Welcome to ArduiNIX.com! 
The ArduiNIX shield is a user programmable platform for driving multiplexed Nixie tube or other high voltage displays**. The ArduiNIX is open source hardware (commercial use allowed) *and* PCB files are available here.
**The ArduiNIX requires a 9 or 12v DC power supply, not included. Arduino is not included.

News you can use!

June 29, 2010 - IN-17 tube boards are SOLD OUT! I'll order some new ones with slightly wider spacing on the tubes so that you can fit two INS-1 dots between.

June 13, 2010 - Silvio posts these pics in our Forum of his awesome Nixie clock based on ArduiNIX -

March 27, 2010 - Justfred posts this sweet looking build in our Forum -

December 21, 2009 - IN-17 Tube Boards arrive from China! Once Jer and I have a chance to finalize the code that supports these boards, we'll be offering them in the ArduiNIX store, but I wanted to announce that they work and show off a couple pics!

Assembled board with 4 IN-17 nixies and 4 10K resistors.

Mounted to the ArduiNIX using the angled Anode connectors as a physical mount, and short ribboncable section as cathode connection.

Lit up and ticking!  We're going to release the correct code support for this board as soon as Jeremy is done with it

December 11, 2009 - The ArduiNIX makes the MAKE 2009 Open Source Hardware Guide - Arduino Shield category! Thanks Phillip T and MAKE!!

December 9, 2009 - Adafruit Industries welcomes the ArduiNIX to the OSH Club!

December 7, 2009 - Special Edition Black "One year anniversary" ArduiNIX boards are here from China! These are the exact same as our standard board but with a black soldermask, we call it the "jolly roger" board! Once the few remaining green boards are gone, all new orders will get the black ones.

November 25, 2009 - ArduiNIX hits the front page of MAKE! Big thanks to Auraelius for the write up, and the great folks over at Make for featuring us!

November 22, 2009 - Flock of Butterflies part 4 review, discussing multiplexing!

November 1, 2009 - Flock of Butterflies part 3 review!

October 13, 2009 - New projects up in the Featured Hax section. Thanks for everyone sending in pics and write ups!

Speaking of write ups, Auraelius sends in his ArduiNIX blog, with an awesome review of the kit, and promises alternative "non-clock" projects to come. - "In the next series of articles, we’ll go through the absolutely joyful process of building this kit, look into the circuit design, prototype up an eight digit nixie tube display, and write a few software routines to display interesting information and make the digits dance." - Check it out!

September 1, 2009 - If you hadn’t seen on the forums, there have been a few kits report back lower than expected voltage.  This is due to our original loadout for the kit topping out at 190 volts, and having combined part tolerances of around 10 percent, which may cause the voltage to dip down too far to light the nixies.

However, we have resolved the issue, and have settled on a 500V 5.6 pF Capacitor in slot C3 as a fix. 

Placing a 500V 5.6pF capacitor in space C3 instead of the supplied 47pF cap will up the voltage range to 103 to 229 volts, with 180 very close to center of range.  This will cover any margins of error, or plus or minus tolerances in parts, yielding the proper voltage for your setup.
Any customers having low power issues can contact us for a free 5.6pF Capacitor.  They will be mailed out standard mail, domestic and internationally if need be.

August 29, 2009 - ArduiNIX board schematics - eagle files posted. If you feel like etching your own ArduiNIX board, download these. We only ask that you post pics of the process and final results in the forums ;)

August 20, 2009 - IN-17 Plug In Expansion boards! Coming soon from RobotPirate, these boards will allow you to mount your IN-17 Nixies and plug right into the outputs of your ArduiNIX.

August 19, 2009 - Some reports of lower than expected power output may be fixed by using a 12 volt DC Wall wart, till we figure out the new set of capacitors that should be included with the kit. Once we settle on the appropriate new power supply timing capacitor that will eliminate these few issues, we will mail out free capacitors to those customers experiencing lower than expected top end output voltage. If your ArduiNIX is working fine, disregard :) If it's not, let us know pronto!

August 4, 2009 - Assembly Instructions go PDF! It's a 3 megabyte file, but it contains text and photos that are found in the HTML Assembly instructions, so you can print them out.

July 11, 2009 - HTML Assembly Instructions done - Check them out here,

July 11, 2009 - One Bulb Hookup example: In this example, the anode output channel is sending 180 volts through the 10K Resistor to the anode pin of the Nixie Tube. The driver chip on the ArduiNIX opens the 0 cathode terminal, allowing the 0 cathode lead to ground out, lighting the 0 element in the tube. This example now corresponds with the one bulb code found in the download section.

July 6, 2009 - Schematic posted! -Due to popular demand, we are posting the wiringschematic for the ArduiNIX Shield. Click the thumbnail to the right to open the schematic in a new browser window.

July 3, 2009 - Fresh batch of kits on their way!

June 24, 2009 - Master parts list published on the "about us" Section and the forums. From time to time we may change the master parts list due to availability of parts, changes in buildout for more efficiency, voltage requirements, etc., so check there often.

June 22, 2009 - Public announcement! Also, we got the forums back up and running, come join us there and help fill them out with projects, questions, comments, suggestions, etc.

And we are currently working on the HTML version of the assembly instructions for those of you with non flash enabled browsers.

April 15, 2009 - BACK IN BUSINESS!! - We have reassembled our team and have begun ramping back up on the Arduinix. In the process, we are moving the forums around and doing some general housekeeping on the sites. Keep checking back for updates!

October 24, 2008 - Our First Sale! - The first ArduiNIX kit is bagged up and mailed out toour first customer, and he reports it's working great!. Also, we sent an evaluation kit to the fine folks at MAKE magazine.

October 18, 2008 - MAKER Faire! We had an absolutely awesome time at Maker Faire Austin. We showed off the ArduiNIX and got some great feedback, looking forward to pursuing some opportunities that presented themselves. Special Thanks to Windell over at EvilMadScientistLabs.

June 25, 2008 - The first build based on the new boards is working great! We've used ribboncable to ease assembly to the protoboard.

The ArduiNIX is a RobotPirate Project; a nonentity production in association with PlanetHowa
Questions? Email Bradley or Jeremy!