[sdiy]Stereo plasma VUmeter demos...

[mcb, inc.]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, anthony wrote:

> I've thought about now & then, making a VU meter from actual Nixie tube 
> digits. Just a couple and a neon bulb on its side to make a -30dB - +6dB. It 
> wouldn't follow the level constantly, but sample it periodically - so it'd be 
> more like a VU peak meter. The key isn't accuracy or even usefullness - just 
> a cool way to use nixies.

While going through stacks of crud, I came across an interesting
project in Circuit Cellar from awhile ago.  They built a
persistence-of-vision nixie display by spinning a nixie and
a driver board on a floppy disk drive motor and using a 1/4"
TRS plug as the slip connector.

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Monty Brandenberg