Omnixie Ultra with R|Z568M | Omnixie Ultra 智能Wifi辉光钟

自从搬进新房以来,一直有计划设计两台大型的辉光钟摆在客厅与茶室。由于Z568M辉光管实在难以寻觅,故选用了捷克的辉光管大师Dalibor的R|Z568M辉光管。

R|Z568M辉光管直径53mm,高度125mm,Omnixie Ultra辉光钟底座长560mm,宽140mm,厚度15mm,所有功能与之前的Omnixie和Omnixie Plus完全一致,包括Wifi自动校时、手机控制、四国语音报时、自动亮度调节等等。底座是采用铝合金CNC一体成型,面版采用3mm岩板水刀切割而成,整体外观无任何螺丝,简洁大气。供电采用USB-C接口,支持PD和QC快充。

目前两台Omnixie Ultra已经组装完毕,摆放在了客厅的条几上和茶室的茶桌上,我们一睹为快:

Finally, I found some time to design and assemble an Omnixie Ultra with Dalibor’s R|Z568M tubes. Aluminum CNC base with new designed power supply, total thickness 15mm, USB-C powered, all direct drive with different anode resistors following R|Z568M instruction, NTP date and time sync, function settings can be performed via mobile phone or laptop. Have been looking forward to having it in my home since I moved into new house.

This time I made two sets, one with a silver base and one with a black base, and I plan to put them in the living room and the tea room, it will be the shining star in my rooms.

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Omnixie Plus Smart Wifi Clock | Omnixie Plus 智能Wifi辉光钟

在去年三月发布了Omnixie以后,传统辉光钟的定义已被刷新,它不再是一个只是用辉光管来显示数字的普通单一的钟表,而是具有Wifi自动校时、手机智能控制、音乐铃声、四国语言报时等现代功能的智能时钟,且简单大方的纤薄底座,复古的北美黑胡桃边框搭配高光亮边的铝合金拉丝面板,得到了国内外朋友的一致认可。

After the release of Omnixie in March last year, the definition of the traditional Nixie clock has been refreshed. It’s no longer a simple clock that uses Nixie tubes to display number but has Wifi automatic adjusting, mobile phone control, music tones, four-language talking time and some other modern intelligent clock. It has a simple and generous slim base, the black walnut frame with high-bright edge aluminum brushed top plate, widely obtains the customer of the recognition and praise.

但由于尺寸的限制,18mm直径的辉光管并不能完全彰显辉光钟的可贵气质,所以自从Omnixie作品诞生以后,我一直在准备设计一款基于30mm直径的辉光管的Omnixie,最初的想法是除了管子变大以外,其余的尺寸均根据Omnixie的尺寸等比例放大,虽然很有挑战,但经过一年多的设计和开发,终于实现了这个想法,我给她取名为Omnixie Plus。

However, due to the size limitation, the 18mm diameter Nixie tube does not fully reflect the precious of the Nixie clock. Therefore, since the release of Omnixie, I have been preparing to design an Omnixie based on 30mm diameter Nixie tubes. The original idea is remaining dimensions are scaled according to the size of Omnixie. Although it’s very challenging, after more than a year of design and development, I finally realized this idea, I named  it Omnixie Plus.

Omnixie Plus在今年5月17日的美国加州湾区的Maker Faire 2019上已经正式发布,在详细介绍之前,我们还是按照惯例先睹为快:

Omnixie Plus has been officially released on 17th May, the Maker Faire 2019 in the Bay Area of California, USA. Show some pictures before we go into detail:

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2014 Happy New Year!!!

钟表,可以回到起点, 却已不是昨天; 日历,撕下一页简单, 把握一天很难。
2013只剩最后1天, 若是美好,叫做精彩; 若是糟糕,叫做经历。
随着年龄的增长, 我们不是失去了一些朋友, 而是懂得了谁才是真正的朋友!
缘分万千,顺其自然;以心换心,才能永远 !
祝福所有的朋友和家人:旧历圆满,新岁飘香!2014 新年快乐!

