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Dyadnix clocks by Will
Will made a new IN-18 tube clock using the Dyadnix chip.
Will made a new clock with IN-18 Tubes
using the Dyadnix chip.
Will made a wooden case for his original Dyadnix clock.
Miners Lamp and Steampunk Telephone Nixie Clock
Jan has made two great clocks using the Dyadnix and 6-Tube chips.
Miners Lamp Clock made by Jan. Using the Dyadnix Chip.
Miners Lamp Clock made by Jan. Using the Dyadnix Chip.
Steampunk Telephone Clock made by Jan. Using the Six-Tube Chip.
Heatsink Nixie and Panaplex Clock
Another unique clock created by Jan using my 6-tube Chip.
Jan had just enough Burroughs B-5441 tubes for Hours and Minutes
A Beckman SP352 Panaplex display for the seconds
The body uses mainly old computer heatsinks, brackets etc.
A Chronvertor is used for battery-backed timekeeping.
Top view of large heatsinks
Rear view showing wooden leaver to operate the buttons
The wooden parts are 1/2" ply covered with 1/8" Walnut planks.
A Measure of Time
Jan created “A Measure of Time” using my Six tube clock chip.
The two control pushbuttons are hidden behind a pivoting wooden lever in the base
The IN-12 tubes are lit by blue LEDs
Jan made his own PCB from my circuit schematic.
Two Dyadnix cases by Kevin
Kevin has modified a clock to use Z5660 tubes and added illuminated pushbuttons.
Front view of the Z5660 clock
Showing the illuminated buttons.
Comparison showing difference between blue for time or green for temperature LEDs and the neon for temperature DP
Kevins' second clock fitted in a nice dome case.
This clock uses the rare earlier version of IN-14 tubes dated 1970.
Various Dyadnix Photos
A collection of “Dyadnix” Nixie Kit photos sent-in by customers.
This case is from Nick in the USA.
It is first CNC machined with slightly oversized edges which are then polished down to give a perfect mirror finish. (Nick sent one of these cases for my Dyadnix too!)
Andrew has configured the LED colours with Red for Hours(previous photo), Amber for Minutes
...and Green for Seconds.
Blue is for the temperature display.
Top view of Andrews' clock showing the custom case engraving.
Ian from New Zealand made this nice modification to his kit using Z-5660M tubes with Nocrotec sockets and complimentary blue LED uplights.
The base is a 'Post-It' dispenser with a brushed aluminum top. The blue acrylic lid houses both of the original LED supplied in the kit.
The LED colour change cycle is refracted below the ally lid.
John from Australia made this excellent case using a cylindrical glass chimney originally intended as a candle shroud.
John has hand-made the top and base from Australian hardwood using a drill press as a lathe.
The activating arm that protrudes slightly from the rear of the base is a brazing rod.
The Dallas temperature ic is held in place under the base by a brass heat sink flag.
The power socket is extended to another recessed in the base.
Mike from the UK has created a nice metal platform to display his clock in the centre of a standard-sized clock dome.
Rear view of Mike's clock showing the power hidden inside one of the columns.
View of Mike's clock without the dome.
The underside and edges of the metal platform are fitted with black card for a neat finish and to insulate from the pcb.
Rob from Australia drilled holes in the plastic tube spacers (using a small lathe) to hide the LEDs.
He bought his dome from a USA supplier:
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Rear view of Robs' glass dome case.
He uses a 12 Vdc solar power supply, but switchable to 12 Vac derived from the mains via a low loss toroidal transformer.
Average power consumption is well under 2W.
These two are from John in the UK.
The Pyramid case looks great and the transparent top plate enhances the LED effects.
He has modified his second clock with IN-18 tubes and working on a case for it.
Nick from the UK has installed his clock in this nice glass dome.
This excellent case was made by Kevin from the UK. It is solid Walnut with the inside milled with a Router. The outside edges were bevelled using the Router.
Rear view of Kevin's case.
Close-up view of the tubes in Kevin's case.
Front view of the Z5660 clock
Comparison showing difference between blue for time or green for temperature LEDs and the neon for temperature DP
Showing the illuminated buttons.
Kevins' second clock fitted in a nice dome case.
This clock uses the rare earlier version of IN-14 tubes dated 1970.
