with cell phones and with quadcopter flight controllers. I love this concept! I wonder how difficult it would be to mod it to use NTP?
Modern GPS modules work pretty well indoors, especially if you're just looking for the time. You can get the time with just a single satellite in view, while getting the position needs more sats and stronger signals.
Can you please refer to the tools that you used for resistors bending and IC bending also. I think those are good candidates for a 3d printer project! Thanks
You know, these items can actually be purchased directly, nobody needs to have one of those fucking plastics pissers everybody and their pimps seem to think are the be-all, end-all to anything these days ... Search terms IC, resistor, lead, forming, bending, tool. Random result: www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=ic+lead+forming
Anvilshock It depends on your place in the world, sometimes it is just easier and much faster and cheaper to print your things rather than buying them and of course vise versa is also true.
Very much enjoy your channel. Thank you. I chuckle to think your neighbours are reciting Tom Waits - "What's he building in there" - we've seen your bath soap collection in the projector video! With that hook light on the stairs What's he building in there? I'll tell you one thing, he's not building a playhouse for the children What's he building in there? Now what's that sound from underneath the door? He's pounding nails into a hardwood floor And I swear to God I heard someone moaning low And I keep seeing the blue light of a TV show He has a router and a table saw And you won't believe what Mr. Sticha saw There's poison underneath the sink, of course There's also enough formaldehyde to choke a horse
Marco 😘 kiss from Russia soviet lamps are good and sadly the last resource of parts no one do anymore, thanks god we made many of them, because everything was working with them (like in Fallout universe all our army used them, such technologies as Commodore computer for USSR in 1980s was too advanced)
That’s cool! I have a question though, if I wanted to grow a 1% metal resistor plant, what kind of soil do I need? If I just throw in a few staples when I water it would that work?
Cool. thanks for sharing it. How is the energy consumption of such thing? thanks
6 лет назад
Is it possible that the GPS Synchronized chip could eventually become defective? Therefore, would it be accurate to say that avoiding this feature altogether by instead utilizing a manual Set button would prevent the possibility of additional parts becoming defective?
I once made a synchronized nixie clock without a processor and completely dead bug . It synced with the lab-light switch. Every time I switched the lights on the clock changed time :-)
Damn, i need such a good old "Biegelehre"! It reminds me somehow on my good old "Ausbildung zum Kommunikationselektroniker der Fachrichtung Funktechnik", what a nice short job title :-)
I'm building a differential probe just now. Can you give some details on yours? Like why did you chose AD830? I use OPA659 and power it by rechargeable batteries. Did you consider an all-round shielding on high impedance areas? I can influence mine just by putting my hand 1-2cm away. Placing it 10 cm in the vicinity of the DUT it does pick up almost every electron flying out. Do you have a simple method for trimming both for frequency response and CMRR?
Making a video about that soon! I want to build one that is powered by Tektronix TekVPI interface. In the Elektor plans a sheet metal shield is recommended! AD830 is probably not the best candidate any more, but I still have a drawer full of them, so I think I'll use those again at least to test the idea
Mine is a different model, but the mod is probably the same for both: Replace their controller with Arduino that triggers the triac. Original can stay to drive the 7-segment display. Bonus points for external thermocouple that can placed on the PCB instead of inside the heater.
found this one that seems closer to your's, and goes to 350°C www.aliexpress.com/item/Brand-New-110-220V-850W-YOUYUE-946C-Electronic-Hot-Plate-Preheat-Preheating-Station-200x200mm-for-PCB/32692018362.html
So, anybody got a link for that IC lead former? My google, ebay, and aliexpress searches aren't turning anything up. I'm sure it's something i can make out of some chunks of plastic, bolts, springs, etc, but i don't see so much as a diy blog.
im not an nixie exper, but i remember there beeing a need to shuffle the digits around from time to time in order to preven cathode poisoning or something they might have to add one or two lines to their script
People so incompetent as you are shouldn't be using the internet. Ever heard of Google? "IC Resistor bending forming tool" There, enough search terms to get you started.