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NCH6100HV 辉光管高压升压模块 | Nixie Power Supply

最后更新日期 | Latest Update 3/12/2018:

感谢微软工程师Kevin的详细评测!
A big thanks to Kevin, a Software Engineer at Microsoft, for his professional and detailed review. He did a great job making a nixie clock of his own, using my NCH6100HV as the high voltage module.

以下引用自他的文章 (原文链接 https://0x7d.com/2017/nixie-tube-clock/#Nixie_Power_Supply):“If you are looking for a good off-the-shelf power supply, YanZeyuan’s NCH6100HV is a pretty good choice. As a word of warning, don’t get the cheaper knockoffs as they use inferior components. The fake one I got was capable of sourcing ~200V but could only source 8mA compared to the 40mA from the NCH6100HV. The NCH8200HV is also a good choice if you are looking for a smaller high efficiency (86% @ 17mm × 18mm!) power supply.”

译文:如果你需要一款(辉光管)的电源,严泽远的NCH6100HV是个非常好的选择。不过需要注意,不要买市面上的假货。我买过的假货可以提供~200V的电压,但是只能提供8mA的电流,而严泽远的NCH6100HV可以提供40mA电流!如果你正在寻找体积更小、效率更高的辉光管高压电源,NCH8200HV也是一个很好的选择,他可以做到高达86%的转换效率,体积只有17mm x 18mm。

以下是购买链接 | Where to buy the genuine NCH products:

中国 China:

NCH6100HV: https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=22046131143
NCH8200HV: https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=556285148260

Direct in China 中国直销: Email yan@nixieclock.org

美国 USA:

Amazon 亚马逊:
NCH6100HV: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074N5LVFH
NCH8200HV: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074S2T7X3

Direct  in US 美国直销:Email aiden@nixie.ai


原文:

辉光管绚丽的色彩源自辉光气体放电效应,但辉光气体放电的必要条件就是高电压,故很多喜爱辉光管的朋友在制作辉光管应用之前,往往止步于这个如何产生高压的问题;
从我最早的QS30-1辉光管时钟作品,到最新的IN-14辉光钟v2版一路走来,曾设计和更新了多种DC-DC高压升压电路;这一次,我把升压电路单独封装成高压升压模块,为各种不同电压和电流应用需求提供了方便可靠的能量源;

NCH6100HV高压升压模块是一款专为荧光管、辉光管、电平指示管等高压用电设备设计的高效率直流至直流变换器,它采用高性能固定频率电流控制模式控制器为核心,内置精密陶瓷可调电位器,输入电压范围12-24v输出电压范围85-235v,并且具有外部控制引脚,能够方便的打开和关闭高压输出。
整个模块体积小巧,转换效率高,发热量低,并且带有免接线式输入/输出端子,使用方便,也可以使用标准的2.54mm间距插针将本模块方便的固定在其他电路板上。

 

先Show看一下整个模块的实物照片:

再看一下它的驱动能力:(下图为12颗前苏联产IN-18辉光管,阳极电压170v,阳极电阻6.8KΩ,符合IN-18推荐阳极电流4-6mA)

 

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基于Futaba GP1211AI的VFD点阵动画时钟

声明:本作品的电路设计和软件设计为kazuyuki。
自从白菜VFD 128×64在市场上出现以来,相信有不少朋友都过了把VFD的瘾,尤其是在kazuyuki的带领下一路过来,版本已经升级到了V7。
我也忍不住口水,弄了一套kazuyuki的V7套件,过了把瘾。在此,感谢kazuyuki,感谢所有为玩转128×64付出过的朋友们。
但是外壳的设计和制作一直以来都是DIY的瓶颈,对于V7来讲,一款廉价又实用的外壳显得尤为重要;
今天,终于结束了V7裸奔的日子,经过几番设计,一款成本在15元左右的V7外衣诞生:

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IV-18荧光管电子钟装配指南【IV-18 Energy Pillar Assembly Instructions】

上个月推出了IV-18(ИВ-18)荧光电子管时钟DIY套件,由于外壳装配过程稍稍复杂,所以这两天用Solidworks绘制了一整套3D装配指南图片,供大家参考。
IV-18 (ИВ-18) the VFD tubes Clock DIY kit published last month, the housing assembly process is a little more complicated, so these two days with Solidworks drawn complete set of 3D assembly guide pictures for your reference.