Guenter Acrylic case
Guenter from Germany has created Acrylic cases for several Nixie clock projects. He used a CNC milling machine to accurately cut the plates to make this case for the Dyadnix nixie clock/thermometer. He also creates very high quality Tube Amp cases using various materials,including copper and granite! You can find more info and photos (in German and English) at:http://www.grother.de/
Dyadnix mod by David
David from the UK has modified a Dyadnix kit using CD66 Nixie tubes.
David has used his own very high quality Japanese CD66 tubes instead of the usual Russian IN-14s.
He hasn't quite finished working on it yet, it looks great so far though.
The case was previously a cheap iPod speaker dock that was no-longer being used.
The light sensor is set into the top.
The Temperature sensor is taken to stereo jack socket on the rear.
The finished case with the CD66 labels removed to improve the LED glow.
The finished case with the CD66 labels removed to improve the LED glow.
The finished case with the CD66 labels removed to improve the LED glow.
Quinhora mod by Gary
Gary from the UK has modified a Quinhora using some very bright White LEDs.
The case was a 160mm x 160mm x 45mm picture frame from Ikea.
The diffuser was made from two thicknesses of white polycarbonate film from a local craft store.
Rear view, showing the extra LEDS
Using the auxiliary output to add an additional light display that runs every hour.
A PIC16F616 drives 8 ultrabright white LEDs.
Dazzling with the White LEDs in action.
Avo Meter clock by Simon
Avo Meter Clock by Simon from Australia (Submitted September 2009)
Simon bought a Nixie clock chip from me and designed his own PCB.
The clock case is an old, faulty Avo Multimeter.
He arranged the IN-12 nixie sockets on a wooden board to match the original meter cutout.
The finished item!
(The seconds are crossfading from 4 to 5)
There is an INS-1 nixie neon mounted in the centre instead of the usual colon neons and the two pushbuttons replace the other meter adjustment controls.
Quinhora case by Rob
Quinhora clock case by Rob from Australia (Submitted June 2010)
Rob has replaced the standard voltage regulator with a very high efficiency switched-mode RECOM R-78HB05.
This allows it to run from a 12V solar panel, using only 20mA.
The hardware for the case.
Inside view of the case backplate.
PCB fitted to the backplate.
Rear view of the frame, Showing the alarm button.
The red alarm button is a wooden bead into which a ~25 mm brass woodscrew has been threaded. The head of the woodscrew was turned on a lathe to the form of a plain disk of ~ 5 mm diameter to bear on the button of the alarm switch (and to stop the button from being pulled out). The plain shank of the woodscrew passes through a clearance hole drilled in the picture frame.
Rear view of the assembled clock.
Quinhora case by Daniel
Daniel’s Quinhora clock case
Daniel from the USA has created this excellent case for his Quinhora clock. He is using transparent Acrylic rods to achieve this great effect. The finish for the ends of the rods are still being finalised and the case will eventually be stained.
Here is another view of Daniel's Quinhora kit case.
Quinhora case design from James
James from the UK has drawn-up this Quinhora case design in “Google Sketchup”. He says it is based on the one made by Casimiro (see gallery) except the leds will not be countersunk. Some hexagonal, tapped spaces will be used together with 40mm long bolts to secure it.
Quinhora made by Casimiro
Casimiro from Spain has created this excellent case for his Quinhora clock. (Submitted February 2009)
Casimiro from Spain has created this excellent case for his Quinhora clock.
The front has recesses individually made for each LED.
Casimiro has used some Blue LEDs and also fitted the beeper on the front of the PCB.
A sandwich made with two thick pieces of transparent methacrylate,
allowing the circuit to be seen on both sides.
The front light is diffused, the edge of the methacrylate
is illuminated by refraction with different colors created by the many software features.
Nixie Clock made by JB
These photos of a very high quality hardwood cased clock incorporating a GPS module were sent in by JB from Vancouver, WA USA.(Submitted May 2007)
JB's wooden clock case front view
Specifications
Axiom - Sandpiper II GPS Module - RS-232 converted to TTL output. Also added a separate 5vdc source to power the module (to direct the heat away from the clock PCB).
Generic 2 Stage Active GPS Antenna.
Exotic hardwood case with brass hardware. Case made from primarily Honduras Rosewood, with Maple and Ebony inlay. Finished with hand rubbed lacquer coating.
6 Tube Nixie Clock
My First Nixie clock in a stainless Steel case.
The top and base is made from laser-cut 2mm thick polished stainless steel.
A nice feature is the underside of the tube leds reflect inside the case and glow through the perforations in the dark.