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Nixie Tube Gallery
NL5870ST ZM1020 ZM1026

'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
GN4
GR10H
GR10H
GR10M
GR10M
 

ZM1020
ZM1022
ZM1022
ZM1023
ZM1023
ZM1026
ZM1026



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Last updated: Sept 30th 2021


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