This beautiful clock features circuit sculpture faux Nixie tubes

Reading Time: 2 minutesEveryone loves a nice Nixie tube clock, but Nixie tubes are expensive and difficult to find. Even if you can source a working set, driving the vintage tubes is a complicated undertaking by modern standards. Nixie tubes require high voltage and multiplexing, which is a pain. To solve these problems while retaining the aesthetic, 4Dcircuitry […]

This Nixie tube clock keeps the time and the cost down

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 7th, 2021 Nixie tubes are a great throwback to an era before the advent of LED and LCD screens; however, they often require expensive components or complex programming to operate. This challenge is what inspired Doug Domke to come up with his own solution that only costs $110. His design incorporates the Arduino MKR WiFi […]

Vintage-style clock made from individual LEDs

Reading Time: 2 minutesVintage-style clock made from individual LEDs Arduino Team — November 6th, 2018 If you’ve ever wanted a vintage-style timepiece, or to test your soldering abilities, this clock by YouTuber Electronoobs will let you do both at once.  It features four display modules that resemble Nixie tubes, each made out of LED filaments soldered onto a […]