Tiny Nixie Tubes - Control | Drivers | High Voltage | Circuit | Watch

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[@sameer_c]

Very few people take this much efforts to try and explain everything from scratch for everyone and make their projects, schematics and designs public. You're doing a great service to people who want to learn something new. I've been watching your channel for a year or so and the content just keeps getting better. Thank you for everything and hope your channel grows to be one of the biggest in electronics community.

[@Ivoolution]

Great project you have planned! Looking forward to its development and progress

[@r1273m]

Very interesting. I built a 6 tube nixie clock (H:M:S) back in the early 1970's. It was a kit from Henry's Radio, a popular electronics supplier of the time. It was mains powered and used the mains frequency to generate the clock cycles, divided down by 7490's and decoded by 74141's. Things have certainly changed since then!

[@4RM57R0N6]

This is a project that I’ve had in my mind for a few years. Gearing up to start soon and came across your video. Thank you for the in-depth breakdown, it’s an easy subscribe from me.

[@yaswanthamuluru6190]

Now you are moving from 5v to 200 v , Hope your channel grows in the same way.

[@erikburman530]

Nice! I've wanted to make a NIXIE wristwatch for a long time. I've ordered the IN-16 NIXIE tubes so that I'll be ready to go when you complete the tutorial. I looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

[@AnthonyFrancisJones]

Magnificent explanation! Well done! Another case of content on KZbin that is outstanding. Many thanks.

[@edwinr4378]

Seriously something wrong with the KZbin algorithm 😓...sir u deserve more

[@jeromethenot1761]

Cool project. Can't wait to see the rest of it!

[@tugfasart9467]

A way to not use so many transistors could be that all the segments except the anode of the nixie tubes that you are going to use are connected to the same transistors, but that the anode of each of the tubes is turning off and on one by one. at the same time (the first nixie turns on and the others turn off, the second turns on and all the others turn off and so on) in a way so fast that it is imperceptible to the human eye so that it seems that they are all on at the same time?

[@nonononatsee8514]

i love how you fotoshopped 4 glowing nixies on your wrist

[@johnramsay1827]

Absolutely love the idea. To save space, have you considered having the battery charger / protection circuit not in the watch, but only connected with a micro USB?

[@amnesie6615]

Nixie or Arduino content = instant like!

[@saurabhgawli2167]

Bro u never cease to amaze with new concepts... Luv from India... Plz tell us how to make industrial grade long wire sensors.

[@starlist2241]

Nice thumbnail😂😂 wireless nixie tubes?!btw I'm your fan.

[@shayanirenberg3294]

Nice a watch running on 200V imagine having a short 😂

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

:)) I hope that won't happen. Is 200V but only 25mA so 5W power max!

[@Mr.Leeroy]

Imagined. It would be a pretty pathetic 200V short.

[@utsavv1167]

You would be short of time :) Okay, okay, I just had to say it...

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

@@utsavv1167 LOL

[@DavidBarbarine]

Great fun project. I absolutely love nixie tubes. Thank you for sharing!

[@vojtadanda5932]

I am really looking forward to this project. However, isn't is better to use Nixie tubes that have place numbers horitontally insted of vertically?

[@salvatoremilitello8490]

@ 3:45 Man that good old soviet unic look made me laugh my butt off i don't know if that was on purpose but its great

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

soviet union I think I wanted to say...

[@salvatoremilitello8490]

@@ELECTRONOOBS i figured but I like the way u said it better it is the little things that make me smile for hours thank u for making my day

[@harikamalakarreddydarapu7410]

Very nice project

[@electronic7979]

Excellent project

[@TechsScience]

Our watch would look like that if they haven't invented the LCD display

[@RayRayGaming-xb3pz]

@suvradeep sutradhar it would probably be a mini plasma display

[@Voidsworn]

Maybe, but there are vacuum florescent displays, too (remember the old VCRs and such and their bluish displays)?