Currently bulding my own Nixie Clock with the same tubes , mine will be multiplexed! Using an Arduino and two 74141 which i found in my Dads Ic-Bin, those went straight in to my Lab, LOL. Mine will have 6 Digites aswell and timekeeping is done by an RTC.Two question tho, does the kit have some means of protection against Cathode-poisoning ? e.g Slotmachine effect or simmilar ? And second does it adjust for Summmer and Winter time ?
Hm well since the code is open source there is nothing to stop you to change that, but you would need to know how the assembly code and the PIC works and you need a programmer for it, and since there are no sockets in the kit you can change the tubes around either (my Clock is supose to have both, Code to prevent Cathode-poisoning and Socketed Tubes). I am a bit bumed out especially with this high pricetag. But to end on a good note, your video was as entertaining as always, love your humor and ohh my gosh that Solderporn with the matblack PCB. Keep up the good work, can not wait for the next video about the CNC project.
Hi marco. Is there a way to use that hot plate on pcbs which already have through-hole components instaled? Because it would not sit flat on the surface. (I mean for preheating the board, not reflowing). Kind regards.
Mh... to me that seems like a waste of energy just to have another, ubiquitous, watch... Its a cool projekt non the less, thats not what im trying to say :) I would just never let something like that run 24/7.
Literally means "bending ruler" though. Well not necessarily ruler, "Lehre" means measurement tool or method, and also applies to measurement tools that are not rulers, for example radial calipers and micrometers.
nope, you are seeing correctly, but it is just the result of me reducing the voltage in an effort to find an exposure setting that shows both nixie displays and starry night sky (didn't work out so well ...)
I have one and i'm not terribly fond of it, i find my fingers much more useful. Bought it at a hole in the wall electronics component store for a few cent probably a decade or two ago.
That's true, but it will also sputter on the sides of the tube and back on the existing digits, as well as making bits conductive that shouldn't be conductive. It's really, really not something you want to have in nixies if you expect them to work for more than a few years. That, and it's super simple to prevent. See my last video for a clean way to do it without distracting yourself.
I still don't get how you can prevent sputtering by cycling the numbers... i mean used digits are going to emit material regardless, you're just knocking it off the normally unused ones, which means there will just be more of it on the glass surface and elsewhere?
3:29 - No, it does not pre-bend, it bends. Pre-bending would be some initial bending that will be followed up by more bending later. Or, to use the words of the great late George Carlin: "There are only two states component legs can possibly exist in, bent or unbent! Pre-bending is a meaningless fucking term!"
Yes, braindead, hollow buzzwords and phrases piss me off. Especially when their over-usage makes them rub off on non-native speakers who inadvertently incorporate these bad habits into their vocabulary, undermining their hard work learning the language in the first place. Nothing personal. Enjoy: ruclips.net/video/46fOtLfYC4Q/видео.html
Haha, wer versucht "wave soldering" auf diese Weise nachzumachen, hat bestimmt auch ein Loch in sein iPhone 7 gebohrt, um den Kopfhöreranschluss wiederzukriegen! ;-)
Why wouldn't they put a pair of stacked leds between the numbers, like every other click in the world has used!?! (":" rather than the single led.) That's irritating.
This isn't what I would qualify as being cheap ! I don't recall spending that much money on a DIY kit ! Granted, it looks nice to some extent but the price tag is rather a turn off, at least for me. To whoever can afford it, by all means, enjoy it !
I mean, I totally get it, tho in my country buying ( small scale, remember that I don't handle your level, master) metalic 1% resistors vs the normal ones has like a considerable bump on price.........I could try buying bulk and have it as stock :P
The question shouldn't be "what's wrong with them?" but "what''s right about them?". Elektor had the balls to supply those instead of decent ones, specially at that price !!! The acrylic case is almost $60US, which isn't quite right either !
