@GreatScott! In the future a handy trick for dealing with components that have lots of flexible legs is to cut each one slightly shorter than the one next to it so it ends up like a spiral so that way you can insert one leg at a time and not have to deal with trying to get all the legs in at once. This makes working with these sort of components significantly easier.

This clock is so cool. El Psy Kongroo.

@officer_baitlyn

4 жыл бұрын

affirmative

@ZyndarYT

4 жыл бұрын

This is the choice of Steins;Gate.

@haruakatsuki6874

4 жыл бұрын

Kurisuuutinaa

@suryanshusharma3227

4 жыл бұрын

Maaddo Scientistooo !!!

@baronvonbeandip

4 жыл бұрын

Bwaaaahahahahaha

Me: finds rare nixie tubes My cat: *push*

@rahulsawant_pikachu

4 жыл бұрын

*pop*

@xConundrumx

4 жыл бұрын

Solution, connect 170v to your cat instead. ffs don't it's a joke!

@blackturbine

4 жыл бұрын

@@xConundrumx she lights up in nice amber colour but the digits are all fuzzy Getter are probably not flashed enough

@roberthousedorfii1743

4 жыл бұрын

@@xConundrumx "If that thing had 9 lives, she just spent 'em all..." 20 Geek points for the first to reply with the movie. Yes, it IS easy. It's Xmas!

@mcb187

4 жыл бұрын

For gods sake, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Make it harder.

This mans knowledge makes me feel sad I wasted my life playing video games, instead of learning things. Awesome video I really like how you highlight stuff lol.

@bemysugardaddy596

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I needed this right now. I actually have learned this a semester ago but I just tried to pass the exam. I don't know shit even though I should. I feel like trash.

@jaws0.o373

4 жыл бұрын

@@bemysugardaddy596 what is this even called

@dimitrijekrstic7567

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaws0.o373 electronics? What do you mean exactly?

@jaws0.o373

3 жыл бұрын

@@dimitrijekrstic7567 nevermind i was probably on drugs

@dimitrijekrstic7567

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaws0.o373 lol

This guy really knows his stuff. The diversity of knowledge displayed in his videos is amazing. This is what electrical engineers should really be able to do. Awesome!

First thing that comes in mind is Stein's Gate

@velho6298

4 жыл бұрын

Was waiting to see on which world we are

@thevoldy5730

4 жыл бұрын

El psy Kongroo!

@baronvonbeandip

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only person who clicked on this thinking the same thing.

@Orcristy

4 жыл бұрын

John Titor, are you?

@filipmajorek5201

4 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering in which world line are we now

I own a clock with IN-12b nixie tubes. They are beautiful. That “5” of russian nixie tubes 😄... it’s really a flipped “2”. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 👍🏻

Actually a video about snubber capacitors would be cool XD

@greatscottlab

4 жыл бұрын

Sooner or later :-)

@warlounercomia7558

4 жыл бұрын

@@greatscottlab we will wait for it Brother! =)

@puhairsoft

4 жыл бұрын

DiodeGoneWild has entered the chat.

@bashaaksema94

4 жыл бұрын

Yes please

@nerdymillennial

4 жыл бұрын

Yesss!!!

I built the Elektor Nixie Clock and I love it. I especially love watching the seconds ticking so I would have to have 6 digits. The way you have done yours is very nice. I might have a go at building one based on your design. What a great project. Many Thanks.

Just when I thought you couldn't get any better you hit it out of the park. Thanks for this. Outstanding as always.

I finally bought from JLCPCB and I am not disappointed. The boards truly are high quality. I desoldered and resoldered components and all the solder pads remained intact and everything remained functional.

Hey Scott! Nice project! I have already built a nixie clock myself... and all documentations warned me about a “cathode poisoning effect”. If a nixie tube displays a number for too long, it can have a negative effect on all the other numbers. It can make them a little bit faded over time. This happens for the tubes displaying the hours! A solution is to cycle all numbers in the nixie clock every 5 minutes. My clock does this.

@Yashuu96

Жыл бұрын

Can you please share the resources for your clock? Code or any documentation?