[@RayRayGaming-xb3pz]

@@Voidsworn yeah but plasma would probably win over vfds

[@andreiciora2765]

Acești tranzistori sunt foarte puternici domnul de la canalul de electronica Bogdan a făcut unul și poti sa cumperi cablajul cu piese de pe shopul sau. Amplificatorul este foarte puternic . Asa ca m-am gândit sa îți lansez provocarea de a construi un amplificator de acest gen mai puternic.

[@JohnJaggerJack]

Hello friend, video idea, use those "nixie" tubes made with LED filament and see if they are easier/safer to use. I enjoy everything old and vintage but these nixie tube thing are scary af. Cheers, will be waiting for your next upload.

[@JohnMadeit]

exciting. i love the look of nixie tubes. i want to do a youtube counter sub counter with nixie tubes. you gave a lot of good info.

[@rinokentie8653]

Challenging project! I made a desktop clock using filaments from regular LED lamps. My digits are about 10cm high. The high voltage generator is based on the good old NE555.

[@ramkrushnashinde6689]

Nice.... expecting this video by you from so long time

[@poptartmcjelly7054]

Checked the HV5812WG datasheet and it's only rated for up to 90V operation and is meant to drive VFD's not nixies, so you'll have to find something else. Also the HC-06 BT module you showed in the video has it's own programmable microcontroller so you can try programming it, maybe that will save some power. You can also multiplex nixie tubes and use fewer driver IC's. For something like this if you choose to drive the nixies with transistors then you no longer need the driver IC (which is just a high voltage shift register anyways) and for 4 nixies you would only need 10+4 pins. Edit: and only 10+8 transistors.

[@poptartmcjelly7054]

A better choice for the driver would be the HV513 which is a 250V rated 8-bit shift register with short circuit detection and other cool features in a 24-pin SMD pachage. And since the output is push-pull two of these can be used to drive up to 6 nixie tubes (10+6).

[@SiriusFuenmayor]

Saludos, muchas gracias por tus videos. Podrias compartir con nosotros el documento que muestras en el video?

[@entity9742]

I know this is a old vid but for nixie tubes not lighting properly you need to apply higher voltage to "burn" off the oxides on the digit once its fully lit it should be sufficient to function properly again

[@TroyFrederickLim]

Can't wait to see how this would look like. 😊

[@styrishrodrigues]

Love your videos sir... Love from India ❤️❤️🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@billcrm]

You can use hv5532 too, qfn package 32 output

[@keyurpanchal1706]

Electronoobs, if you use multiplexing then you able to control for of those nixie tube

[@compthing5656]

Man everytime i come and look at your views count it just troubles me because you've been making such high quality videos for so long. I think maybe you need to segment your videos into 10 minute chunks. KZbin recommends those videos a lot more frequently than they do 20 minute videos. Keep up the great work

[@prestonwolfe8270]

Has there been a follow up completion video to this project?

[@QbitSyria]

For an update of your "smart watch" use ESP 8266 It will be much smaller

[@GnobarEl]

Another amazing video!

[@technixbul]

You can use 74141 TTL (there is also SMD version or K133ID1 analog) logic driver to control all 4 tubes as dynamic indicator. You can also use SMD DS1307 to minimize the space and four SMD MMBT92 (PNP) or MMBT42(NPN) transistors. Along with MCU and HV step up voltage converter, that is all you need to make your watch simple and small. :D

[@danielfragoso5626]

Nice Project!

[@ritiksahu1844]

Now make a number guessing game in those nixie tube, I would love to see the circuit and no of components required 😂😂 Also thanks to the i2c otherwise it is horrible to imagine connecting those many pins. Please heart this and reply , this is my first comment♥️

[@cableline012]

You can make a 3 digit wristwatch use the decimal point pin to know it it is a 1 or a 0 for the hours.

[@gabmax4]

love your videos hi from Mexico

[@power-max]

why not use a low power STM32L0? Arduino compatible, and I think the STM32 has built in RTC as well. Eliminating one more IC saves board space and reduces power draw slightly

[@UTube4075]

🙏🙏 Incredible, dude!! 🔥🔥

[@gigantic9717]

hi electronoobs, It looks like it would be great if it was developed into a watch. But how dangerous is the 170 VDC voltage if we make it for a watch?