整个外壳的装配过程请按照图示说明进行,如有疑问请大家给我留言!
The housing assembly process is carried out in accordance with the illustration, any questions please leave a message or email me!

此图高分辨率,点击此图可以放大! Click to enlarge!

此图高分辨率,点击此图可以放大! Click to enlarge!

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IV-18(前苏联ИВ-18)荧光管电子钟【Energy Pillar.能量柱】【严泽远作品】

一直以来,对金属质感的东西颇有些亲睐,但鉴于DIY金属外壳的难度,自从水晶城堡作品诞生以后,就没有打算在金属外壳设计上再投入大量的时间和精力。直到……

直到遇见IV-18荧光电子数码管以后,又开始了一轮新的折腾……的确,IV-18荧光管独特的外形、通透的管身,冷艳的色彩,让她与金属外壳搭配一定是完美的创作。于是,经过一次又一次的设计、修改、打样,一年多断断续续的制作,又一款电子管时钟作品诞生——Energy Pillar能量柱……


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Adapter for IV-22 VFD Module | 荧光管显示模块转接板

IV-22 VFD Module | 荧光管模块 设计之初就考虑到了外接电源与I、O接口的连接问题,同QS30-1辉光管显示模块一样,我也为她设计了专用的Adapter转接板。
原本,模块与模块之间均采用的是单排弯脚的8Pin排针和排母,这些针脚包括所有的控制I/O和电源接口,所以对于应用来讲,要连接电源适配器或者Arduino等控制模块需要朋友们自己动手用杜邦线连接,无法用MiniUSB线直接为模块供电,有了这个转接板,可以方便的使用DC3.5/1.35接口的直流电源或者MiniUSB接口直接为模块供电,见下图:

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IV-22 VFD Module for Arduino [hardware design]

VFD tube, vacuum fluorescent display, which was invented in Japan in 1967, typifies the display component of the vacuum electronic era.

Just as the Nixie Tube, VFD tube is also on the verge of extinction. It has been fade out from modern applications since the 1990’s. Young generations may have never seen its limpid cyan fluorescence, given life by the intelligence of the last century.

With the same concept of developing the Nixie Tube module for Arduino, in order to make the VFD tube reborn, combined antiquated electronics with modern technology, the VFD tube module is developed as independent blocks. Without headaches about high-voltage generation, logical driver, soldering, geekers can focus their time and energy on achieving the design idea of the final works. Meanwhile, for designers with no electronic background, Arduino is all they need, of which 4 I/O pins can supply full control on a dozens of VFD tube modules with individual RGB led background lights. Other MCU systems or developer kits would do the same.

Thanks aGuegu for testing my VFD tube moudle first-handed and developmet of its Arduino library.

The technology of VFD is still widely used nowadays, however, no more in tubes. VFD screen is Hi-fi equiment, Automobile instrument panels. This device consists of a hot cathode (filaments), anodes (phosphor) and grids encased in a glass envelope under a high vacuum condition. The cathode is made up of fine tungsten wires, coated by alkaline earth metal oxides, which emit electrons when heated by an electric current. These electrons are controlled and diffused by the grids, which are made up of thin metal. If electrons impinge on the phosphor-coated plates, they fluoresce, emitting light. Constract to the Nixie tube, it requires lower supply voltage, which means is safer and longer life expectancy.

This module application use model IV-22 (ИВ-22) VFD tube, dimensioned as a rectangle of 32mm * 22mm. It display on top with 12 pins. These batch of tube were mass manufactured in former Soviet Union during the Cold War, whereas, they are stored in warehouse corners and being forgotten. But its material guarantees its unlimited shelf life.

