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Mike, K8LH · 12th March 2007, 03:21 AM

I was thinking about designing a simple BCD clock recently just for techie appeal (grin). I'm still brain-storming the panel layout and user interface.

One thought was to use a single switch to toggle three different modes; (1) display time, (2) display date, (3) combo mode - during each 10 second interval display the time during the 0..6 second portion and display the date during the 7..9 second portion.

Another thought was to simply use the combo mode mentioned above but to scan the seven day-of-week LEDs back and forth a la "night rider" as a 1 second heartbeat of sorts during the seven second "time" portion of each 10 second interval. This way I could use the second panel layout below and it'd be pretty clear what you're viewing - the "time" when "night rider" is scanning and the "date" when the day-of-week LED is stationary.

What do you guys think? Any ideas?

Pommie · 12th March 2007, 03:47 AM

Elektor had a very similar project to this in the Jan 2007 edition. It was based on the Berlin Clock.

Mike.

blueroomelectronics · 14th March 2007, 04:14 AM

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive...led_watch.html

Mike, K8LH · 14th March 2007, 10:27 AM

Hi guys. Thanks for sharing some very interesting clock designs.

thuratun · 3rd November 2008, 05:00 AM

Hello all!
I want to get this clock circuit.
If you can effort,please send me this circuit via Email: thuratun@myanmarengineer.org
I have to make project for my university.S0,I want to get this circuit block diagram and list of components included in it.
Thank you.

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12th March 2007, 03:21 AM	(permalink)
Mike, K8LH	Single Chip BCD Clock I was thinking about designing a simple BCD clock recently just for techie appeal (grin). I'm still brain-storming the panel layout and user interface. One thought was to use a single switch to toggle three different modes; (1) display time, (2) display date, (3) combo mode - during each 10 second interval display the time during the 0..6 second portion and display the date during the 7..9 second portion. Another thought was to simply use the combo mode mentioned above but to scan the seven day-of-week LEDs back and forth a la "night rider" as a 1 second heartbeat of sorts during the seven second "time" portion of each 10 second interval. This way I could use the second panel layout below and it'd be pretty clear what you're viewing - the "time" when "night rider" is scanning and the "date" when the day-of-week LED is stationary. What do you guys think? Any ideas? Last edited by Mike, K8LH; 16th March 2007 at 12:10 AM.

12th March 2007, 03:47 AM	(permalink)
Pommie	Elektor had a very similar project to this in the Jan 2007 edition. It was based on the Berlin Clock. Mike.

14th March 2007, 04:14 AM	(permalink)
blueroomelectronics	http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive...led_watch.html __________________ Bill Smart Kits build Smart People http://www.blueroomelectronics.com

14th March 2007, 10:27 AM	(permalink)
Mike, K8LH	Hi guys. Thanks for sharing some very interesting clock designs.

3rd November 2008, 05:00 AM	(permalink)
thuratun	I want to get this circuit Design Hello all! I want to get this clock circuit. If you can effort,please send me this circuit via Email: thuratun@myanmarengineer.org I have to make project for my university.S0,I want to get this circuit block diagram and list of components included in it. Thank you.