I like chilly war stylish like [ryan brooks]’s fantastic looking nixie tube clock. There have been other microcontroller based nixie tube clocks so Ryan decided to base his on the venerable MOS innovation 6502. The 6502 is the exact same 8-bit processor utilized in the Apple II as well as Commodore 64. He’s got a couple fascinating notes from the construction:
Be extremely organized with your digit wiring; utilize great deals of cable ties or something. 6 digits is 120 solder joints on 60 wires.
Don’t be afraid to make your own Nixie sockets. I stood my tubes up on my flatbed scanner, arranged them with a ruler as well as then scanned. Imported to Photoshop, did a levels to make the pins contrasty as well as printed the output 1:1. Glued the paper onto my plexi, drilled all the holes, dropped in pin-sockets w/CA glue as well as bam! instant Nixie Tube Clock Socket!
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