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Build A 6-Digit Nixie Clock, Pt. 1

We have been wanting to produce this Nixie Clock project for a long time and now it has finally come to fruition. It has the warm, fascinating glow of Nixie tubes with their hypnotic counting action, mixed with a cool blue glow from a high-brightness LED from underneath each tube. It makes an eye-catching display, both during the day and at night.

Design by David Whitby

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Two different cases will be available - either a see-through Perspex case as shown in title or a white powder-coated diecast aluminium case as shown above. By the way, the photos really don't do the brightly glowing Nixie & LED displays justice.

If you do a Google search for "Nixie Clock" you will immediately find over 200,000 results. Many of these refer to actual Nixie clock designs or clocks that enthusiasts have built. Some are quite eye-catching, some are downright ugly and some are truly weird. We feel quite safe in stating that none looks as good or is as well-designed as the Nixie Clock we are presenting here.

Not only does it function as a classic 6-digit 12-hour clock, with hours, minutes and seconds display, it also uses blue LEDs to throw light up through the Nixies – a neat juxtaposition of the nostalgic warm neon discharge with the cool blue present. It keeps accurate time with crystal control and the retro "Nixie" tubes with their moving and glowing individual numbers give it the atmosphere of an earlier techno age.

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