Nixie Tube Shield / HAT for Raspberry Pi

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The Nixie Shield / HAT is a modular circuit board that piggyback onto your Raspberry Pi to install it with extra functionality. The Shield was designed according to Raspberry Pi HAT specification. The Nixie Shield allows an Raspberry Pi board to connect any Nixie tube you want to use in your projects. The HAT is compatible with Raspberry Pi: 1B+, 2B, 3B, ZERO, ZERO W.

Nixie HAT

For better understanding on what the Nixie Tube Shield is about, please take a look on the video below.

Python Code

Driving Nixie tube by Raspberry Pi is very simple. The Nixie Shield use only five Raspberry Pi pins. Take a look at the following code. More code examples you can find on GitHub.

'''
Raspberry Nixie Shield Python Basic Example
The Nixie Shield is compatible with Raspberry Pi: 1B+, 2B, 3B, ZERO, ZERO W.
This example shows how to control any nixie tube with a Raspberry Pi using Nixie Shield
Nixie Shield uses five digital outputs to drive nixie tube. 
Pin 29 as on/off (EN) line, 31, 33, 35, 37 as an address (A, B, C, D) of nixie tube digit/cathode.
This example code is in the public domain.
https://www.nixietester.com
'''
import time                 # Import time module
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO     # Import RPi.GPIO module as just GPIO
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)    # Declare the type of GPIO numbering system
GPIO.setwarnings(False)     # Disable warnings
# Pin definitions / Nixie tube digit address:
EN = 29                     # On/Off Nixie tube
A = 37      
B = 33
C = 31
D = 35
GPIO.setup(EN,GPIO.OUT)     # Set up a channel EN as an output
GPIO.setup(A,GPIO.OUT)      # Set up a channel A as an output
GPIO.setup(B,GPIO.OUT)      # Set up a channel B as an output
GPIO.setup(C,GPIO.OUT)      # Set up a channel C as an output
GPIO.setup(D,GPIO.OUT)      # Set up a channel D as an output
GPIO.output(EN,GPIO.LOW)    # Turn on the Nixie Tube
# set address of the tube cathode '0':
                            #   ___ 
GPIO.output(A,GPIO.LOW)     #  |   |
GPIO.output(B,GPIO.LOW)     #  |   |
GPIO.output(C,GPIO.LOW)     #  |   |
GPIO.output(D,GPIO.LOW)     #  |___|
time.sleep(1)
# set address of the tube cathode '1':
GPIO.output(A,GPIO.HIGH)    #   /|  
GPIO.output(B,GPIO.LOW)     #  / |
GPIO.output(C,GPIO.LOW)     #    |
GPIO.output(D,GPIO.LOW)     #    |
time.sleep(1)
# set address of the tube cathode '2':
                           #   ___ 
GPIO.output(A,GPIO.LOW)     #      |   
GPIO.output(B,GPIO.HIGH)    #   ___|   
GPIO.output(C,GPIO.LOW)     #  |  
GPIO.output(D,GPIO.LOW)     #  |___
time.sleep(1)
# set address of the tube cathode '3':
                            #   ___ 
GPIO.output(A,GPIO.HIGH)    #      |   
GPIO.output(B,GPIO.HIGH)    #   ___|   
GPIO.output(C,GPIO.LOW)     #      |  
GPIO.output(D,GPIO.LOW)     #   ___|
time.sleep(1)
# set address of the tube cathode '4':
GPIO.output(A,GPIO.LOW)     #  |   | 
GPIO.output(B,GPIO.LOW)     #  |___|   
GPIO.output(C,GPIO.HIGH)    #      |  
GPIO.output(D,GPIO.LOW)     #      |
time.sleep(1)
# set address of the tube cathode '5':
                            #   ___ 
GPIO.output(A,GPIO.HIGH)    #  |      
GPIO.output(B,GPIO.LOW)     #  |___   
GPIO.output(C,GPIO.HIGH)    #      |  
GPIO.output(D,GPIO.LOW)     #   ___|
time.sleep(1)
# set address of the tube cathode '6':
                            #   ___ 
GPIO.output(A,GPIO.LOW)     #  |      
GPIO.output(B,GPIO.HIGH)    #  |___   
GPIO.output(C,GPIO.HIGH)    #  |   |  
GPIO.output(D,GPIO.LOW)     #  |___|
time.sleep(1)
# set address of the tube cathode '7':
                            #   ___
GPIO.output(A,GPIO.HIGH)    #      |   
GPIO.output(B,GPIO.HIGH)    #      |   
GPIO.output(C,GPIO.HIGH)    #      |  
GPIO.output(D,GPIO.LOW)     #      |
time.sleep(1)
# set address of the tube cathode '8':
                            #   ___ 
GPIO.output(A,GPIO.LOW)     #  |   |   
GPIO.output(B,GPIO.LOW)     #  |___|   
GPIO.output(C,GPIO.LOW)     #  |   |  
GPIO.output(D,GPIO.HIGH)    #  |___|
time.sleep(1)
# set address of the tube cathode '9':
                            #   ___ 
GPIO.output(A,GPIO.HIGH)    #  |   |   
GPIO.output(B,GPIO.LOW)     #  |___|   
GPIO.output(C,GPIO.LOW)     #      |  
GPIO.output(D,GPIO.HIGH)    #   ___|
time.sleep(1)
GPIO.output(EN,GPIO.HIGH)   # Turn off the Nixie Tube
time.sleep(1)
GPIO.cleanup()              # Cleanup GPIO on exit 

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Project update - new sockets for Nixie Shield for Raspberry Pi

Total 22 nixie sockets.

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