I fricking love your vids :DDD Your humour combined with great visuals and really interesting projects is just amazing content. Thank you!
Thank you for making it possible!
I expected an off camera scream when you faded out for the manual wave soldering technique.
Very nice clock kit, and superb build as expected.
I've actually been looking for one, but it somehow felt exaggerated
nothing to feel bad about a good old Wilhelm scream though
Lol, lovely how you opened the box with a knife when it can just be folder open. Definitely slightly triggered the OCD in me :)
With a scalpel, who owns a folded closed box with a _scalpel_
I built this kit a few years ago. It's still running well and I'm very happy with it although the price was ridiculously expensive and it didn't even include the IN-12's. I also ordered the acrylic case and I added blue LED's to jazz it up a bit. All essential! While building my clock I found out that one of my IN-12 NIXIE tubes had failed. If you really want to post a useful video show what a Pain-In-The-Arse it is to unsolder the tube and replace it! Still it's all worth the effort. Really fantastic!
Seeing that issue of ELEKTUUR brought back some memories; I was still in Holland in the military when that came out.
Excellent editing skills and a great kit. It must have taken a lot of care and time to achieve the effect of the PCB self populating, clever!
I was tempted to start all over when I realized I hadn't locked exposure and the board was moving ... but yes, it takes a while :)
Nixies? Elektor magazine? ... i totally jump in, you won a new subscriber best regards!
It get back my childhood when things like this was made for the closet.
Dayum that is a nice bit of kit.
About your Formant adventure, might want to subscribe to the synth-diy mailinglist.
When you slide the blue resistor into the board at 3:36, I felt a slight tingling in my foot.
Great kit! But eye-wateringly expensive.
Seems about par for the course... Nixies aren't cheap.
I would find this price ok if they made some small modifications:
1.) add a connector for an external antenna
2.) add ethernet for PTP and maybe NTP
3.) add a rubidium oscillator for those moments when GPS doesn't work
4.) add eight 10MHz and eight PPS outputs
5.) get rid of the stupid nixie tubes
Then it would be a nice and eye-wateringly cheap clock which I would buy immediately. ;-)
Siana Gearz - IN12's are got for less than £2.00 each.
9mm digits x.x not suitable for a wall clock. If there was something affordable, i would totally build a nixie clock for my mother. She's currently completely blind, but this is temporary, once the eye surgeries are complete, a good Nixie clock would make for a great present.
Siana Gearz - I'm sorry for your mum, but this doesn't negate that *this* kit is "eye-wateringly expensive" because it uses the IN-12's you complain of, and which can be had for very cheap.
Nice editing. Even better humor. Thanks for the entertainment.
Marco, have a look at the updates to this great little clock project on the Elektor site. Great video!
Nixies & GPS -- now that's relevant to my interests :)
I think this was only a trial run, what they'll send next will be much better and even more relevant ...
You mean, like Arduino+Executioner's guillotine? Ohhh, I can't wait!!
get on with the time it should be IOT (internet of torture) capable at least - may be esp32 for low latency ...
Danke für den Tipp mit der Beigelehre.
I am a completly noob about electronics. But these videos are very entertaining ! 👍
A good day starts by getting a new video notification from you
I also don't like carbon resistors! Nice Video and cool build!
amazing pcb holder
Yes, heavy duty stuff from the GDR. The brown parts are heat resistant bakelite 😍
damn
I'm gonna do something similar to myself :)
It made me do a double-take. I just found one exactly like it gathering dust on top of a cabinet at the company where I work, in the middle of the United States. Looks like something you'd run across in Fallout...
Where does one get??!!
Nice video. Humor is on point.
Ich hätte nie gedacht dass man Lötzinn mit einem Plastikbecher auffangen kann. Muss ich auch Mal ausprobieren 😱😂
Lieber nicht.
Thanks. I received my first magazine today.