The specifications of IV-22 VFD tube:
1.  High vacuum inside, unlike the inertia in nixie tube.
2.  Lower vlotage requirement and energy consumption. The filament voltage is between 1.0 and 1.3 volt, working both on DC and AC. The voltage of anodes (phosphor) against grids is 22-30v. The current in filament is 100mA, while 4-10mA in grids.
3.  Seven-segment digital display, can present decimal figures and basic letters.
4.  Cyan colored, bright light with high contrast, visible even in daylight, and not Glare.

Check some photos, and more description comes afterwards.

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff474/yanzeyuan/Nixie%20Module%20for%20Arduino/IV-22%20VFD%20Module/2012_12_12_IMG_8615.jpg

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IV-22 VFD Module | 荧光管显示模块 介绍【硬件篇】

English version of this post:  IV-22 VFD Module for Arduino [hardware design]

荧光数码管|VFD tube,最早于1967年诞生在日本,属于真空电子时代的显示器件的典型代表之一。
同辉光数码管(Nixie tube)一样,她也属于濒临绝迹的古老电子器件,也是电子技术发展的历史见证之一,上世纪末便淡出人们的视野;
但现如今,假如你真的见到那清澈透亮的淡绿色荧光,相信你一定会感叹当年的智慧竟能将冰冷的真空管赋予如此有生命力的色彩…

带着与辉光管同样的想法,为了赋予她新的生命,使古老的器件与现代技术相结合,这次依然把她们做成了一个个独立的显示模块,让喜爱她的朋友,把更多的精力和时间投入到创意和制作当中,而不必去烦恼如何产生高压、如何整理逻辑驱动、如何焊接和制作……同样,无需硬件基础,只需要一个最简单的单片机系统,或者Arduino系统板,4条IO口线,即可完成对几十个荧光管的显示控制,而且每个模块还带有一个RGB全彩LED可做背光显示。

首先还是要感谢aGuegu在第一时间协助测试荧光管显示模块,并开发了Arduino类库。

荧光显示(VFD | Vacuum Fluorescent Display)技术 在现如今仍旧大量应用,只不过已经不是这种真空电子管的表现形式,现代的VFD显示屏频频出现在高端的音响设备、智能终端以及高档仪器仪表上。荧光管内部有灯丝,在低电压作用下会向外射出电子,同时荧光管内部有一个栅极,电子在栅极的吸引下会加速射向阳极,当电子撞击到阳极上覆盖的荧光粉后,即发出淡绿色的可见光;相对辉光管来说,她的驱动电压更低,更安全,而且寿命和辉光管相比大大延长,所以,在荧光管诞生之后,辉光管便渐渐让位与她。

这次的荧光管显示模块采用的是前苏联产的IV-22(ИВ-22)型荧光数码管,类似长方体的玻璃管身,长32mm,宽22mm,顶部显示方式,插拔式12脚封装。这些荧光数码管在上世纪冷战时期曾经被前苏联大量制造,现如今都静静的躺在某些仓库的冰冷角落,但她的材料特性决定了她的保质期将是无限的长。
IV-22荧光数码管具有以下特点:
1、属于真空器件。内部为真空,不像辉光管内部有惰性气体。
2、较低的驱动电压。IV-22荧光管需要两组工作电压,一是灯丝电压,1v-1.3v之间,交直流均可;二是阳极和栅极电压,直流22v-30v左右,相对于辉光管来讲,驱动电压更低,更安全;并且工作电流很小,灯丝电流100mA左右,阳极电流在4-10mA之间。
3、采用7段显示排列。可任意组合为0-9的数字,或者简单的英文字母。
4、柔和的淡绿色。荧光粉固有的色彩,在阳光下依然能够清晰可变,清澈透亮但不刺眼。

还是先看一下实物图片,然后再做详细介绍吧:

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff474/yanzeyuan/Nixie%20Module%20for%20Arduino/IV-22%20VFD%20Module/2012_12_12_IMG_8615.jpg

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