@TanveerAhmad-km4gk

Жыл бұрын

Can you provide all documents regarding your nixie clock?

I wanted to say thank you for inspiring me to do this project. I designed my own 6 tube multiplexed clock and it is amazing

Nixie Tube Financial Director: flip the '2' to make a '5', we'll save $$$

@nightsaber2272

4 жыл бұрын

Country where this tubes manufactured is no longer exists from 1991.

@varunsreedharan5347

4 жыл бұрын

@User It was made in the USSR

@birseyleryap

4 жыл бұрын

@@varunsreedharan5347 kzread.info/dash/bejne/qayAlqelktLPpaQ.html

@patrickfle4485

3 жыл бұрын

yes, it's a shame, the five is very ugly for ridiculous economic gain.

@worawatli8952

3 жыл бұрын

@@patrickfle4485 But I think it is really cool, it tells the story of how engineering was in USSR.

In the 1980s, working and building projects like this took a great deal of research. Now, you make it look so easy. Great videeo. Thanks.

I was at one of the electronic labs in my university last week and saw nixie clocks. Thought they look awesome and that I need to build one myself. What a coincedence Scott has a new video about this topic how awesome is that!

Recently I've finished nixie clock HH:MM:SS on Z566M tubes, it looks great. Also nice video. Cheers.

3:56 impressive. A German guy is using USSR IC

@sphagnumrex9008

4 жыл бұрын

It seems they are already made in Russia.

@maxb3000

4 жыл бұрын

Я тоже удивился)

@maxb3000

4 жыл бұрын

@@sphagnumrex9008 ..made in USSR 💪

@sphagnumrex9008

4 жыл бұрын

@@maxb3000 1827 во второй строке маркировки - это дата изготовления: 18й год, 27я неделя.

@playzday53

4 жыл бұрын

@@sphagnumrex9008 норм бизнес стратегия, пойти купить фирм магазе интеграла 155 за сущие копейки и втюхать на ебее или амазоне

Amazing! We appreciate the level of effort that must have gone into this project!

OMG I’ve been looking into Nixie tubes for the last two weeks in order to DIY one myself. Unfortunately not a single DIY Nixie video. And here you are! Awesome!

6:55 - immersion gold on through-hole pads can be hellishly frustrating to solder to if you do not make copper around those pads extra wide and make the holes also wider. + if you use extra flux, black solder mask requires lots of isopropyl alcohol to clean up.

This is so cool I could barely hang and that wood filament... great touch, I really want to make my own. Thank you, another masterpiece!

@bmmaia81

Жыл бұрын

do you know how much filament would be required for this box? just to have an idea.

This has to be one of the coolest retro builds that people have tried using modern tech.

I like the way you present the video along with your mistakes so we can have experiences about that common mistakes.

Man I am so happy now having a face to the voice I've heard for months xD

Nice project! I would recommend you add spinning all digits feature to the program. This will prevent to poisoning of the cathodes. Btw. sorry for my English

@TheAechBomb

4 жыл бұрын

your english is good

@andrewkieran8942

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheAechBomb He speaks English better than I speak any other language.

@TheAechBomb

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewkieran8942 same here

@jfrphoto01

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheAechBomb He speaks english very well! So much better than Joe Biden.

@AlessioSangalli

4 жыл бұрын

What is the cathode poisoning?

I built a similar clock a year ago but took a different approach. It uses a Raspberry pi zero w and gets the time from an ntp time server. I also went with 6 digits so I can see the seconds as well. BTW, cutting the tube leads in a spiral length allows you to get the tubes in the board one hole at a time. I like clock projects and even have one that uses 4 inch Burrough nixies that I built in 1973.

I found a nixie clock kit on the net that use no Integrated Circuits, all functionality is achieved using discrete transistor-diode logic. This kit is great if you like soldering, or want to practice your soldering as you will need to make 2917 good solder joints to have the clock work. I'm 62 years young and love old tech. I don't know why except it is an art form.

A clock with Nixie Tube is a perfect project... great!

@greatscottlab

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

@Stefano91ste

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you :)

I saw them on youtube and wondered how they were made. Thank you for that !

