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Build A Nixie Tube Clock

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the electrocution-risk-provides-added-excitement dept.

J Aldridge writes: "People are still using Nixie tubes. Their warm glow seems to be the digital equivalent of the warm sound of vacuum amplifiers. One person has constructed a tube wristwatch."

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  1. Re:190 volts at... by seanadams.com · · Score: 5, Informative

    I seem to remember: 190 volts minimum at 3 to 5 milliamps. Discouraging if you want to use batteries.

    Big whoop. It's not hard to make a switching power supply that will give you whatever voltage you want from a battery supply. Lots of sample circuits are out there.

    You can also buy inexpensive inverter modules that make 100VAC from a battery supply - typically used for powering LCD electroluminescent backlights. Seach on digikey for "backlight inverter".