IV-18 VFD vacuum Russian Clock video (part 3)
Here a little video of my clock. In fact, I decided to replace the video on dailymotion ( it offers better quality than youtube)
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IV-18 VFD vacuum Russian Clock (part 2)
In the previous article, I have study the way to power this large VFD, now we gonna take a look closer at the logic itself. We need to drive a lot of bits (8+9) at ~40v. After a little googling, … Continue reading
tag: avr, clock, diy, vfdIV-18 VFD vacuum Russian Clock (part 1)
After my nixie clock, I decided to build a new one based on a old VFD vacuum tube. In fact, the brother of a friend (which live in Ukrainia) give me a bag of tubes. Beside I already have a … Continue reading
tag: avr, clock, diy, vfdSimple negative power supply (-5V / -12V / -15V)
Sometimes you need a simple negative power supply. The best example is the contrast PSU for common small LCD device. Building -5V from a battery or a wallmart supply isn’t really easy. I decided to build a small device that … Continue reading
tag: diy, lcd, psuAMOS wifi homemade antenna (Second Ed)
I already done a AMOS Antenna before but I need to build another one. A bit more robust. I decided to use a N connector, a bit of plumbing.. and here is the result: This stuff, is quite robust right … Continue reading
tag: antenna, diy, WifiVFD Teaser
Hi all, I haven’t post here since a while right now. In fact, I spend quite all my time w/ playing with some electronics stuff. Some people asked what I’m doing .. that it .. here a teaser This is … Continue reading
tag: avr, diy, vfdNixie clock at home ?
Ok, I’ve been off for a while right now. In fact, I’m playing with electronic’s stuff a lot. I just decided to build a nixie clock (for the fun). For those wondering what is a nixie. Take a look at … Continue reading
tag: avr, clock, diy, neon, nixieHowto to patch a wireless card to add a connector
I spend a little time to write an article on the Brest Wireless website about various hack to add a connector to a PCMCIA, or USB card. You can find it out here a PCMCIA: a USB one: – Enjoy … Continue reading
tag: antenna, diy, pcmcia, WifiAMOS wifi homemade antenna
This is perhaps one of my best homemade antenna. I found the original design here: http://yu1aw.ba-karlsruhe.de/Amos.pdf You can find my construction guide on Brest Wireless website at http://www.brest-wireless.net/wiki/materiel:amos My conclusion: First: Take care of this antenna, I broke the first … Continue reading
tag: antenna, diy, WifibiQuad (and double biQuad) homemade wifi Antenna: 14db !
After the omnidirectionnal antennas, and the can-antenna, here comes the new one: This is a biQuad, and a double-biQuad antenna. You can find the construction guide (in Fr) here. As usuall the photos is in the Brest-Wireless gallery The small … Continue reading
tag: antenna, diy, Wifi