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Tim at The Transistor in Provo, Utah, built his own Nixie display using an Arduino board, a serial converter, and a heavy-duty DC-DC converter to power the tubes.
More great videos after the jump.
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The best parts are those crazy punch-labeled toggle switches that look like something Q would hand 007 before a mission. He also got the Nixie’s to fade in and out using the Arduino board.
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