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Nixie Tube Gallery
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'Nixie' tubes are Neon cathode-glow indicators with multiple cathodes shaped to form numerals and symbols. 'Nixie' is a trademark of the Borroughs Corporation, but the word has come to be used as the generic term for this type of indicator. The primary advantage of the Nixie tube, apart from the aesthetics of the numeral shape, is that when rapid jitter between digits occurs it is often easy to determine which two digits are involved. This is not the case with the later 7-segment displays, which produce an invalid number when alternating between two digits.
Nixies were used in many different indicating applications, often in measuring instruments such as voltmeters and frequency counters, but also in tills, petrol pumps and digital clocks. The principal use for salvaged tubes is in the construction of clocks.
Side View tubes
 CD66L |
 GN6 |
 GR10G |
 GR110 |
 GS6 |
NL5870ST |
 XN1 |
 XN3 |
 XN12 |
 ZM1080 |
 ZM1332K |
8422 |
End View tubes |
 GN4 |
 GR10H |
 GR10M |
 ZM1020 |
 ZM1022 |
 ZM1023 |
 ZM1026 |
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