Nixie Clock #3

Here's a pic after assembling and now functioning correctly.

At this point it gets NTP time via Wifi and I can control it via  bluetooth with an app I made for my phone that for now simply adjusts brightness of the tubes and buttons and can set the timezone and daylight savings setting for NTP time.  It can also increment hours and minutes for if I wasn't using NTP to set the time.

There's space on the main board for some potentiometers to control brightness for tubes and buttons but I'm not sure if I Want those or am OK with adjusting via my phone or with a light sensor.

After this I'll need to make a case for it to be housed in!

I got the components on the board and then placed one tube so I Could test it in conjunction with the main board and make sure I Was able to actually make it display OK.

This was the moment I had the necessary components on the tube board and a single tube placed and sorted out sending data to the HV5530 chips to make a digit display properly!  It took quite some time :)

And then after all tubes placed and tested.  This was a good day!

Bottom of board after assembly was finished and everything attached.

And then a couple pics of the top of board after assembly.

From the Front

From the Back

Some pics after assembling the main board and after having tested the high voltage supply and making sure the ESP32 was functioning correctly and able to be programmed.

Top

Bottom

Next came making the main PCB

Top after etching and tinning

Top after applying solder mask

Bottom after applying solder mask

Top after cutting to size

Bottom after cutting to size

First was to make the PCB for the tubes.  Here's a few pics of the process:

Bottom  of the board after etching and tinning.

Bottom of the board after solder mask applied

Top of board after solder mask applied

Bottom of board after cut to size

Top of board after cut to size