[@d3vastat0r89]

Does JLC make you caption their ads as part of the agreement? I saw Integza doing the same thing...

[@andreiciora2765]

Poti face un amplificator cu tranzistori termaltark

[@gagik50]

@electronoobs Loved the explanation, did you even make the watch pcb?

[@46spikey]

I love those d**m tubes :D I'm almost finished with a IV16 clock, I will also make one with IV11 and IV7 vfd. Then I'll move on to real nixies :) I just really love the warm glow on them, plus a clock pcb looks amazing, packed with all those ICs :D

[@РоманСлай]

Did u hear something about dynamic indication

[@Purple431]

I love heilum, neon, argon, krypton and xenon gas discharges ❤️⚡⚡

[@shastriroopchand1245]

Is it possible to make 12v voltmeter out of these tubes leds tho

[@sunilkumar-ls2yb]

It was great man

[@bpitanga]

Is it safe to run those voltages on a breadboard? I'm really curious about that.

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

Yes, there are a few mm between the lines so below 500V there should be no arcs.

[@hallpet45]

Luv it👍.Thanks Mate.This is how i learn.Appreciated.Peter😃BeHappy+BeSafe😷

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

Thank you!

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[@ubyteconsulting]

Can't we use multiplexing in these nixi tube to control 4 nixie tube with just 14pins of arduino. We can use 10 npn bjts connected to all the numbers of all the 4 Nixie tube and use 4 pnp bjts for the anode of each of the 4 Nixie tube. I don't know if the tubes can switch fast or not so if you try that, then do tell me.

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

I should try that. But from what I know they need high voltage DC and multiplexing is like applying fast switched signal and might not work ..

[@ubyteconsulting]

@@ELECTRONOOBS I am also doubtful if the Nixie tubes can switch that fast. But it will be worth trying. If this works, then try to alter the switching frequency to see where will the sweetspot lie if at all the multiplexing works. Anyways, thanks for the great and knowledgeable video!!

[@michaelturner4457]

@@ELECTRONOOBS You can switch and multiplex the HV DC anodes. Use PNP high voltage transistors, instead of the NPN ones, which are used for the cathode ground. I've also seen ti been done using opto-isolators, to switch and mutiplex the HV anode side. Just about all nixie tube watches I've seen do use multiplexing, and many nixie clocks do as well.

[@JohnJones-oy3md]

13:09 - Wait a minute. He pronounces 'W' as "double-V". That makes a hell of a lot more sense than "double-U", as native english speakers say it. It's one of those things I've never thought about in my entire life - until now. LOL

[@DJPhilTBCollins]

It's one of my favorite Spanish language things. 'U' is pronounced as in 'pool', 'V' sounds like 'vay', and 'W' sounds like 'doblay vay'. Little bits of latin languages will give insights like this into English.

[@miguellara6023]

Excelente video 👊🏻

[@ahmedsoliman4209]

I like nixie tube as much as the next guy, but is a watch really a practical application rather than a desk clock. Apart form looking....Well not the slickest thing I'm be blunt a hideous Frankenstein machine, isn't it a bit non-sensical having fragile vacuumed chunky glass tubes that might implode on my rest with a 200v supply that might zap the shit out of me. Side note If you are still planning on making it a watch you might as well make a hand shocker out of the supply to prank your friends with.

[@thegreenpickel]

Dig your channel. Just subscribed.

[@michaelturner4457]

8:50 the 6 partially lit. That looks like cathode poisoning. But then these tubes are not NOS.

[@adrianramos2229]

Muy chulo el video :)

[@putraadriansyah8082]

Hi! There's a lot of videos about Nixie tube on youtube.. can you do a video about VFD tube?

[@cisarvialpando7412]

Have you made the clock yet ?

[@kemalkurt5257]

Great project and sharing this much information free is outstanding thanks Electronoobs

[@sajalacharjee7008]

Great idea

[@jackisgoofingoff5510]

Will it be very dangerous to have this high voltage?