@SaintTrinianz

4 жыл бұрын

You can purchase both Nixie clocks and Nixie Clock kits on Etsy. No doubt, following this video's instruction is preferable if you have the skills. Not impressed with this base but that should be easily substituted

Awesome project, awesome realisation, awesome result, awesome video... Thanks for the quality of your work and your explanations !

Awesome! Recently I ordered my PCB for lab bench power supply to JLCPCB by your introduction and its quality was very good :-)

Really cool project! It‘s sad that nobody produces those tubes anymore. They look really nice and, as you showed, it isn’t that hard to built a clock with them.

@blueberry1c2

Жыл бұрын

Look up Dalibor Farny, his company makes them. They're expensive but they are in production

@ADraco

9 ай бұрын

@@blueberry1c2 Expensive is an understatement. They're not sold separately, but as already assembled clocks and the prices basically work out to $320 - $400 a tube. Compare that to current price of IN-14 tubes of around $11 a tube and the difference is staggering. But the soviet tubes won't be around forever and they have already gone up in price significantly. For example in 2018 I bought IN-12 tubes for $1.25 a piece but nowadays you'd be lucky to find them at $4 a piece. Eventually the prices of soviet tubes are gonna catch up to the brand new ones and maybe even overtake them. Honestly buying Nixie tubes seems like a good investment - probably better than gold lol.

@SenkJu

8 ай бұрын

​@@ADracoMillclock is also producing their own (very large) Nixie tubes. They look amazing but at $130 each are very expensive as well.

Scott : High voltage is dangerous ! ( Scott at 3:06 ) : "Turns the circuit on while holding it from the High voltage side"

@chrisakaschulbus4903

3 жыл бұрын

uhm i'm pretty sure he turned the power on after he connected the krokoclamps

Been here for years and it is still the best DIY channel on the tubes.

Sorry for my poor english. I have build one 6 digits nixie clock a few month ago. With one PIC18F2420 micro controller, one RTC module, and eight 74HC273 to drive HV transistors for control each numbers of 6 tubes. I even added a HC-05 bluetooth module for micro controller, that can connect with your phone for sync the time to RTC module or do some tricks.

I made one of these years ago and I love it....my case is made out of Lego though and got my clock as a kit

@neetujain6451

4 жыл бұрын

Is that weed you are smoking 😂😂?

Considering that the RTC is holding the date as well, it wouldn't be hard to have the clock toggle between showing the date, and any other info you wanna show. Like using a DHT11 and throwing a humidity/temperature on there too!

Beautiful project - and a lot of work. Well done. Absolutely beautiful

I just recently started watching Travelers, where this clock seems to be a central setpiece and I always thought it looks so cool, I want one too.

I've been working on a nixie tube clock for about a month now as my first electronics project. Instead of the BDC chips I'm using transistor arrays and shift registers since my tubes weren't too happy with the cathode voltage being clamped to 50-60V, which I think the BDC chips do?. Also instead of an arduino and a separate battery-powered RTC I'm using an ESP32 which has built-in RTC and WiFi for NTP time synchronization. It's been a huge project considering I knew very little about electronics and C and embedded programming at the beginning. Now I've completed the electronic design and PCB layout, learning KiCad in the process, and I'm very close to finishing the programming. I've yet to design a case, which I'll use as an excuse to learn CAD.

@jordanjohnson714

4 жыл бұрын

Berengal Update on the project? A nixie clock is an ambitious first project.

@Berengal

3 жыл бұрын

@@louisdelvecchio388 I got 90% done pretty quickly, then have only been working on it in stops and starts since. Other things keep getting in the way, plus when I'm almost done there's not much more to learn from the project so my motivation isn't always there. I have controlled nixie tubes with the shift registers and transistor arrays, and I have gotten the esp32 to get the time via NTC and output it correctly on the shift registers, but that was both on breadboards. I have finished soldering the PCB, but I have some code tweaking left to fix some of the issues I ran into. I know what to do, it's just getting around to it.

