Vintage displays (Part 2)

  Some  earliest LED displays for military ground equipment and industrial applications:
HDSP-2490, ceramic DIP, year 1989, red LED color:

 20x optical zoom

200x

500x

500x, same picture but with different light position, light shines from above through the lens, silicon die part number 1BU9B with HP logo and photo-lithography alignment squares 

500x

500x LED crystal itself, all crystals connected into 5x7 LED matrix, similar to HDSP-2000

with 2000x we can see purple ceramic crystals and gold coating structure

300x

 HDSP-2451, year 1985, yellow LED color:

200x

500x, silicon die part number 1BU8B, ancestor of HDSP-2450 from 1989

500x, tiny wires connected with dot welding

500x

200x and LED crystal

Vintage nixie tubes clock with SN74 logic

Here is my 24H  Nixie clock project, the original goal was to construct a six digit nixie clock using only SN74 hard logic, also in my checklist for this project:

• Internal (DS32KHZ) / external (1PPS from GPS) time synchronization
• On board 3.3V power supply for external GPS receiver (Fastrax UP501 or similar)
• 5V single supply operation with regular Arduino power jack
• LED backlight for nixie tubes
• Switchable control of  blinking dots 
• Push button control for time setup
• Seconds reset  for accurate time setup

Schematic is pretty simple, it consist of four Divide-by-eight counters (SN7493) to get a 1PPS signal from 32768Hz (DS32KHZ oscillator), decade counters (or divide-by-five SN7490) and Divide-by-six (SN7492) counters, BCD-to-Decimal decoders (SN74141) for nixie tubes operation. Time setup is controlled by SN74153 multiplexer, it switches 1PPS signal between minute and hour counters to adjust time. For GPS synchronization Divide-by-eight counters (4x SN7493) are optional as well as DS32KHZ Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator, 1PPS can be applied directly to seconds counter input. Any digital TTL compatible logic from SN54 or SN74 series can be used for this project, including original SN74 and F, LS families, also there are lot of military grade SNJ54 integrated circuits in ceramic DIP available from eBay.  In this project I also used Russian cross-references for SN74141 (155ID1) and SN7493(155IE5). Nixie tubes power supply (5V-170V) was purchased off eBay.
Time setup sequence:

1. Press and keep seconds reset button to prevent seconds count
2. Press minutes setup button and adjust minutes
3. Press hours setup button and adjust hours
4. Release seconds button or press it again for precision time setup

And that's it. Lots of vintage electronics and very old nixie tubes from 70’s and I have my finished  Nixie clock.
  
Schematic