[@saurabhgawli2167]

How does PWM signal in a lengthy RGB LED strip maintain the current throughout???? How can we maintain current in long wires in industries for wired sensors away from main circuit board???

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

Use low resistance wires, add amplifiers, increase voltage. All this should help for long range

[@saurabhgawli2167]

Can You plz make a detail video on it... It's a much needed video bro

[@andymouse]

@@saurabhgawli2167 only for you ! there's plenty of stuff on youtube about this.

[@saurabhgawli2167]

@@andymouse it would be really helpful if u point me out one of it.. I don't know the keywords to search

[@andymouse]

@@saurabhgawli2167 this link should get you started at least....kzbin.info/www/bejne/jX6zn5l4ob2Ab6M

[@ZSendokame]

Great video! even tho’ I’m 3 years late. I have two questions: 1.- Do you speak spanish? 2 not so question.- I think that you could have got away with 3 nixie tubes, using 12 or 24 hour clock by using modulo 12. bc 12-hour clock are already 24-hour clock with modulo 12. Bye!

[@NETBotic]

wakes up... checks youtube subs... Nixie Tube Watch.... rubs eyes....

[@petzi8695]

try controlling a small viewfinder crt with an arduino

[@AjayKumar-zi2oi]

Bro please make a watch that can measure real time heart rate and show on small display

[@lukasmlcoch9447]

Hello, dont know how relevant this is, but Z5900m nixies even are little bit smaller

[@k0niu86]

Nice, but i have never ever seen anyone using a heptode (warm cathode tube) symbol as nixie (cold cathode tube)...

[@khalilziadeh483]

Hey my friend It's a great project to work on! I have an idea that may allow you to save some space on the pcb The idea is to control the 4 nixie tubes with one driver only This will save a space of one driver but you will need 4 more BJT transistors I once did it with one shift register and 4 seven segments and it worked I don't know if it will work with nixie tubes but it will be a good experience to get If you want i could share with you my code to make it clearer wish you best of luck ❤️❤️❤️

[@pkdsolution5108]

sir how to make esp32 drone without flight controller and radio module only use mobile app please make video sir

[@startobytes]

Dear electronoobs, i have a litle challenge for u. The rules are: No IC, no programming and no prebuild circuits. PLs try to make an addressable 8 bit SR latch. Have fun. Startobytes

[@ketanmorajker]

*Wow,so cool*

[@alzoha1267]

Who see time travel stuffs😂😂

[@QasimIbrar]

Excellent

[@arunbaalaji5589]

Nice bro

[@anonuser2640]

Great project but I don’t preferred a Nixie tube watch

[@ChrisLocke1969]

Pretty nifty... just please remember to remove it before showering 😉😱🤣

[@alzoha1267]

Please please bro make an IOT smart watch with multi features

[@headstonegraveyards5370]

Multiplexing is the way to reduce the PCB to the bare minimum

[@iotan09]

Cool bro

[@zaprodk]

The power supply module - 1$ - I think you mean 7$ :)

[@nid274]

great..very detaileed

[@brightfuture6728]

Hi bro you will build new mobile signal booster for 4G LTE yeveryone like this circuit please build this ....

[@yogeshhingonekar5418]

Make table clock with 4 Nixie Tube

[@DAFT2007]

No follow up then, great

[@luminousfractal420]

Bubble displays are a lot cooler for watches. Strapping a high voltage device to your skin is a very dangerous idea.

[@siddharthmali5841]

Great.

[@JohnMadeit]

algarytm. the best i can do to help

[@Lordcharlie10]

He encontrado estos más baratos por si decides comprarlos de nuevo, creo que estan usados. :-) www.ebay.com/itm/IN-16-IN16-16-nixie-tubes-for-clock-thermometer-used-tested-1-pcs/143817146770?hash=item217c2b8192:g:ekMAAOSwaB9fuBUT

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

Muchas gracias!

[@piiumlkj6497]

I think that this video was unscripted , want to become like Eevblog ?

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

Just trying something new. I hope you guys also like it like this.

[@AleX-kc4nb]

Bit scarry this project

[@pruthuvinavod7035]

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[@zakharbondarev7814]

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