"Blub" equipped with a Nixie tube and can be used as a clock, a calendar, a thermometer

It is now an unusual vacuum tube type electronic componentNixie tubeThere are persistent fans from appearance that makes you feel nostalgic somewhat. It is possible to use various ways such as watches, dates, current temperature by using 4 such Nixie tubes "Blub(Blob) ".

Blub - A modern retro tube clock by Duncan Hellmers - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/767936743/blub-a-modern-retro-tube-clock

You can see what kind of product Blub is by seeing the following movie.


This is the appearance of Blub. On top of the aluminum body, it has become a simple design of only Nixie tube is equipped with this 4.


The size is 111 × 56 × 72 mm compact, and it is about the size to fit on the hand.


When the Nixie tube lights up like this. The electrode that glows orange lights makes me feel nostalgic, which is now less visible.


Simple design of only the pilot lamp of the LED on the front of the main unit. It is also possible to light up the Nixie tube from the bottom with a blue backlight as an option.


Several kinds of lighting patterns of the LED lamp are preset, and it is possible to make it blink at a cycle of 1 second instead of the second hand.


The back is also a simple design. The logo is designed on the right side, and on the left side there are two buttons for setting and a terminal for power connection.


The logo is recessed by machiningCounterbore machiningIt is decorated.


The button for the mode set jumped out a little from the main body.


The conceptual diagram inside the main body looks like this. Screws that fasten the top board are somewhat highly used in the design.


The display mode can be selected from clock, date, temperature display, it is also possible to turn off the light automatically at night by specifying the time.


In addition to aluminum silver, the color is also available in limited color.


This "Blub" is a cloud funding siteKickstarterWe are looking for investment in. About 5,000 AUD (about 460,000 yen) of the target amount is invested about A $ 52,000 (about 4.8 million yen) at the time of writing the article. It is possible to get a Blub of aluminum silver color with a stake of 379 Australian dollar (approx. 35,000 yen) and a black painted Blub with a contribution of A $ 415 (approx. 38,000 yen). For the plan that added the backlight to the Nixie tube, aluminum silver is $ 429 (about 40,000 yen), and black is 459 AUD (about 42,000 yen). To ship outside Australia, a postage of 30 AUD (about 2800 yen) is required separately. Since all the initial production frame of each product has been filled with the application, the current delivery date is planned around August 2014.

The deadline for investment is 16:47 on Monday, February 17 in Japan time.

Blub - A modern retro tube clock by Duncan Hellmers - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/767936743/blub-a-modern-retro-tube-clock