Author Topic: Cool Nixie Tube Gmail Mail Count (Read 3386 times)

airman00 · « **on:** January 06, 2009, 09:37:52 PM »

Have a look at what CuriousInventor did : http://curiousinventor.com/blog/55

Its a GMail Email Mail Counter using Nixie Tubes

btw Nixie Tubes are awesome and steampunkish
This picture should be self-explanatory as to how it works

Admin · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2009, 10:10:34 PM »

Looks easy to do with the $50 Robot . . .

airman00 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 10, 2009, 11:03:12 PM »

Quote from: Admin on January 10, 2009, 10:10:34 PM

Looks easy to do with the $50 Robot . . .

yeah, easy to do with any microcontroller
I've never seen Nixie Tubes before this project and I think they are fascinating! They're the back-in-the-old-days approach to 7 digit LED Displays.

tristantech · « **Reply #3 on:** January 11, 2009, 08:57:48 PM »

How do you do it???

Do you have a program running on the PC that reads the # of new messages and then sends it over a serial port to the microcontroller?

airman00 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 11, 2009, 09:01:53 PM »

Quote from: tristantech on January 11, 2009, 08:57:48 PM

How do you do it???

Do you have a program running on the PC that reads the # of new messages and then sends it over a serial port to the microcontroller?

http://curiousinventor.com/blog/55

Society of Robots - Robot Forum

News:

Author Topic: Cool Nixie Tube Gmail Mail Count (Read 3386 times)

airman00

Cool Nixie Tube Gmail Mail Count

Admin

Re: Cool Nixie Tube Gmail Mail Count

airman00

Re: Cool Nixie Tube Gmail Mail Count

tristantech

Re: Cool Nixie Tube Gmail Mail Count

airman00

Re: Cool Nixie Tube Gmail Mail Count