Who doesn't like Numitrons ?
I discovered them on eBay only recently and I wonder how or why I never heard about them before.
I saw something like a Nixie display in an old James Bond movie and I wondered what it was but what's the point when you can get bags of LED-based 7-segments displays for pocket money today ?
Numitrons are now easily available from USA and Eastern Europe thanks to the magic of Globalisation. I have explained why I chose these in another log (20. Display technology again) but never bothered researching them outside of eBay. This page should contain references and pages related to incandescent 7-segments displays :-)
http://www.decodesystems.com/numitron.html contains a short article that appeared in March 1970 issue of Popular Electronics magazine.
Kenneth's experiments from 2011 at http://blog.thelifeofkenneth.com/2011/12/numitron-display-tube-tutorial.html
Hackaday.com loves them too, as shown by the number of relevant articles :
- https://hackaday.com/2011/12/21/numitron-tube-tutorial/
- https://hackaday.com/2015/01/15/numitron-tube-clock/
- https://hackaday.com/2014/08/18/the-numitron-geekwatch/
- https://hackaday.com/2014/02/09/single-digit-numitron-clock/
- https://hackaday.com/2011/03/13/sleek-numitron-clock-tells-the-time-and-temperature/
- https://hackaday.com/2010/02/12/internet-controlled-scrolling-numitron/
- https://hackaday.com/2009/08/26/open-frame-digital-clock/
- https://hackaday.com/2015/12/11/the-square-inch-project mentions #Micro NumiTron clock
Of course you can search for "IV-9" "IV9" "Numitron" on eBay and others but be careful because these often get confused with Nixies and VFDs.
Hackaday.io loves Numitrons too! Look at all those clocks :-)
- #Numitron Clock
- #First experience with Numitrons
- #Micro NumiTron clock
- #Numitron clock
- #Numitron Clock
- #Nixie and Numitron Clock
- #Numican
(more links are welcome)
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