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RoGeorge:

--- Quote from: shapirus on April 02, 2023, 01:33:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: Siwastaja on April 02, 2023, 01:09:42 pm ---Unix timestamp like second count which resets every midnight would also be interesting.

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I think you just gave me an idea for my next electronics DIY project.

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Tinkering around with Unix timestamp as we speak ;D (because the DCF77 signal is too small here, and I need to have an easy way to set the clock, so I'm trying to make a local DCF77 Tx).

This is another complaint about features lost in progress:  manual override (if there is any) usually sucks.

For example this wall-clock has a single press button for manual set.  You have to keep it pressed for 3 seconds, and the minute+hours start to move. