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mav
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2nd Apr 07 at 23:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

now thats just daft
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It arrived this morning and i love it! I can work out the time on it within a couple of seconds so its not going to be annoying, and its something a bit different. Ian, I will check the voltage for you later but I cant be arsed to get out of bed right now to look
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It's about 9v ac i think.

Has to be AC as the 60hz is used to generate the clock signal.
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
where did you get it from?

[Edited on 02-04-2007 by chris_uk]


http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/binary-clock/index.html
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ebay, was £22 delivered.

Ian. the transformer is 9v, 200ma
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quote:
Originally posted by John
It's about 9v ac i think.

Has to be AC as the 60hz is used to generate the clock signal.


the clock will be genereated using the onboard crystal of the microprocessor or an external crystal
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
quote:
Originally posted by John
It's about 9v ac i think.

Has to be AC as the 60hz is used to generate the clock signal.


the clock will be genereated using the onboard crystal of the microprocessor or an external crystal


I was thinking that, cos the 555 chips we used for the J/K flip flop counters were running on DC.
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The 60hz is generated from the 60hz ac mains as most of the simple binary clocks are.

Its a really really simple circuit and doesn't need a crystal when you've got a perfectly good clock in the mains.








[Edited on 04-04-2007 by John]
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cool but would be a arsed to tell the time when you wake up half dead in the morning


pew pew pew pewwwww
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I like.... might have to purchase one for the office




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You pull a lady, she comes back to your place, she looks to see the time, doesnt understnad so asks you WTF that means, you say its binary, she says WTF is that, you say its a geek clock, she says WTF are you and leaves.

End of.

Get a proper clock.
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