Nixie tubes, while built during the vacuum tube era of the mid-20th century, still exist in a niche among hackers. It’s quite the task to get them up and running due to a number of quirks, so getting ...

The Meridian Nixie Clock is based on an ATMega microcontroller and combines programmable temperature and light sensors with vintage IN-14 and IN-16 lamp bulbs. It can be used as a clock, calendar, or ...

In between the Nixie tube era of the 50s and 60s and the advent of multi-digit vacuum fluorescent displays (VFDs) common in ...

Howard Constantine has taken to Kickstarter to raise funds to take his miniature six digit nixie clock into production. The Nixie Clock X features both wireless connectivity and GPS and utilises IN-16 ...

Today Ryan Brooks is our nerd hero of the day, and this is why: So, I wanted a Nixie clock and I really wanted to design the hardware and program it myself. Most of the kits out there are based around ...

Nixiana.com is the home of unique microcontroller-based creations, most notably the world’s first nixie tube propeller clock. Digital clocks have long been a popular project idea, as the perfect ...

First off a brief explanation of what a nixie tube is:<br><br>Nixie tubes are tube that were used in numeric displays in the 60's and 70's. They look like vacuum tubes but they are actually filled ...

Kickstarter has a fever at the moment, and the only cure is more tube clocks. For those unaware of this type of gadget, a Nixie tube clock uses heated cathodes in a glass-encased gaseous mixture to ...

Which Nixie tube clocks are best? Recently, using clocks that tell time using old-fashioned vacuum tubes (Nixie tubes) has become more popular. For anyone who loves to see the guts of technology, a ...

Which Nixie tube clocks are best? Recently, using clocks that tell time using old-fashioned vacuum tubes (Nixie tubes) has become more popular. For anyone who loves to see the guts of technology, a ...

So, a LONG time ago (ok, 2 years), I got into my head the idea of making a nixie clock that was as simple a design as possible. There were (and still are) a lot of steampunk style clocks out there, ...

Nixie tubes have experienced something of a resurgence in popularity in recent times, as the charm of combining new and old technologies continues to draw in retro-minded designers. ThinkGeek's DIY ...