Flathagen writes:
Interfacing dekatron tubes with a microcontroller is fairly easy, once you understand how the tubes work. Threeneuron’s Pile o’Poo of Obsolete Crap provides the necessary background information and schematics for making this work.
I used two russian OG-4 tubes. I prefer the orange look of the neon tubes rather than the purple look of the argon filled OG-3 tubes. The latter tubes just look to modern for my liking. On the above picture you can see how I have mounted the tubes on a rig alongside two Magic eye tubes.
More details at DIYcrap blog.
Check out the video after the break.