1:25 oh, god! it's a vintage old soviet indicators "ИН12-А", AFAIK they have not been produced since about 1989.
Does it have any PWM or digit rolling capabilities?
Matte black always screams sex appeal, something that will never change.
4:18 ughh....
can we get uncensored vid?
I dont mind if you have to redo recording with new kits :)
Marco I really like your videos.
You have fantastic voice, as ham radio operators says BBC audio voice perfect for narration. By the way where did you get the bender for resistors ?
In Germany: 'Biegelehre', internationally sometimes on eBay 'Bending gauge' by 'Kemo' EDIT or SparkFun: www.sparkfun.com/products/13114
I don't think that any comparison to this rotten, corrupt, child-molesting, greedy, wasteful, biased, traitorous cesspool can still be reasonably used or taken as a compliment anymore ...
Great video, thanks! I now have the same kit and missing the documentation. Do you have a link to the pdf file?
So how well does that GPS module receive indoors? Do you need to position it near a window?
I've had difficulties getting GPS location to work inside my house -- both with cell phones and with quadcopter flight controllers.
I love this concept! I wonder how difficult it would be to mod it to use NTP?
Modern GPS modules work pretty well indoors, especially if you're just looking for the time. You can get the time with just a single satellite in view, while getting the position needs more sats and stronger signals.
GPS in ( my ) doors works perfectly, both smartphone and drones do not. They also have one version with VFDs and an ESP32 for NTP.
Can you please refer to the tools that you used for resistors bending and IC bending also.
I think those are good candidates for a 3d printer project!
Thanks
www.thingiverse.com/thing:168412 and could only find this one for the ICs www.thingiverse.com/thing:373680
You know, these items can actually be purchased directly, nobody needs to have one of those fucking plastics pissers everybody and their pimps seem to think are the be-all, end-all to anything these days ... Search terms IC, resistor, lead, forming, bending, tool. Random result: www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=ic+lead+forming
Jay0neDE
Thanks
Anvilshock
It depends on your place in the world, sometimes it is just easier and much faster and cheaper to print your things rather than buying them and of course vise versa is also true.
2:59 Only so Ican click it over and over and oven.
Is that the sun coming up?
Did you replace sleep with electronics, AGAIN?
4:12 I tried that and burned my hand and legs!
What kind of container did you use?
You tried to catch molten metal in a plastic cup, and held your hands and legs in a line underneath where it was dripping?
How does that GPS antenna work inside? I couldn't get mine to see any satellites when I installed one on my miniquad.
Very much enjoy your channel. Thank you. I chuckle to think your neighbours are reciting Tom Waits - "What's he building in there" - we've seen your bath soap collection in the projector video!
With that hook light on the stairs
What's he building in there?
I'll tell you one thing, he's not building a playhouse for the children
What's he building in there?
Now what's that sound from underneath the door?
He's pounding nails into a hardwood floor
And I swear to God I heard someone moaning low
And I keep seeing the blue light of a TV show
He has a router and a table saw
And you won't believe what Mr. Sticha saw
There's poison underneath the sink, of course
There's also enough formaldehyde to choke a horse
Very nice kit! I want a kit like this so bad, but I can't get my head around the price of these things .. but awesome video ones again!
Marco 😘 kiss from Russia
soviet lamps are good and sadly the last resource of parts no one do anymore, thanks god we made many of them, because everything was working with them (like in Fallout universe all our army used them, such technologies as Commodore computer for USSR in 1980s was too advanced)
Hello, could you please upload gerber file for PCB v1.1? It is not available on Elektor site... Thank you
This is the first project like this that I have wanted to do myself in a long time.
Any ide if sockets for the Nixie's are available form somewhere?
You are in my top 3 youtubers list yo. Very much like your videos.
Means a lot! I'll be back soon with better quality stuff, just gotta get through some more products I couldn't resist ...
That’s cool! I have a question though, if I wanted to grow a 1% metal resistor plant, what kind of soil do I need? If I just throw in a few staples when I water it would that work?
