Lixie II is our next edge-lit display with a new housing design, an 11th pane you can customize, and easier mounting!
Designed by Lixie Labs in United States of AmericaThis seller is taking a break. Sign up below to get an email when they're back!
Sign up and we'll send a reminder when the seller returns!
Lixie II is a modernized LED alternative to Nixie Tubes (and features many improvements over the original model!) WHAT'S NEW? Modular Panes Our new Lixie allows the user to remove the panes for cle…
Read More…(and features many improvements over the original model!)
Our new Lixie allows the user to remove the panes for cleaning, or to add custom engraved panes in their place.
Lixie II is the only LED Nixie on the market currently offering an 11th pane in the stack. Included with the kit is a decimal point pane which can be replaced with a custom engraving or any one of Ponoko's 3mm acrylics. (A great use for this is their "Dark Grey Tint" acrylic which would allow for a Lixie display right up against a sunny window!)
There are now 8 screws in the base - 4 for the PCB, and 4 just for fixing the Lixies onto a base! No more careful disassembly before mounting!
As a result of the modular panes design, Lixie has gone topless! Now they cast even more colorful light into their surroundings.
To reduce the chance of damage during shipping to near-zero, we are not currently offering the Lixie II pre-assembled, as the original (fully-assembled) model would sometimes get broken by a careless postal worker. Don't worry though! The kit is very easy to assemble, and comes with thorough, graphic instructions for assembling the parts from color-coded bags. All of the hard stuff like the soldering is done for you, leaving just the act of removing the protective paper from the digits and screwing the housing together with a standard screwdriver. This is a solder-less kit, that requires no special tools!
If you order a Powered Base Kit with a set of Lixies in the same transaction, we'll pre-assemble your PCB controller housing to one of your Lixies for you!
Lixie II works by shining light through the edge of a clear acrylic pane. When the light hits an engraving or edge, it scatters in a different direction and lands in your eye! This allows the flat surfaces of the acrylic to stay clear, and have only edges light up! Now put ten pieces in a stack, each marked with a different number 0-9, and you can show each number individually, on a clear surface!
Lixie II is based on WS2812B LEDs, (or "Neopixels" Adafruit calls them) meaning it can display the following in any color:
As of November 23rd, 2019, we have officially discontinued the original Lixie 1 model, and no longer carry the inventory for it. However, if you need to complete an existing set or need PCB repair/replacement, we're more than happy to continue supporting your purchase for years to come!
Unlike the Nixie Tubes the Lixie II is based on, setup and use is EXTREMELY easy. Just connect the 5V & GND pins to your Arduino's, and connect the "DIN" pin to any of your digital pins. From there, it's just a matter of including the Lixie II library and simple functions!
For example:
/i/3797/products/2019-11-22T10%3A08%3A39.742Z-out_IMG_4818_bright.jpg?1606306133)
#include "Lixie_II.h" // Include Lixie II Library
#define DATA_PIN 13
#define NUM_LIXIES 4
Lixie_II lix(DATA_PIN, NUM_LIXIES); // Set class name to "lix" and define your Lixie II setup
uint16_t count = 0; // Use this number to count up
void setup() {
lix.begin(); // Initialize LEDs
}
void loop() {
lix.write(count); // Write the count to the displays
count++; // Increment count
delay(1000);
}
Lixie II is designed as a WS2812B strip, meaning you can chain as many of these together as your power supply can handle! There are 22 LEDS on each board, but when used normally only two will be on at a given time.
The library also does all the work pushing each digit of an integer out to its own display, so that if you have 4 Lixies, calling lix.write(314) will show "314" on them!
We also now offer pre-configured Lixie II base kits that ship with an integrated clock controller if that's what you're into!
All hardware designs and software code has been made available on GitHub at the link below for anyone who wants to study its design and put my wife and I out of business! ;)
Besides the amazing colors, there are several factors that set Lixie II apart from traditional Nixie tubes:
While traditional Nixie Tube displays took a dangerous 170V power supply, Lixie II runs on only 5 volts making it safe for children, pets, and new hobbyists!
Lixie II is based on WS2812B LEDs, which means that they don’t need any specialized drivers – just a microcontroller!
You can simply connect one digit to the next, and drive them all with only three wires and the Lixie II Arduino library!
Lixie II was designed to be easy for makers of any experience level to use. Like the original, it's still cheaper than any Nixie Tube of the same size, and a thousand times cooler than any lame-ass 7-segment display!
We now sell a Powered Base Kit with an integrated controller (pictured above) that comes pre-configured for using your Lixies as a 4 or 6-digit clock!
While a more customized base can be derived from the Lixie II CAD model on our GitHub, we have shared pre-made, modular, 3D-printable base pieces there too! (Printed in black filament in our photos above) Just print as many sections as you need, or have 3DHubs print them for you for cheap!
Here's a handy price breakdown: (Lixie II Displays are $32 each, and we factored in our optional Powered Base Kit)
To give a bit of insight to our price, here is what goes into a 6-Lixie + Powered Base clock:
Feel free to email us at lixielabs@gmail.com, any time of day! We'd be more than happy to talk Lixies or clocks 'til dawn!
Well, shit. Okay. Here is all of the links you need to escape my Tindie Page. ;)
HARDWARE - EAGLE Schematic - EAGLE PCB Layout - Vector Cutting Files - CAD (Sketchup)
SOFTWARE - Arduino C++ Library
Sign up and we'll send a reminder when the seller returns!
$120.00
$45.00
$15.00
$60.00
$17.99
$20.00
