Timed Digital Cascade Control of Gas-filled Tubes

The aim of this paper is to present the operation, construction, design and scientific background of a Nixie tube display, microcontroller and BCD decoder controlled RTC clock with RTC interface. The paper describes the control of old TTL devices with today's modern microcontrollers, and discus...

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Published inIEEE International Conference and Workshop in Óbuda on Electrical and Power Engineering (Online) pp. 21 - 26
Main Author Beszedes, Bertalan
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 17.10.2024
Subjects
atomic clock
BCD- decimal decoder
Circuits
DCF-receiver
Decoding
Education
glow discharge
Microcontrollers
Nixie tube
Power engineering
Programming profession
real time clock
Real-time systems
RTC
Switches
Synchronization
Technological innovation
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ISSN2831-4506
DOI10.1109/CANDO-EPE65072.2024.10772790

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Summary:The aim of this paper is to present the operation, construction, design and scientific background of a Nixie tube display, microcontroller and BCD decoder controlled RTC clock with RTC interface. The paper describes the control of old TTL devices with today's modern microcontrollers, and discusses the discharge phenomena of tubes filled with a gas mixture and the control principles of this type of display tube. The analogue circuits required for operation are also described, as well as the reception and synchronisation of the atomic clock signal.
ISSN:2831-4506
DOI:10.1109/CANDO-EPE65072.2024.10772790