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Nixie Clock in A Dome

This document provides step-by-step instructions for building a Nixie clock inside a glass dome. It requires soldering Nixie tubes, driving circuits, a microcontroller and other components together. The project requires patience and experience in soldering and understanding electronic schematics due to the use of high voltages.

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Nixie Clock in A Dome

This document provides step-by-step instructions for building a Nixie clock inside a glass dome. It requires soldering Nixie tubes, driving circuits, a microcontroller and other components together. The project requires patience and experience in soldering and understanding electronic schematics due to the use of high voltages.

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Nixie Clock in a Dome

by Michel16190

This is a Nixie clock 3D wired in a glass dome. It is made with IN-12A (ИН-12A) Nixie tubes and an Arduino nano.
This is inspired from a kit I bought a few years ago. I made some modi cations to use an Arduino, a DS3231 clock and a
DC buck converter module. I also wrote my own program with Arduino IDE.
You will need to be very patient to complete this project. You must be very carefull due to hazardous voltage inside (170
V). And of course you must have a good experience in soldering and understanding electronic schematics.

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Step 1: Positioning Nixie Tubes

First, attach the 4 tubes with tape and spacers. The central space between hours and minutes is 10mm. Take care of the
correct orientation of tubes.

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Step 2: Wiring К155ИД1 Below

Align the four driving circuits К155ИД1 upside down ant connect two parallel wires (5V pin 5-GND pin 12) and solder
the 68nF capacitors.
Then connect :
ИН-12A pin 2 ---- К155ИД1 pin 16
ИН-12A pin 11 ---- К155ИД1 pin 15
ИН-12A pin 10 ---- К155ИД1 pin 8

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Step 3: Wiring К155ИД1 Above

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Put the circuit back in the right direction and connect :
ИН-12A pin 3 ---- К155ИД1 pin 2
ИН-12A pin 4 ---- К155ИД1 pin 1
ИН-12A pin 9 ---- К155ИД1 pin 9
ИН-12A pin 8 ---- К155ИД1 pin 13
ИН-12A pin 7 ---- К155ИД1 pin 14
ИН-12A pin 6 ---- К155ИД1 pin 11
ИН-12A pin 5 ---- К155ИД1 pin 10

Step 4: Base Drilling

Drill 4 holes diameter 2mm, approximately 10mm depth corresponding to the diagram.
And below the base, drill recesses approximately 10 mm depth.

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Step 5: Attaching Nixie Tubes

Form a u with the brass bar and attach the tubes by soldering pin 12 to the bar.
Add an other bar behind and connect it to the +5V line of the К155ИД1 circuits.
This bar must cross the base because it will be connected under the base.

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Step 6: Power Connection

Connect the DC-DC converter to +5V (bar behind) and GND to the line of the К155ИД1 circuits and through the hole in
the base.
Solder the four resistors 22kΩ to pin 1 of the nixie tubes and to +170V of the DC-DC converter.
Fasten the 7805 to the heatsink and solder the two capacitors and three insulated wires.
Then fasten the heatsink to the base.
Make the connections below the base between DC plug, the 7805, the +5V bar and GND.

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Step 7: Soldering the 74HC595

Connect the two 74HC595 to +5V, GND and the К155ИД1 according to the diagram.

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Step 8: Wiring the Neon Bulbs

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Step 9: Connecting the Arduino Nano and the DS Clock

After unsoldering the Grove connector on the Arduino, it is easy to wire it to the clock placed below.
Then connect the Arduino Nano to +5V and GND and solder the IR reciever.

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Step 10: Data Lines

The last thing to do is to connect the data lines of the Arduino Nano to the 74HC595 and the 470Ω resistor.
Then you can download the program on the Arduino and adjust the time.

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