I would like to take a look at the pfd file but can't find it on the web. Does anybody know where i can get it?
how is that tool called to pre-bend the resistors at 03:37 ?
Biegelehre :)
Cool. thanks for sharing it. How is the energy consumption of such thing? thanks
Is it possible that the GPS Synchronized chip could eventually become defective? Therefore, would it be accurate to say that avoiding this feature altogether by instead utilizing a manual Set button would prevent the possibility of additional parts becoming defective?
I once made a synchronized nixie clock without a processor and completely dead bug . It synced with the lab-light switch. Every time I switched the lights on the clock changed time :-)
Hi, I tried your method with the molten solder pot and messed everything up. Where can I get my refund?
Where did u get that awesome helping stand?? :D
Same guy I got my first Keithley from :)
Wow !!! Beautiful kit !! I love you plate !!! How can find the "hot temp mod?
Thanksssssss
Beaker leaver? Lever? Whatever you call the resistor tool for bending, I have to get one of those. I will have to go shopping now. Thanks dude.
Damn, i need such a good old "Biegelehre"! It reminds me somehow on my good old "Ausbildung zum Kommunikationselektroniker der Fachrichtung Funktechnik", what a nice short job title :-)
Haven't seen you in a while! Ever seen this? ruclips.net/video/YGM3fjyXRT0/видео.html
And also liked it :-P
Wow, awesome! 😀
Thank you for the great videos! I love the humor; made me late for work ;-) !
Elektor sent a kit out for review,, that's a first.
and not the last time :)
I'm building a differential probe just now. Can you give some details on yours? Like why did you chose AD830? I use OPA659 and power it by rechargeable batteries. Did you consider an all-round shielding on high impedance areas? I can influence mine just by putting my hand 1-2cm away. Placing it 10 cm in the vicinity of the DUT it does pick up almost every electron flying out. Do you have a simple method for trimming both for frequency response and CMRR?
Making a video about that soon! I want to build one that is powered by Tektronix TekVPI interface. In the Elektor plans a sheet metal shield is recommended! AD830 is probably not the best candidate any more, but I still have a drawer full of them, so I think I'll use those again at least to test the idea
what is the mod needed for the high temp hot plate ? thanks. and nice video as always.
Mine is a different model, but the mod is probably the same for both: Replace their controller with Arduino that triggers the triac. Original can stay to drive the 7-segment display. Bonus points for external thermocouple that can placed on the PCB instead of inside the heater.
found this one that seems closer to your's, and goes to 350°C
www.aliexpress.com/item/Brand-New-110-220V-850W-YOUYUE-946C-Electronic-Hot-Plate-Preheat-Preheating-Station-200x200mm-for-PCB/32692018362.html
(Don't tell anyone but I just wanted to include a Banggood link to get a few commission dollars on the side :)
;)
So, anybody got a link for that IC lead former? My google, ebay, and aliexpress searches aren't turning anything up.
I'm sure it's something i can make out of some chunks of plastic, bolts, springs, etc, but i don't see so much as a diy blog.
Oh, there it is. Benchpro ICS-01-R. www.amazon.com/JAMECO-BENCHPRO-Straightner-Lead-Tool/dp/B00B888W5S
Techmoan would love this
Moin! Schickes Video! Wo bekomme ich den IC Beinchen Biegetrimmer??
Im Internet, du Hirni! Wo sonst? Benutz halt mal dein Hirn und such danach!
im not an nixie exper, but i remember there beeing a need to shuffle the digits around from time to time in order to preven cathode poisoning or something
they might have to add one or two lines to their script
Always an admirer!
Can't find those resistor benders in the whole galaxy, any info?
In Germany they are quite common and cheap (
People so incompetent as you are shouldn't be using the internet. Ever heard of Google? "IC Resistor bending forming tool" There, enough search terms to get you started.
