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by Tony
Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:01 pm
Forum: Assembly instructions for the Cylinder V3 clock kit
Topic: Cylinder 5-digit PIC code
Replies: 3
Views: 13207

Re: Cylinder 5-digit PIC code

Reuploaded as the forum software has corrupted the original ZIP at some point.
2x IN-12 pod piccode.rar
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by Tony
Tue Dec 28, 2021 9:55 pm
Forum: Assembly Instructions for the IN-14 5-tube clock
Topic: IN-14 5-tube clock electronic diagram
Replies: 1
Views: 12057

Re: IN-14 5-tube clock electronic diagram

For some reason forum software updates keep breaking zip files so I'm uploading it again, please ignore the previous link.
Nixie_Clock_IN14_v1.zip
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by Tony
Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:42 pm
Forum: IN-14 V1 5-tube nixie clock
Topic: Clock Died
Replies: 1
Views: 6185

Re: Clock Died

Apologies for the late reply, a direct email would be faster as I don't always check here. Have you tried another 5V supply?. After that it would be check the current being drawn and that 5V is reaching the PIC, also if anything is getting hot. If the nixies flash on then T12 and the PIC are probabl...
by Tony
Sun Mar 14, 2021 5:22 pm
Forum: Assembly instructions for the Cylinder V3 clock kit
Topic: Help!
Replies: 28
Views: 54459

Re: Help!

Try a google for 1.048596
by Tony
Mon Feb 08, 2021 2:22 am
Forum: Assembly instructions for the Cylinder V3 clock kit
Topic: Help!
Replies: 28
Views: 54459

Re: Help!

If you had 2 clocks running in series they would display '1.048596'. Probably.

It made more sense as a reference back when I designed it.
by Tony
Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:18 pm
Forum: Assembly instructions for the Cylinder V3 clock kit
Topic: Help!
Replies: 28
Views: 54459

Re: Help!

The replacement sensors we have found for IC4 (as Sharp have discontinued production of the original and there are very few alternatives with no internal AGC) is a bit more senstitve than the original. Try covering about 3/4 of the window with heatshrink for now. A software mod will probably be need...
by Tony
Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:09 am
Forum: Assembly instructions for the Cylinder V3 clock kit
Topic: Cylinder IN12 V3 clock electronic diagram
Replies: 2
Views: 11835

Re: Cylinder IN12 V3 clock electronic diagram

Reuploaded as the original was corrupted in the forum crash.
Nixie_IN12_cylinder_clock_v3.zip
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by Tony
Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:01 pm
Forum: Assembly instructions for the Cylinder V3 clock kit
Topic: Help!
Replies: 28
Views: 54459

Re: Help!

The first thing to eleininate is the LED - the blue LED is in series with the MPSA42 base and can sometimes cause problems. Just bridge it for now to see if there's any change. The high voltages and resistances can make taking readings a bit confusing so replacing suspect transistors is the easiest ...
by Tony
Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:36 am
Forum: Assembly instructions for the Cylinder V3 clock kit
Topic: Help!
Replies: 28
Views: 54459

Re: Help!

Check the anode voltage is reaching the nixie itself, try removing a working tube and comparing the waveform.
by Tony
Sat Jul 18, 2020 3:56 pm
Forum: Assembly instructions for the Cylinder V3 clock kit
Topic: Adding GPS
Replies: 20
Views: 49206

Re: Adding GPS

The field separation is the comma, Dps won't alter the position of the time data. This is the relevant part of the code, it reads the first 6 bytes after the first comma, counts to the date field, then reads another 6 bytes. XXXsnipXXX Note how the RMC message starts "GN" not "GP&quo...