The Nixie tube made its debut in 1954 by Burroughs Corporation and quickly found its way as a digital display in high end test equipment, frequency counters, military applications and research projects. Soon they were used as the very first electronic digital display in consumer products like calculators, and the very first digital clocks. For those that were there, who couldn't forget that warm golden glow of actual formed numbers one through zero changing before your eyes! The tubes were and still are a marvel in themselves! While resembling a standard vacuum tube, they had ten separate cold cathodes precisely formed into the shape of the ten numerical digits, stacked one on top another! Filled with neon gas, each digit would emit a characteristic and appealing soft orange glow when 170 VDC was applied between its respective cathode and its wire mesh anode. Even though they were tubes, their cold cathode design did not generate the heat normally associated with standard heated cathode tubes. The name "Nixie" was derived by Burroughs from "NIX I", an abbreviation of "Numeric Indicator eXperimental No. 1". Hundreds of Nixie tubes with size and display variations were manufactured during their lifespan. Ironically, Ramsey Electronics started up in the early 70's and one of our first products was a neat and very high tech 7 segment LED clock kit in a nice extruded aluminum housing. It became extremely popular and we became famous for bringing state-of-the-art IC driven LED display technology to the hobbyist! Now, more than four decades later, we are proud to bring not only a piece of history, but a piece of Ramsey history back to the hobbyist... The Nixie Tube Digital Clocks!
With so many on offer these days, it is great to have a name you can trust. This item is certainly that and will be a perfect buy. The distributor have added some great touches and this equals great value.
Product Features :
- Our brand-new next generation clock for 2013!
- Large bright orange Nixie tube display!
- Today's latest technology with yesterday's display!
- Quartz crystal timebase!
- Low-cost GPS receiver timebase option!
- Programmable 729 color LED tube mood lighting!
- Programmable date display!
- Programmable alarm with snooze!
- The ultimate conversation piece!
- Teak Maple Hardwood Base
- Electronic Kit - Assembly Required
Rating : 5.0 out of 5.0
List Price : $359.95
