MSP430 Nixie Clock By Rob

I saw this kit come up in Tindie’s twitter feed, and instantly knew that I wanted one. It’s relatively inexpensive, not very complex, and it looks amazing (especially with the acrylic front and back plates). And Nixie Tubes! I love the effect and being able to see the inner workings of these very much Old School display devices. The build was pretty straight-forward, and I’m really happy with the final product. It turns out that Rob was sitting a few tables down from us at NC Maker Faire last year. He is a wizard with the TI MSP430 platform, and has a bunch of really neat kits to go along with it on his Tindie store. He also frequents the 43oh.com forums, which is a great resource for anyone looking to get into the MSP430 platform. I have a LaunchPad somewhere in my workshop. I’ll have to dig it out and take a peak at the code. More on that as it happens. But for now I just wanted to share a few shots from my build: