Editing Nixie tube (section)

==Legacy ==
[[File:Nixie clock.jpg|thumb|A Nixie clock with six ZM1210 tubes made by [[Telefunken]]]]

Citing dissatisfaction with the aesthetics of modern digital displays and a nostalgic fondness for the styling of obsolete technology, significant numbers of electronics enthusiasts have shown interest in reviving Nixies.<ref>{{cite web
 |last        = Zorpette
 |first       = Glenn
 |title       = New Life For Nixies
 |url         = https://spectrum.ieee.org/new-life-for-nixies
 |work        = [[IEEE Spectrum]]
 |date = 3 June 2002
 |access-date  = 2010-01-31
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090831074550/http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/gadgets/new-life-for-nixies
 |archive-date = 2009-08-31
}}</ref> Unsold tubes that have been sitting in warehouses for decades are being brought out and used, the most common application being in homemade digital clocks.<ref name="KD7LMO Overview" /><ref name="nixieclock shop">{{cite web |title=Nixie Tube Clocks |website=nixieclock.net |url=http://www.nixieclock.net/pi1065517655.htm?categoryId=0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808232541/http://www.nixieclock.net/pi1065517655.htm?categoryId=0 |archive-date=2007-08-08 |access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref><ref name="nixieclock home">{{cite web |title=Home of the Nixie tube clock |website=nixieclock.net |url=http://www.nixieclock.net/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118082635/http://www.nixieclock.net/ |archive-date=2012-01-18 |access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> During their heyday, Nixies were generally considered too expensive for use in mass-market consumer goods such as clocks.<ref name="nixieclock home" /> This recent surge in demand has caused prices to rise significantly, particularly for large tubes, making small-scale production of new devices again viable.

In addition to the tube itself, another important consideration is the relatively high-voltage circuitry necessary to drive the tube. The original [[7400 series]] drivers integrated circuits such as the 74141 [[binary-coded decimal|BCD]] decoder driver have long since been out of production and are rarer than [[New old stock|NOS]] tubes. The 74141 is still available as NOS from various web suppliers and the Soviet equivalent, the K155ID1, is still in production. However, modern [[bipolar transistor]]s with high voltage ratings are now available cheaply, such as MPSA92 or MPSA42.