Building a Nixie clock

This wasn’t going to become a blog post originally. Gamiee sent me some very nice nixie tubes recently, and as one does, I wanted a desk clock using them. Seeking the warm fuzzy feelings only the orange glow could give. Original Control Board Originally the plan was to use the cheap Aliexpress driver boards, and I picked up this one in a sale for sub $30AUD. These are fairly easy to wire up, however after writing it up it became obvious that this unit had features and settings but I couldn’t track down good documentation on how to enable them. Asking the seller didn’t result in anything either. ...

November 18, 2025 · 3 min · Ben V. Brown