I've mentioned this project a bit on IRC, but I figured it's finally a reasonable time to announce it more formally.
Project page
To summarize: this is a 8-digit nixie tube display. It serves more of a purpose in the fiction it comes from (outlined in more detail on the project page), but those functions are only useful as eye-candy IRL. The obvious option for something useful to do with this is build clock functionality into it, but the design includes capability for external communication so I can conceivably display any sort of numbers on it.
I've got most of the parts in-hand now (my PCBs should be waiting in the mailbox when I get back to school), so construction and testing will be proceeding as I am able to claim a lab bench somewhere and get soldering.
With that, I turn the conversation over to everyone else. Have some idea for interesting things I could make it do? Just want to express your similar appreciation of Steins;Gate? Sound off!
Project page
To summarize: this is a 8-digit nixie tube display. It serves more of a purpose in the fiction it comes from (outlined in more detail on the project page), but those functions are only useful as eye-candy IRL. The obvious option for something useful to do with this is build clock functionality into it, but the design includes capability for external communication so I can conceivably display any sort of numbers on it.
I've got most of the parts in-hand now (my PCBs should be waiting in the mailbox when I get back to school), so construction and testing will be proceeding as I am able to claim a lab bench somewhere and get soldering.
With that, I turn the conversation over to everyone else. Have some idea for interesting things I could make it do? Just want to express your similar appreciation of Steins;Gate? Sound off!