Anvilshock obviously I tryied everything and I asked cause I though I am using wrong keyword.
Mr.Martin can you tell me the exact English or German name of this item?
Biegelehre or 'resistor bending gauge'
Currently bulding my own Nixie Clock with the same tubes , mine will be multiplexed! Using an Arduino and two 74141 which i found in my Dads Ic-Bin, those went straight in to my Lab, LOL. Mine will have 6 Digites aswell and timekeeping is done by an RTC.Two question tho, does the kit have some means of protection against Cathode-poisoning ? e.g Slotmachine effect or simmilar ? And second does it adjust for Summmer and Winter time ?
It doesn't have protection against Cathode-poisoning, but it can automatically switch summmer and winter time!
Hm well since the code is open source there is nothing to stop you to change that, but you would need to know how the assembly code and the PIC works and you need a programmer for it, and since there are no sockets in the kit you can change the tubes around either (my Clock is supose to have both, Code to prevent Cathode-poisoning and Socketed Tubes). I am a bit bumed out especially with this high pricetag. But to end on a good note, your video was as entertaining as always, love your humor and ohh my gosh that Solderporn with the matblack PCB. Keep up the good work, can not wait for the next video about the CNC project.
Hi marco. Is there a way to use that hot plate on pcbs which already have through-hole components instaled? Because it would not sit flat on the surface. (I mean for preheating the board, not reflowing). Kind regards.
Dreamcat 4 nope
There are infrared PCB pre-heaters like www.jbctools.com/ph-infrared-preheater-product-115.html which work over distances
Thanks! Indeed that would be another interesting project also.
Nice build technique. What a pity they didn't include the acrylic case to make it less dangerous on display.
Whats the power consumption? Seems to me like its going to be way too much?
Too much for what? For a wrist watch? Yes, certainly! For something powered by a mains adapter? Nah, that's ok.
Well how much is it? 10W for a clock results in ~20€ per year...
According to my low res power meter it's 4.5W
Mh... to me that seems like a waste of energy just to have another, ubiquitous, watch...
Its a cool projekt non the less, thats not what im trying to say :)
I would just never let something like that run 24/7.
i once made my own bigelehre but it goes from 4rm(4/10in) up to 20rm(2in) with evry srep in between
No idea what a bugelere is, but I need one.
"biegelehre" means "Resistor Lead Bending Tool"
Literally means "bending ruler" though. Well not necessarily ruler, "Lehre" means measurement tool or method, and also applies to measurement tools that are not rulers, for example radial calipers and micrometers.
0:27 wh... Why did he open the box like that
Nice life hack, I'm gonna try it!
Am I seeing things, or is there a bad 2 digit in decimal minute tube at 5:41?
nope, you are seeing correctly, but it is just the result of me reducing the voltage in an effort to find an exposure setting that shows both nixie displays and starry night sky (didn't work out so well ...)
4:15 I was like "wuuuuuuuuuut? no way" xD
3:27 WHY have i never heared of that!
I have one and i'm not terribly fond of it, i find my fingers much more useful. Bought it at a hole in the wall electronics component store for a few cent probably a decade or two ago.
You think? Mmm, i guess you could be right, didnt know they existed.
Well it's not a big loss monetarily either... so... might be worth trying?
Yeah, that's true. might buy a cheap one to try out.
"Biegelehre" sehr gut
i love your humor :-)
Watching people assemble thru-hole boards in 2018... brrrrrr... :) We wish update on K2001 OLED-edition :D
And we wish to see an update on your big VFD + CNC-enclosure - calibrator project :)
Could you make a video about a DIY satellite receiver with household stuff (an antenna)?
Phew, HF stuff is not really my strongest discipline, but I wanted to try and learn about it for a while now ...
I am studying telecoms but haven't done anything about that, although i am curious about it. Great videos btw
I wonder why digits are spaced so evenly.. Grouping by 2 would look better
No cathode depoisoning? Bad kit, it'll kill the tubes in no time.
