Built with the LEGO NTX platform (plus PDA support processor), the Sundial Robot uses sensor data to calculate time of day the new/old-fashioned way – In operation, the robot rotates 360 degrees to calibrate the Compass Sensor. It then rotates in 5 degree increments, the light sensor is swept from vertical until the Touch Sensor […]
Ian built a very excellent LED hard drive clock from this design using a PIC microcontroller. It really is a very cool display – nice. – LED Hard Drive Clock 3.5″ [via Hackosis] More: Hard drive clock
Little-scale has another helpful mini how-to for those of you digging in with blue microcontroller It is often desirable to synchronise something like a homemade sequencing circuit or a Commodore 64 to MIDI clock signals. I thought I might share some generic Arduino skeleton code that could be used to synchronise many different types of […]
Second Prize winner in the Microchip 16-bit Embedded Control Design Contest went to DJ Delorie, with his highly connected alarm – Unlike old-school mechanical alarm clocks that you have to set manually, this Internet-connected alarm clock provides three primary features: automatic time setting on power-up, streaming MP3 music, and remote management. The easy-to-use, PIC24FJ64-based clock […]
Similar to a traditional clock, the Arduino displays the time on some 7-Segment LED displays. A little more unusual is the fact that it also strikes the hours on the fire extinguisher. Just remember, fire extinguishers will explode if hit too hard. You might want to use an old, and empty, one for this project. […]
Angela writes – This is a video of my take on the automated Etch-A-Sketch. It’s an EAS that automatically draws out the time then erases itself, every minute. It’s built on the Arduino platform and references Scott Fergerson’s awesome CNC EAS as well as Douglas Jones’s excellent site on steppers. Etch-A-Sketch clock on Revver – […]