Excellent, as always👍🏻

@greatscottlab

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

I have 10 nixie tubes in my drawer and a few different small nixie power supplies to go with them but didn't know how to build a clock from scratch. Now I know how to use them properly I may attempt a clock myself. Great video! 👍

I got some old small nixie tubes that somebody didn't want, and I wanted to build a nixie clock for a bit of time, so this video will definitely help alot.

I have already build 8 of them :D I have never used arduino, I always use radio transmitted time from Frankfurt.

@space_0027

4 жыл бұрын

Vít Cenek do you have more info about this? Sounds awesome!

@Moonwalker917

4 жыл бұрын

@@space_0027 Google DCF77 or TDF time signal for more details

@AndersJackson

4 жыл бұрын

Using TDF as a source to adjust time are not excluding Aurdino. Or using any other source for the time or adjusting time, which is what you do, adjusting time. You still need a time source to adjust. As someone already wrote. 😜

@douglascampbell9809

4 жыл бұрын

@Lassi Kinnunen It's the way they transmit the time on the atomic clocks used to set standard times for large areas. I'm sure it's a standardised component. It's simple antenna and receiver to decode the information in the signal and set the clock's time accurately. All that you have to do is set the time zone.

@NGC1433

4 жыл бұрын

@@AndersJackson You can also just display the time received, without any digital IC, code, and all other unnecessary complexity you kids are so addicted to.

"The numbers mason what do they mean?"

i am extremely impressed by your project and your knowledge of electronics and electronic parts. i enjoy watching the videos.

I wanted to make or get one for my grandpa, because he is an amateur ham radio operator, and he love old tech and such.

@D4no00

4 жыл бұрын

go for making it, he will be more happy that you made it yourself.

You could sell this as a complete kit. Very cool.

I love the arduino. I didn't know about those issues. But wood filament!!! My mind was blown

Great video! Recently I made nixie clock on my own, but I used only one nixie driver and optocuplers to drive anodes so I can multiplex nixies.

That's the first time I've seen a project box made of the wood fibre filament - can't say that I'm impressed :(

@towers3372

4 жыл бұрын

Snafu I thought it looked nice

@zaprodk

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's hard to print without it clogging up the nozzle. You should preferably use a bigger nozzle (0.6 or 0.8) for it to not clog up. The standard 0.4 won't cut it.

"Risk".... Let's give electroboom this idea..and we can have fun⚡⚡

@technicalideas1234

4 жыл бұрын

Yes plz it would be awesome

@sanketpatro7611

4 жыл бұрын

Yaa its very correctly said

@Pott_AV

4 жыл бұрын

funny

@CEDrsgaming

4 жыл бұрын

I can see that from there. Ok, to proper driver nixie tube, you need high voltage. Let's connect it to the tube, *electric ark sound with some smoke*. High voltage is painfull, always manipulate it carefuly. :D

@BharatMohanty

4 жыл бұрын

@@CEDrsgaming wow it feels like I am watching mehdi live...

Hey Great Scott! I love your work. It helped me learn a lot about electronics!

That is an elegant design, I love that. I built one of these clocks about a year ago. My advice for anyone wanting to improve the design is to use shift registers to control the Nixie driver IC's. That will allow you to include a seconds display so you can watch the digits cycle. Additionally, shift registers open up more inputs and outputs so theres room for expansion. You can add buttons for time adjustment, a temperature sensor, or an alarm. In my design, I even included a sound sensor to extend the life of the tubes (clapping turns the clock on momentarily) and a relay to imitate an analog clock's tick. On a similar note, I've found that those RTCs sometimes lose track of time and after a few months they'll be off track. This may be due to my poor programming skills but it may also be the RTC itself. Not to mention they don't account for daylight savings time (if you're in North America) so half the year it'll be an hour off. Overall, I really like the design in this video. I only mention these issues/solutions so anyone who wants to try building one can learn from my mistakes. Edit: Whoops this video came out a year ago, I actually finished my version a few months before his :D

@rexsceleratorum1632

2 жыл бұрын

What's another year... Another option might be to use six 4017 decade counters, that will require 12 gpios (reset+clock). Or even just two gpios if you feel adventurous and cascade them

HEY SCOTT

@suryanshusharma3227

4 жыл бұрын

Pahle mujhe bhi interest nhi tha digital electronics mein, but pichle 1 saal se tagda wala interest aaya hai. Btw i am also a CS major.

