{"id":14017,"date":"2016-01-12T17:02:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T16:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14017"},"modified":"2016-01-12T17:02:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T16:02:05","slug":"solar-power-meets-steampunk-with-this-raspberry-pi-nixie-tube-mash-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14017","title":{"rendered":"Solar power meets steampunk with this Raspberry Pi \/ Nixie tube mash-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bad-dog-designs.co.uk\/images\/Primrose_build\/Completed_Monitor.jpg?resize=560%2C420\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Paul Parry from Bad Dog Designs took a\u00a01930s\u00a0Vickers combined voltmeter and ammeter, refurbished it, added the Nixie tubes and then added a Raspberry Pi which translated the data coming in from his solar panels into something usable by the tubes. 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