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Nixie Clock IN-2

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This is a Nixie Clock using small IN-2 tubes and a 16x9 LED matrix. It was mostly inspired by this 3D model 80s Alarm Clock by Tom Seddon.

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Key features

  • 3 buttons and 1 rotary encoder
  • Zigbee connectivity
    • receive date-time
    • receive weather
    • send room temperature and humidity
    • can be toggled on/off
    • 3 generic buttons send click, double click, long click events
  • small LED matrix with multiple screens
    • scrolling date
    • temperature
    • falling sand animation
    • Game of Life animation
    • fire animation
    • rain animation
  • possibility to use a DS3231 RTC module (routed on the PCB but not available in current firmware)

BOM

  • ESP32-C6 SuperMini
  • Adafruit Charlieplexed 16x9 LED matrix + IS31FL3731 driver
  • 4x IN-2 Nixie tubes
  • 2x INS-1 Nixie indicators
  • Microchip HV5222 serial-to-parallel converter
  • Adafruit 4 channels TTL level-shifter
  • 4x APA106 5mm adressable LEDs
  • BME280 ambient sensor
  • EC11 rotary encoder
  • 3x 6x6x4.3mm push buttons
  • MPSA42 high voltage NPN transistor
  • USB-C connector
  • resistors, capacitors, diodes...

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PCB

Case

License

The Arduino code, the KiCad design and SolidWorks files are distributed under the Creative Commons 3.0 BY-SA license.