Is that so? I thought it'd only disable the numbers that are never used, and since they are never used it shouldn't matter?
That's true, but it will also sputter on the sides of the tube and back on the existing digits, as well as making bits conductive that shouldn't be conductive.
It's really, really not something you want to have in nixies if you expect them to work for more than a few years. That, and it's super simple to prevent. See my last video for a clean way to do it without distracting yourself.
Cool, if I ever get some Dalibor Farný tubes I'll implement that :)
IN-18s are a cheaper and slightly smaller alternative :)
I still don't get how you can prevent sputtering by cycling the numbers... i mean used digits are going to emit material regardless, you're just knocking it off the normally unused ones, which means there will just be more of it on the glass surface and elsewhere?
4:08 That container. lol
did you actually wave solder this board?
Using that plastic cup to catch all that excess lead? lol
Methinks the nixie driver ICs are not 74141s but Russian K155ID1s - complete with KGB-instigated hacking interfaces...
Well now I want a clock and a pin bender thingy...and a hot plate...
lol. Yes, an ATtiny could probably suffice, but why not use a huge monolith PIC. ;)
Thanks for sharing :-)
3:29 - No, it does not pre-bend, it bends. Pre-bending would be some initial bending that will be followed up by more bending later. Or, to use the words of the great late George Carlin: "There are only two states component legs can possibly exist in, bent or unbent! Pre-bending is a meaningless fucking term!"
You are in a bit of bad mood today, I hope my meaningless fucking term was not the cause?
Yes, braindead, hollow buzzwords and phrases piss me off. Especially when their over-usage makes them rub off on non-native speakers who inadvertently incorporate these bad habits into their vocabulary, undermining their hard work learning the language in the first place. Nothing personal.
Enjoy: ruclips.net/video/46fOtLfYC4Q/видео.html
Okay "this old great Scott"
hi how you spell this bigggggkeliren??
Biegelehre
I've always wanted to own one of these but the price is always too high for me to justify it.
They still make the tubes over here in Russia
Haha, wer versucht "wave soldering" auf diese Weise nachzumachen, hat bestimmt auch ein Loch in sein iPhone 7 gebohrt, um den Kopfhöreranschluss wiederzukriegen! ;-)
Why wouldn't they put a pair of stacked leds between the numbers, like every other click in the world has used!?! (":" rather than the single led.) That's irritating.
Spooky... When you speed-up your voice it sounds like Robin Williams!
Could be worse! :)
Ah yeah
man is das teuer :(
Top Video, aber bitte das nächste mal in deutsch. Nicht weil man es nicht versteht, sondern weil Aussprache bzw Betonung scheußlich ist. Sorry
This isn't what I would qualify as being cheap ! I don't recall spending that much money on a DIY kit ! Granted, it looks nice to some extent but the price tag is rather a turn off, at least for me. To whoever can afford it, by all means, enjoy it !
😂😂 please stand by...😂😂😂 U funny..
3:20 Right in the POVERTY ARGGGH. also right in the shity-customs-regulations-that-make-it-really-hard-to-buy-quality-components
They cost the same here, but I feel the customs-regulations part! Lost a 3000$ device because it wasn't rohs conform once ...
I mean, I totally get it, tho in my country buying ( small scale, remember that I don't handle your level, master) metalic 1% resistors vs the normal ones has like a considerable bump on price.........I could try buying bulk and have it as stock :P
Ah, so wasteful to use so many 74141 chips when they could have used one of them and a small forest of transistors
Lamps that Russians!!! )))
лампы отвратительно подобраны-в подобных наборах собираются 1 к 1 лампа а не таким образом
German engineering ;)
What's wrong with carbon resistors lmao
The question shouldn't be "what's wrong with them?" but "what''s right about them?". Elektor had the balls to supply those instead of decent ones, specially at that price !!! The acrylic case is almost $60US, which isn't quite right either !