> >A real gem. Pity there is no schematic available:
> >
> >  http://www.wps.com/projects/instruments/Cubic-V45/index.html
> >
> >Peter P.
> >
> Fascinating instrument, a real gem as you say.  I'm not sure 
> I agree with the authors suggestion that "Display technology 
> has improved only slightly" though!
> 
> Regards
> 
> Mike


What to do when Nixies haven't been invented yet.  Years ago I came across
Nixies, and figured I could emulate the display by, you guessed it, etching
numbers in glass, edge lit & stacked.  Worked nicely as a clock, and I was
suitably chuffed at my technical progress.

I was less chuffed when I discovered voltmeters like this, and even less
when I found out the Russians did it 30 or so years before that.

I've been meaning to make a 7 seg version, you only need 7 pieces of
glass/plastic per digit then.

Tony

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