Hackaday

VFD Clock Only Speaks Romanian

There’s no shortage of clock projects, but [niq_ro] has his own take using a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD), and Arduino, and a pair of MAX6921 ICs. Those chips are made to drive a VFD, and the use ...
Hackaday

Captivating Clock Puts Endangered Displays On Display

The DT-1704 VFD as seen the 1976 Radio Shack Catalog. The “A” version has no substrate, making the VFD fully clear for added effect. When you have a small stock of vacuum fluorescent displays (VFDs) ...
Geeky Gadgets

Kiko Box VFD clock with IV-18 vacuum fluorescent tubes

Kiko based in Vancouver Canada has created a small yet unique VFD clock equipped with IV-18 vacuum fluorescent tubes. Making it a unique timepiece from the nixie tube era. Launched via Kickstarter ...
Geeky Gadgets

Nixie Tube Clock Arduino Shield

Makers considering building a Nixie tube clock, may be interested in a new Arduino shield which has been specifically created to make building a nixie tube clock and easier process. The Nixie Clock ...
EDN

Arduino Based Dot Matrix Clock

The dot matrix clock was built without the use of a regular Arduino board but uses the ATmega168 with Arduino bootloader and assembled on a breadboard. An RTC clock compensated by temperature is used ...
Lifehacker

Build a Wireless Alarm Clock with an Arduino

Alarm clocks are cheap and abundant, but they’re pretty boring. If you want to make your own, Instructables user Paranoid Legend shows you how to build one with an Arduino. The alarm clock is made ...