A cold cathode is a cathode in a gas-filled electron tube that is not heated by a filament. The voltage potential within the tube is sufficient to ionize the gas and cause the current to flow. For ...

In a quest for cheap under-cabinet lighting, the owner of the kitchen pictured above turned to cold-cathode tubes intended for the inside of a PC case. The result of his experimenting is a kitchen ...

As soon as I received the cold cathode I noticed straight away the acrylic tube. This gives the cathode a very robust feel. They have also attached square end caps to the acrylic tube. Im presuming ...

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Join us on Wednesday, October 28th at noon Pacific for The Art of Nixies Hack Chat with Dalibor Farný! When they were invented in the 1950s, Nixie tubes were a huge leap forward in display technology.