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A project log for No-Silicon digital clock

No-Si clock, with digital readout 0:00-11:59 TOTALLY WITHOUT SILICON. No microcontrollers, no chips, no transistors. Valves/tubes!

charles-van-denCharles van Den 08/14/2025 at 08:450 Comments

Yesterday, I noticed a problem with the No-Si digital clock. The hours figure show something unreadable. On closer inspection, it looked like the '5' was always burning regardless the actual hour, through the intended figure. I thought a possible cause might be the triode tube, so I exchanged the responsible E90CC with another one in the clock. Bingo, now the '3' was constantly burning. So yes, the tube was the cause. Luckily, I have some spares laying around, so I put in another E90CC and the problem was solved.

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