Hackaday Supercon 2023 Badge Hack: EM87 Magic Eye Sidekick

[@0hellow797]

Woah, love those tubes, looks awesome

[@firenado4295]

I have a reel to reel tape deck with one of those, its used as a vu meter to show the input's recording level.

[@createinvent]

That i super-rad

[@randomdosing7535]

What sort of tubes are these?

[@arabidsquid]

They're 6E5 Magic Eye Tubes, they actually still make them and you can buy them on Amazon, which is crazy. www.amazon.com/dp/B098B1YW17?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

[@sansmojo]

​@@arabidsquidIs that link for the same ones on the video? They look shorter and with a larger diameter.

[@arabidsquid]

Huh, you're right that they do look a bit different. But yeah these are the same ones. Their QC is really bad, so it's probably a good idea to order extras and pick the good ones.

[@sansmojo]

@arabidsquid gotcha, thanks. BTW, congrats on selling out of your junperless stock in 30 minutes. I almost got one this time, but hopefully I'll be faster next time 😅

[@arabidsquid]

Thanks! Hopefully next time they won't sell out so fast. This was just a tester batch and I only had 25 left from Supercon. Next batch is 500 and they should be available early-mid December. If I find I have any left after shipping these, I'll send you a message and you can get one sooner.