This word clock has a lot of small steps that add up to a moderately difficult build. You’ll be building three circuit boards, possibly making (or modifying) a frame, soldering SMD parts and playing around with finicky die-cut stickers.
However, the end result can be very satisfying. If you’re concerned about doing some of these steps yourself, there are many on-line services that you can use to make your life simpler. The circuit board files can be sent away, the light guide can be laser-cut, and you can probably custom-order a frame to your dimensions from the local art store.
Michael – Have a look at the link in step 1. I’ve posted the PCB files in a few formats, including the Fritzing native format (.fzz). Fritzing is open source software and you can completely change the PCB layout to suit your needs. The learning curve wasn’t too bad – this was the first project I used Fritzing for and I was able to figure it out.
Rob
Do you sell a kit for this? I will buy please! Its for my boyfriend. Thank you! Please email me THank you!
Hi! What a great tutorial! Could you also post a schematic? I know there is one also in the Fritzing but it’s messed up. I want to know how the whole circuit works…
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I’m missing the Illustrator file. Where can I download it?
Have a look at the github link for the illustrator files: https://github.com/yvrbybne/QloneTwo
I think this clock is the collest one :-)
But this web page is 142MB long !!! containing a lot of 4MB pre-loaded 10MP illustration pictures is this 10MP size really necessary ?
Just use ImagePresso, http://www.imagepresso.com, to compress your images by up to 90% without loss of any quality. #imagepresso #photoshop
BTW, Im also making another word clock from Javelin
http://www.instructables.com/id/Javelins-Word-Clock/
Hello, I do not understand your answer, I am not the one that made this web page so telling me about such image compression tool is useless.
The 90% ratio claimed by imagepresso is from an original uncompressed picture and is what any other “good” jpeg compressor can do.
But as usual with JPEG compression the “without quality loss” argument is a lie because technically JPEG compression algorithm is destructive but many people with average quality screen and no “pro” eye will not notice the difference but the more you increase compression ratio the more JPEG artefacts will be visible to anyone.
For this web page I think the JPEG quality has been set to 98% so compression ratio is only 50%.
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WOW Very nice! I buld my own: https://youtu.be/fn1k5g4bUQ0 I also Programmed a Word Clock Generator to generate the Mask: https://goo.gl/JjQH3X
Hey nice project!!!!
If someone want to build it in there on language there is a nice tool to generate a Text Matrix:
https://github.com/pknoe3lh/WordClockGenerator/releases
And a tutorial Video:
https://youtu.be/tNPpLDylUQ0
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