[fredgarvin]

For all of you that can't resist the cool, or romantic glow of tubes on your rack or desktop, here is a fine tube product that will both allow you to use that tiny Tripath amp you have guiltily been coveting and give you that warm glow that has you spellbound:

DIY Nixie Tube Thermometer Kit



 The device displays Fahrenheit, Celsius, humidity and Kelvin and even has a motion sensor to switch the display when it senses movement.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f352/

[FullRangeMan]

Would be nice a nixie with letters to gift wife with her name.

[JohnR]

714F? Shouldn't that be 451?

It would be a lot cheaper to just put in whatever tubes and connect the filaments to a small transformer. Believe it or not, I was thinking about doing just that today....

[Rclark]

We can probably assume that since these are actual tubes, the display is more a record of the previous room temperature as with this on it should be constantly rising 

[Zyca]

714F? Shouldn't that be 451?

It would be a lot cheaper to just put in whatever tubes and connect the filaments to a small transformer. Believe it or not, I was thinking about doing just that today....

Hello John, sorry for the off topic post to your discussions, your private message box is full.  I need to send you a private message.


On a side note, nixie tube have been getting rather expensive lately, all the good looking ones are either gone or costing an arm and a leg.  I remember seeing them offered as kits about 25 years ago when I was in Taiwan, and 5 years ago they became all the rage again.  With simple kits that takes AC frequency to run the clock to uber precise GPS calibrated time.


Thanks