A 7 segment display with a nixie tube style.
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The idea is to build a case for a red/orange 7 segment display that will make it look like an old school nixie tube.
I first started by cutting a piece of stripboard to hold the display.
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Awesome project man! What is the cage made of? Could you update the build materials section with what you used?
Thanks :) It is made made of plastic card and the net from a tea strainer. I painted them in copper and brass color.
and i have added the list of materials :D
Yeahp, this is great. I love how the glow bounces off the housing. That may well be my previously-not-pinpointed draw to nixies. Nice build.
thanks :) yea it gives a kind of nice cosy light, I am trying to get some pwm modulation to create a slight pulsing of the light to increase the effect.
I like it as well! Add some brass around it for a steam punk touch?
thanks, :) i have some ideas for a new one that is more steam punk, with brass tubes instead of wires.
Sorry for spamming, but I'm in love with this :) I'm seriously considering cloning this!
haha, thank you :) that sounds like a great idea :) i would love to see images of the result.
While searching for inspiration for a case, I found another tube - a VFD called IV-26 - that I have cloned by using a chemical test tube and 6 charlie-plexed LEDs. I'll write a page about that :)
Cool, i have looked at some test tubes for this display as well but i have yet to figure out a good way of cutting them to size without getting glass dust everywhere...
well my solution would still be a jam jar, since I have collected some of different shapes and sizes :)
whoa, cool!
Allegedly, as a kid, my dad lived next-door to the dude who invented VFD's. Never seen any like that before.
This would be awesome once you get it posted davedarko.
finally done, sorry it took some time! http://hackaday.io/page/793-0x06-nftf-fake-nixie-tubes-more-a-gallery
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That very Good !!! Awesome work !!! :D