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Open Source Russian Vacuum Fluorescent Tube Clock

Posted by kdawson on from the ice-blue dept.

ptorrone writes "Hacker extraordinaire Ladyada (whose open source hardware projects we have discussed before) has just published a complete how-to, with design document, on making your own open source Russian vacuum fluorescent clock. The vacuum fluorescent tubes aren't as dangerous as (high-voltage) Nixie tubes, and there seem to be more of them available in the world. If you're not interested in building a clock from scratch, you can also pick up a kit version. All the schematics, source code, and files are available on the project's page."

2 of 155 comments (clear)

  1. Re:And this is worth buidling because.. ???? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Most people don't the skills to write.

  2. Which brings me to the question... by CarpetShark · · Score: 4, Funny

    The vacuum fluorescent tubes aren't as dangerous as (high-voltage) Nixie tubes

    Why not? Can nothing be done to correct this?