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Here are the main features of The BigTime; a large six-digit nixie clock:
- Fully remote controlled – The BigTime contains no (0) moving parts! (well, OK, apart from one reset switch)
- Large (40mm high display) Six-digit display showing hours, minutes, seconds, or day, month, year
- Super-smooth fading between digits
- Automatic or manual selection of mains (50 or 60Hz), on-board crystal or other external frequency reference
- 12 or 24-hour hour display mode
- Indicators for AM/PM, time, and alarm-set mode
- Alarm, with snooze
- European or US date display formats DDMMYY or MMDDYY
- Simple hourly beeps or complex “Westminster” chimes with selectable Silent-Night mode
- Plays “Happy Birthday” on up to four specified dates
- Automatic leap-year calculation
- Universal Automatic Daylight Savings Time calculation for almost all geographies, including new US DST rules (2007 onwards)
- Manual or automatic display brightness
- Safe, low-voltage design, via a 9-16 V AC or DC “wall-wart” UK or EU power supply; US customers will need to provide their own simple power supply
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- On-board battery retains The BigTime's time and settings for a minimum of 4 days in the event of power loss
- On-board loudspeaker for more compact design
- Optional external temperature probe (-50C to 120C, or 58F to +255F )
- Optional relay output to drive slave clocks or other equipment
- Optional MSF or WWVB Radio Time Code receiver and decoder (though The BigTime can work without this)
- Every clock is individually serial numbered and comes with its own certification
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