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TP1 +180 V L1
D5
D 9-12 V AC input, if Mains frequency wanted D4 D
12-14 V DC input is ok, if DCF is used 1N4001 100uH 1A
+ BYV95C + C3
AC Q1 Q2 Q3 470uF 25v R25
IC2 R7 C4

8
9-12V AC D3 7805 R1 MPSA92 R3 MPSA92 R5 MPSA92 33k IC5
220k 1uF 350v R27
1N4001 100k 100k 100k NE555
AC R19 1k
1 3 +5 Volt 5 3

GND
1k

GNDVCC
IN OUT CTL OUT
2 7
R2 R4 R6 TRIG DISC
+ + 4
D2 D1 C10 470k 470k 470k R24 Q7 RST
C11 IRF730 6 R26
10uF 50v 1kTrim C13 THR
1N4001 1N4001 470uF 25v

2
47p 10k
Q8
R14 MPSA42

1
33k
C14
R23 2n2
470
If DCF option is used, see here how to connect
1Hz / 50 Hz / 60 Hz (5V level)
PIN 2 J3 Adjust R24 for +180V DC on test point 1
ANODE Start with center position at first powerup

1
2
3
D9 DCF77 Module Conrad
BZX79C5V6 Connector pin number
R8-R13 must be selected
C12 PIN 1
to fit nixie tubes used
22nF 4k7 to 22k
Filter Protection Q4
C PIN 4 C
MPSA42
NC NC DCF GND VCC R20 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13
10k 10k 10k 10k 10k 10k
R16 R17 R33 R18 33k
J1 PGM
1k 1k 33k 10k Programming socket HR MIN SEC
MCLR

GND

VDD
DCF
RB7

RB6

UP / DIMM
Q5 Anode Anode Anode Anode Anode Anode
S2 MPSA42
R21

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1

SET MODE / RUN MODE 33k

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9
0

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0

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0

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0

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0
S1

Q6
IC1 PIC16F876 MPSA42
R22
1 28 33k
MCLR RB7
2 27
AN0 RB6
3 26
AN1 RB5
4 25
AN2 RB4
B 5 24 B
AN3 RB3
6 23 +5
RA4 RB2
7 22
AN4 RB1
8 21
GND RB0/INT
9 20 C7
OSC1 VDD
X1 10 19 22nF
R30 R31 R32 OSC2 GND
4MHz 11 18
470 470 470 RC0 RC7/RX J4
C31 12 17 J5

10

10
RC1 RC6/TX
LDR OPTION (NOT INCLUDED IN KIT)
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

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2
3
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5
6
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9
C30 22pF 13 16
RC2 RC5
14 15 R40 LDR R41 3k3
22pF RC3 RC4
+5
16
15
14
13
11
10

16
15
14
13
11
10
1
2

9
8

1
2

9
8
GREEN RED RED AN0 PIN2
LDR option is automaticly disabled if voltage is over 4.7
O8
O9
O0
O1
O5
O4
O6
O7
O3
O2

O8
O9
O0
O1
O5
O4
O6
O7
O3
O2
D30 D31 3 3 AN0 voltage DIMM level
A A
6 6 2.94 - 4.7V 3 = Max (fading mode)
B B
7 7 2.25 - 2.74V 2
C C
4 4 1.47 - 2.15V 1
D D
0.78 - 1.37V 0 = Min
+5 +5
IF 1Hz / 50Hz / 60 Hz: IF DCF77 Option: 5 5 0.11 - 0.76 Reserved
VCC VCC
Pin4 = Blink 1Hz D30 is Dual LED GREEN/RED signal indicator. C5 0.0 - 0.1 S2 switch active
C9
Pin5 = Blink 0.5Hz D31 is a normal RED led, Change 1min = DCF OK, 12 22nF 12
22nF GND GND To adjust light levels to your need,
Pin7 = AM/PM indicator Fast blink = DCF bad for 24hrs warning.
simply adjust R41 and R16 values a bit
A It is optional to use - X1 4.000000 Crystal 30ppm IC3 IC4 A
those outputs. C30 and C31 crystal loading, ceramic NP0/C0G type 74141 74141
X1 4MHz Resonator Title
C30 and C31 not mounted. NIXIE CLOCK OZ2CPU 2x3 MUX = 6 digits
Thomas Scherrer & Claus Urbach (webx.dk & nixieclocks.de)
Size Number Revision
The software from 5.7 for this version PCB 1.08 has autodetection of all four clock input modes !!
B
Schematic for nixie clock PCB 1.08 8c-6
If there is a LOW pulse signal on the DCF77 input pin, while powering up, it will go into DCF mode,
else it will measure the input clock frequency and set right divider mode. Please read documentation for more information about how the different clock modes work Date: 11-Nov-2007 Sheet 1 of 1
File: C:\108sm.ddb Drawn By: OZ2CPU Thomas Scherrer
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