... inventors ... BUILDING ... .nobody in school ... There were a bunch of shop/tech classes when I was in high school 25 yrs ago, but I think the budget cuts...
Guess I'm the lucky one. I graduated in 2000 from a highschool that still has a top notch industrial tech program, although 7/8 of the students probably had no...
I completed my one tube nixie clock using James Sweet Amtel AVR code he so graciously emailed to me and installed it in a birdhouse I bought for $3.00. I went...
... I don't know how to reach him, but his circuit sure looks straightforward. Just an oscillator (he uses an op amp) driving a power MOSFET which switches an...
Hi all, I have uploaded a few pics of my first attempts at a scope clock. This is a test bed using an old 5 inch X-Y-Z display I got at a hamfest. The final ...
Folks, Check this out! http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59249,00.html How about that...! The moral of the story: it's not necessary for the robots ...
... don't think ... email. I ... Morris - Its called "Silly clock 3" and comes from Kurt Grigg in the UK. See http://www.btinternet.com/~kurt.grigg/javascript/...
<<I don't know how to reach him, but his circuit sure looks straightforward. Just an oscillator (he uses an op amp) driving a power MOSFET which switches an...
http://www.amug.org/~jthomas/clockwork.html I saved the article to my server for the folks who do not have access. The printed article in Spectrum magazine...
... access. ... Hi Jeff, Congratulations on the IEEE article. Very interesting but what I find more interesting is you just bought 15,000 nixie tubes. Where...
... still ... students ... included sheet ... shop ... Wow, I'm envious, we did have a welding class and I was able to become fairly proficient at MIG and TIG...
... that ... and ... though. James, Radio shack even sold Nixie Tubes! I think I have 8 of them still in the blister pack I bought way back when, probably...
... access. ... $$$$$ Jeff, If there is an Acrobat .pdf version of the article, it should look much better, like last June's "New Life for Nixies" article...
I just stumbled across Jim Forbes website and I saw this miniature computer thingy that had a 1/2" crt and was running windows! I want to know more about this,...
... Hi...sounds like you're talking about: <http://www.mindspring.com/~jforbes2/wearable> I was just playing with some hardware that I had laying around...the ...
... miniature ... want ... around...the ... which ... to ... display ... other ... is ... the ... make ... Oh, I thought it was all contained in a small space,...
... You'll have to ask David of Cathode Corner fame...I have a non-disclosure agreement with him, as he designed and built the watch electronics, and it's a...
... know ... watch ... He has my non working watch right now, he says he will sell me one of his watch modules for 150$ (I think thats right) When (and if) I ...
... Dan, Thanks for the post. The streamlined clock is not much beyond vaporware. In fact the circuit traces are deposited in a similar process :) I hope to...
... I still think that one is a deuterium lamp. Here's a copy of your pic: http://www.vitriol.com/images/tech/tubes/mysterytube.jpeg This is a cold cathode...
... Uses a ... are ... one has ... show ... base). ... John R., You are right. I didn't consider the three leads, and I too have a similar elemental cold...
... It could be worse... [pause while trying to think of what could possibly be heavier] you could be helping a guy whose hobby is collecting Easter Island...
Hi All, I am new to this group, and as requested in the Moderator's welcome message, I am writing a quick message to introduce myself. I earn a crust with...
Hi ! ... I have seen a cartoon in the 80s. Two guys depictured as small dots at the ground level facing a pyramid-shaped Maya temple. One says: "It's a...
Hi ! http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2182347903&category=132 Impressive pictures of a RCA Marine Loran Receiver - all tubes with 2 matching...
Hmmm....it's OT. Shucks. I got an early Scope Clock board from David and connected it to a 7VP1 I pulled from a non-functional (and trashed looking) Sun Scope...