@apurvsharma1261

4 жыл бұрын

Suryanshu Sharma it’s fascinating isn’t it

@suryanshusharma3227

4 жыл бұрын

@@apurvsharma1261 definitely, it is !!!

Nice project! Though an ESP would have been better here. It could sync the time via wifi and allow changing settings via BT.

@freedom2000

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it works with an ESP32 ! I made one last year See it here : www.thingiverse.com/thing:3624970

@Gastell0

4 жыл бұрын

DCF77 is also cool if you're in Germany or nearby

@freedom2000

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gastell0 Or even a GPS, they are so cheap nowadays

@konayasai

4 жыл бұрын

@@freedom2000 You get much better reception on DCF77 if you're in the area of coverage, though. At least in my experience.

Your content has improved so much! nice camera work, keep it up dude

This is amazing! Amazing video, man. Congratulations 👏🏻

Can confirm, 170 volt pulsed DC *HURTS* it was just shorted across my fingertip, though, so I'm ok

@LiveeviL6969

4 жыл бұрын

ditto!

@longhairddingus6970

4 жыл бұрын

Try 20kv DC across your balls, powder coating guns are no joke when the part ain't grounded

First of all, I love this project, been thinking about building something like this for years. On this note, I just want to point out a few thoughts I have, on how to improve on this project, no hating thought, I admire your capabilities to troubleshoot and complete these things, hence why I've been following your channel for years. Big fan from Norway. Now, I'd hate to look at this clock and see those 4 screws at the top of each corner. This could have been done way better, preferably with countersunk screws mounted from the side, covered with brown caps to keep them hidden. A thought regarding the tubes themselves, cathode poisoning. This probably isn't a big problem for cheap components such as these, but it could be mentioned, and a code could be added to lengthen the life of these. Lastly, brightness. A button to toggle between night time and daytime brightness, or just add a code for switching between these two modes at a specific time of day, or add a photocell and have it dim the light relative to its environment, could make it even more appealing.

@AlessioSangalli

4 жыл бұрын

I think the screws like he used them are pretty good looking, what I don't like it the fake wood texture. And no I wouldn't want to dim the luminosity of the device automatically, a fixed value is better. Can you describe the cathode poisoning effect?

@Tomazack

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlessioSangalli Screws a ugly and protruding, not associated with a good finish. Dimming is a personal preference, why shouldn't it be an option? If you don't like it, don't incorporate it/don't use it, simple as that. Cathode poisoning is very well explained on tube-tester.com, so google cathode poisoning and see for yourself. Good text and visuals for explanation, far better than I can give in a comment.

My uncle built one using discrete components( transistors,diodes,resistors and capacitors). he built it it 30 years ago and it's still working.

Super cool project! It's nice when the issues are relatively rest to fix 😎

can we talk about that neat handwriting

@Darknamja

4 жыл бұрын

Left-handed at that. :D

Thank you for sharing your project with us. Nobody can get away from errors even the best of the best will fail sometimes. btw, How's your collab with DIY Perks, is there any update?

@greatscottlab

4 жыл бұрын

Mistakes happen. No updates yet.

I built one of these a few years ago. There is a company that used to sell box kits that you could build yourself or come prebuilt. The one I have has hours minutes and seconds and would also flash over to the month day and year after a predetermined time.

Thanks for posting failures first as always. Helps tremendously!

Honestly, how long do these projects take, including researching, ordering and shipping and actual execution? Lol there were so many levels in this video

Hacking to the gate!

@javalin597

4 жыл бұрын

DAKARA IMA, ICHIBYOU GOTO NI SEKAISEN WO KOETE

@Kurumi_6_10th

4 жыл бұрын

IT'S SO COOOOOOOL!

Seriously impressed. Great job! Thank you for sharing!

