Juno BCR 2.0 - Part 3a - Draft 1: 24 Neon Lamp clock - Nixie Tube alternative
Part 1: High Voltage Regulation (well done)
Part 2: C-library driver (well done)
Part 3: 24 Neon Lamp clock (half done)
Features:
About 250 lines of code, 4k bytes of flash memory used.
5 display modes: 1, binary basic; 2, fancy; 3, breathing neon lamp; 4, 24 hour; 5, random.
Set time mode to set hour, minute and AM/PM.
5 brightness levels control
High efficiency and high precision ( using average 60mA with lowest brightness, and no more than 500mA with highest brightness level. )
The breathing neon lamp mode is pretty cool. This is only possible with a very fine high voltage load-based feedback loop. There are not a lot of display mode possible with only 24 neon lamps. The 4 clock display modes are very finely tuned and 1 random neon mode is pretty code to look at.