PV Electronics Nixie Maestro, Инструкция по сборке и руководство пользователя

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Nixie Clock Kit ' Maestro’
ISSUE 5 (01 June 2018)
www.pvelectronics.co.uk
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1. INTRODUCTION
Nixie Maestro is a fully-featured nixie clock kit, using a semi - assembled SMD
board. The clock shows time and date on six vintage IN-12 Nixie Tubes, which
are sourced from the former Soviet Union. Each tube has a RGB LED to
illuminate it, which creates a beautiful spectrum of colour effects. Several case
designs are available.
New for the 2018 version are some exciting new features. Maestro works best
in conjunction with our new XTERNA outdoor, wireless time and temperature
transmitter module, to report accurate GPS time and also outdoor temperature
with min / max function. Additional highlights of the new Maestro Clock are
direct tube drive and independent double dot colon neons.
Here are the key features of the MAESTRO 2018 kit:
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Hours, Minutes and Seconds display
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Direct drive to six IN-12 Nixie Tubes
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Also fits ZM1100, ZM1162 Tubes
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Noiseless, Direct Drive giving optimum digit clarity
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Uses a Quartz Crystal Oscillator as the timebase
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12 or 24 hour modes
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Programmable leading zero blanking
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Date display in either DD.MM.YY or MM.DD.YY or YY.MM.DD format
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Programmable date display each minute
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Scrolling display of date or standard display
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Alarm, with programmable snooze period
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Optional GPS / XTERNA synchronisation with status indicator LED
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Dedicated DST button to switch between DST and standard time
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Supercapacitor backup. Keeps time during short power outages
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Simple time setting using two buttons
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Configurable for leading zero blanking
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Double dot colon neon lamps
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11 colon neon modes including AM / PM indication (top / bottom or left /
right), railroad (slow or fast) etc.
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Seconds can be reset to zero to precisely the set time
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Programmable night mode - blanked or dimmed display to save tubes or
prevent sleep disturbance
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Rear Indicator LEDs dim at night to prevent sleep disturbance
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Weekday aware ‘Master Blank’ function to turn off HV/ tubes and LEDs on
weekends or during working hours
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Separate modes for colon neons during night mode
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Standard, fading, or crossfading with scrollback display modes.
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‘Slot Machine’ Cathode poisoning prevention routine
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Programmable RGB tube lighting – select YOUR favourite colour palette
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729 colours possible. Have a different colour or your choosing every
hour, or autochanging colours
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Not AC frequency dependent – works in all countries
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All user preferences stored to non-volatile memory