I personally love Nixie tubes, they are relaxing to watch. But I especially loved it if they ran through each digits before stopping on one digit

Hahaha :)) @ I got excited because I am really intersted in snubber capacitors and snubber circuits :D. on topic: wow those nixie tubes are awesome :O

@greatscottlab

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, well, the snubber capacitor video will follow someday.

@georgezanfir

4 жыл бұрын

@@greatscottlab I will gladly wait for this one

I'm surprised you used Soviet ICs

An interesting project. I'd have loved a real wooden enclosure, but can appreciate benefits of the 3D printed one. Thanks for the video.

I like that you're just wiring together COTS breakout boards that should be easy enough for us to get. Also the gold-on-black look of the ENIG finish on black solder mask is fantastic :-) I usually get simple HASL but it doesn't look as good.

Me: *Sees Nixie tube from USSR* My mind: *USSR anthem intensifies*

@user-um5zp6sp6l

4 жыл бұрын

СОЮЗ НЕРУШИМЫХ РЕСПУБЛИК СВОБОДНЫХ

@chrisakaschulbus4903

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-um5zp6sp6l gesundheit

@f800gt76

3 жыл бұрын

drivers are also made in USSR К155ИД1 is quite old IC I guess this logic utilizes bipolar transistors, not even FET like К176 or further series

@bigwie52

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisakaschulbus4903 so unwitzig man xD

@chrisakaschulbus4903

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigwie52 ich weiß, nichtmal ansatzweise originell ^^

WHAT WORLD LINE ARE WE ON!?

@moldovanradu2461

11 күн бұрын

I don't know but I will find out and I will change the future, you can try to stop me but you won't succeed, it's a time paradox I will change the future

Nice! Effective and simple explanation. I learned a lot. Thank you!

Beautiful job, dude! Really well done!!! 😃

DIY or Buy: Christmas Lights?

El Psy Kongroo

Amazing video! You make everything look so easy...

You have patience and knowledge. So, You are genius

Anyone noticed how he retraces everything that he has already written.

@HandFromCoffin

4 жыл бұрын

it drives me nuts and makes it look bad.. but.. eeh.. it's his thing I guess.

Can you please make "make your own 3d printer" Thanks

It's pretty cool that you show a condensed version of debugging on these videos.

I knew a guy that modified his early solid state pinball machine to use nixie tubes for the score displays. It was pretty cool

1 3 : 3 6 You monster.

@NomenNescio99

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@efeyzee

4 жыл бұрын

?

@Vaati

4 жыл бұрын

lol

@Lau140695

4 жыл бұрын

@@efeyzee It would've been nice if it said 13:37 instead, because this would say 'leet'

@dushyantverma8890

4 жыл бұрын

Keep saying and i alrrady know the right time is 11:45

Is that me or he is breathing hard after each sentence Nice video tho👌

@eborrr

4 жыл бұрын

why the fuck did you mention that i cant unhear it now

All of your projects are interesting, but this is fascinating

Nice job. Three suggestions - cut the nixie tube wires each to a slightly different length - staggered - so you are only dealing with one wire alignment at a time, use a DS3231 clock module, Pi Zero W with NTP or low cost GPS module for clock accuracy.

I saw him first time.... Wow... I thought he was a nerdy looking fat guys... But to my disappointment he is handsome.....how????

@shinesanthosh

4 жыл бұрын

Coz he's a power electronics specialist and not a programmer😁😁

Голимая пародия Alex'a Gyver'a.

@maxb3000

4 жыл бұрын

Алекс тоже далеко не первый кто сделал такие часы)) Для немцев это новинка))

This was an excellent project and video. Thnx for sharing

Awesome project! Thanks for the inspiration!

his face doesn't match his voice 😂

that looks SO plasticky. Could've just used real wood tbh.

Extremely helpful. Thank you for the detailed step by step.

great videos mate, you really know your electronics... great job

I was admiring your accent when I noticed your shirt. I said, "I would like one of those". Actually I said, "Oh, have got to get me one of those!". I am going to get one and "I Will See You NEXT TIME!". :-) (Love it). You don't look like you sound! ;-) Very knowledgeable and thorough, you are. Keep up the GREAT work, Scott.