The most awesome VFD clock kit | Voltlog #388

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Welcome to a new Voltlog, in this video I will show you how I assembled this VFD tube based clock, I like the looks of this clock very much it’s kind of steampunk type of style and because this is a kit, it’s widely accessible to anyone, you don’t need very specific tools to get this assembled and I believe anyone can put one together. As a bonus this clock, although it doesn’t include one in the kit, it can support connecting a GPS receiver for syncing the clock and on top of that you get a remote control so you can control it from a distance which is pretty neat if you ask me.

So to start the assembly I am going to prepare the two boards, because even though it looks like one, these are actually 2 individual PCBs, you just need to separate them by snapping along the v-scored lines. This is a technique that’s used for efficiency during manufacturing, it’s called panelizing and they just stick 2 or more designs together on the same board but they are meant to be separated later on. Sometimes when you separate these boards, you are left with some sharp edges, if that’s the case you can use some sandpaper to clean the edges.

Next, if we take a look at the boards we notice all of the SMT components have already been assembled, all we have to do is assemble these through holes components, we have a mercury switch, an IR received, an LDR light dependent resistor, a temperature sensor, a buzzer and these two connectors. It doesn’t matter in which order you assemble these but some of them are polarized so it’s important to get the orientation right and to solder them correctly to ensure good electrical and mechanical connection without overheating them and without damaging surrounding components.
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