Chess with wireless, glowing nixie tubes

by Larra Morris

Lasermad’s Nixie Chessboards take 8-10 weeks to hand build, during which time each of the chess pieces is painstakingly built around a vintage nixie tube scavenged from the world’s dwindling supply, and the board is prepared with the wireless induction coils that power the pieces when they’re set on the board, lighting them up.

Continue reading at Boing Boing

Arduino Portenta Environmental Monitoring Bundle

Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Arduino

Join Libby and Demo in this episode of “Libby’s Lab” as they explore the Arduino Portenta Environmental Monitoring Bundle, available at Mouser.com! This bundle is perfect for engineers requiring environmental data such as temperature, humidity, and pressure. Designed for ease of use, the bundle is great for IoT, smart home, and industrial devices, and it includes WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. Keep your circuits charged and your ideas sparking!

Click here for more information about Arduino Portenta Environmental Monitoring Bundle

featured chalk talk

Simplifying Position Control with Advanced Stepper Motor Driver

Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and STMicroelectronics

In this episode of Chalk Talk, Jiri Keprda from STMicroelectronics and Amelia Dalton explore the benefits of the powerSTEP01 is a system-in-package from STMicroelectronics. They also examine how this solution can streamline overall position control architecture, the high level commands included in this solution and the variety of advanced diagnostics included in the powerSTEP01 system-in-package.

Click here for more information about the STMicroelectronics powerSTEP01 Controller

Jan 21, 2025

30,899 views

Chess with wireless, glowing nixie tubes

Related