The Numitron An Obvious Idea

Media Summary: The numbers don't look good, Jim. Links 'n' stuff: Fran Blanche's video on Nimo tubes: ... Another very old and cool display technology gets added to my collection. See some: Projection Displays (One Plane Display), Edge Lit Displays,

The Numitron An Obvious Idea - Detailed Analysis & Overview

The numbers don't look good, Jim. Links 'n' stuff: Fran Blanche's video on Nimo tubes: ... Another very old and cool display technology gets added to my collection. See some: Projection Displays (One Plane Display), Edge Lit Displays, 1 Atmel ATiny24 microcontroller. 1 Voltage regulator 3V for the tubes. 6 TPIC6B595N 8-bit shift registers/drivers. 6 IV-9 old new ...

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The Numitron: An obvious idea that wasn't very bright

Here's what Numitron tubes in an actual product look like

The Numitron: The attractive but underachieving little brother of the Nixie tube.

Numitron Clock Build

An Array of Vintage Numerical Display Technology used in Clocks.

My homemade Numitron clock

Numitron Tube Example

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The Numitron: An obvious idea that wasn't very bright

The Numitron: An obvious idea that wasn't very bright

The numbers don't look good, Jim. Links 'n' stuff: Fran Blanche's video on Nimo tubes: ...

Here's what Numitron tubes in an actual product look like

Here's what Numitron tubes in an actual product look like

Still just... not great. Original Video: https://youtu.be/YGT1EvmDJh4.

The Numitron: The attractive but underachieving little brother of the Nixie tube.

The Numitron: The attractive but underachieving little brother of the Nixie tube.

More Soviet-era display antics with

Numitron Clock Build

Numitron Clock Build

Another very old and cool display technology gets added to my collection.

An Array of Vintage Numerical Display Technology used in Clocks.

An Array of Vintage Numerical Display Technology used in Clocks.

See some: Projection Displays (One Plane Display), Edge Lit Displays,

My homemade Numitron clock

My homemade Numitron clock

1 Atmel ATiny24 microcontroller. 1 Voltage regulator 3V for the tubes. 6 TPIC6B595N 8-bit shift registers/drivers. 6 IV-9 old new ...

Numitron Tube Example

Numitron Tube Example

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