This PCB contains driver circuitry to handle high-voltage nixie tubes, which allows for binary-coded decimal to select the lit digit and independent PWM dimming for each tube. It also handles power conversion from a 12V 2A wall adapter to 170V, 5V, and 3.3V rails for the nixie tubes, development board, and ICs respectively, and accomodates connections to an ESP8266 WiFi module and an EK-TM4C1294XL development board from TI. These were chosen due to their relevance in my courses, and the design may be easily adapted to smaller microcontrollers more fitting for a clock.
Final Result
![FrontCu](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/74276379/363828637-1e599c5b-1cdd-4fe6-a968-c47e34937ec2.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.plaYmrmvXSauqHKRqHsKJe8zxhcXmNEXPj9Kccyw7pQ)
![BackCu](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/74276379/363828659-f28d04b0-08d4-45b7-902d-7c9d1deed9e4.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.6KTZJu74RC_F8C9iK2DsFh99hZckvA91RIk-c76k2wA)
![NixieSchematic](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/74276379/363828794-0897b264-2443-48e3-a10c-bc5dd1c69675.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.p9i0itVsUT2aqPmwZfgxeV8DVVmgvjIEMLzyE7OPSv0)
![TubeController](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/74276379/363828820-247b8049-74d6-46a5-b35f-3d5e4cfe0426.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJnaXRodWIuY29tIiwiYXVkIjoicmF3LmdpdGh1YnVzZXJjb250ZW50LmNvbSIsImtleSI6ImtleTUiLCJleHAiOjE3MzkyNDM1ODEsIm5iZiI6MTczOTI0MzI4MSwicGF0aCI6Ii83NDI3NjM3OS8zNjM4Mjg4MjAtMjQ3YjgwNDktNzRkNi00NmE1LWIzNWYtM2Q1ZTRjZmUwNDI2LnBuZz9YLUFtei1BbGdvcml0aG09QVdTNC1ITUFDLVNIQTI1NiZYLUFtei1DcmVkZW50aWFsPUFLSUFWQ09EWUxTQTUzUFFLNFpBJTJGMjAyNTAyMTElMkZ1cy1lYXN0LTElMkZzMyUyRmF3czRfcmVxdWVzdCZYLUFtei1EYXRlPTIwMjUwMjExVDAzMDgwMVomWC1BbXotRXhwaXJlcz0zMDAmWC1BbXotU2lnbmF0dXJlPThlYTJlZDUwNDMwODhmYjFlZmI3MDBmMjk2OTgwNDZlZWNjY2UxYjhlZGY2ZmU4MDI2OTU1NzVhYzE0OWNjMzImWC1BbXotU2lnbmVkSGVhZGVycz1ob3N0In0.9dzGyhEvAPN_XLoBtXSu0-w3PSZyzCF0fXHoYrrB_98)
All design was done through KiCAD 8.0, the TaylorElectronics
folder includes the footprints & symbols for the TES High-voltage power supply as well as others that are not included in the KiCAD standard library. The nixies_us
folder contains footprints and symbols for the nixie tubes, credit to judge2005 from nixies.us.