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  1. In the Grimms' Fairy Tale 'The Nixie of the Mill-Pond,' a poor miller promises to give whatever had "just been born in [his] house" to a water spirit in return for wealth. Unfortunately, the newborn in his house was not a dog or cat as he assumed but his own son. #WyrdWednesday

    🎨: H. J. Ford

    #Folklore #FairyTale #GrimmsFairyTale #Nixie #TheNixieOfTheMillPond #GermanFolklore

  2. These Fake Nixie Tubes Have a Bootup Screen - [IMSAI Guy] bought a fake Nixie clock, and luckily for all of us has filmed a very... - hackaday.com/2023/07/15/these- #clockhacks #fakenixie #bootup #parts #clock #nixie #oled

  3. 1320984756.
    What is that sequence of digits?
    "Nixie Tubes and Clock: long before there were 7 segment LED displays there was the Nixie- cold cathode tubes with a wire mesh and 10 cathodes shaped in the form of numerals 0-9 that illuminate through neon glow discharge. [...] The “Numeric Indicator eXperimental 1” or NIX 1 was introduced in 1955 by Burroughs Corporation and manufactured until the 1990s. [...] the Russian version called the ИH-14A where the numbers are stacked so the front symbols obscure each lighted cathode minimally: from back to front 1320984756."
    #neon #nixie #nixietube #nixieclock #physics #physicsfun #physicstoy #emissionspectra #excitation #spectra #breakdownvoltage #paschenslaw #glowdischarge #glowdischargetube #highvoltage #science #scienceisawesome

  4. State of the Art for Nixies Gets a Boost from Dalibor Farny’s Supersize Prototype - Never one to pass up on a challenge, artisanal Nixie tube maker [Dalibor Farný] has been undertaking... - hackaday.com/2020/09/28/state- #manufacturing #glassblowing #mischacks #prototype #cathode #anode #nixie

  5. Steampunk Brushless Motor Demo Pushes All the Maker Buttons - We’ll be honest right up front: there’s nothing new in [David Cambridge]’s brushless motor and con... more: hackaday.com/2020/05/29/steamp #commutation #tachometer #mischacks #brushless #steampunk #casting #brass #nixie #bldc #wood

  6. BCD To I2C: Turning A Nixie Counter Into Whatever You Want It To Be - Whenever a project calls for displaying numbers, a 7-segment display is the classic and straightfo... more: hackaday.com/2020/03/28/bcd-to #nixieclock #mischacks #nixietube #pcbdesign #counter #nixie #bcd

  7. “Glixie” Puts a New Spin on Glow-In-The-Dark Displays - For as many projects as we see using Nixie tubes in new and unusual ways, there’s a smaller but of... more: hackaday.com/2020/03/20/glixie #phosphorescent #glowinthedark #mischacks #dotmatric #nixie #led #uv

  8. A Nixie Radio Clock Fit For a Victorian Mad Scientist - [Ioszelos] built a nixie clock with a dizzying array of features.
    Do you ever wish that you could lo... more: hackaday.com/2019/12/17/a-nixi #2019hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #clock #nixie

  9. Custom Nixies Perform When Cranked Up to 100,000 Hertz - With the popularity of Nixie clocks, we’d be forgiven for thinking that the glowing tubes are only... more: hackaday.com/2019/12/12/custom #highspeedcamera #gasdischarge #groundstate #clockhacks #half-life #nixie #timer #neon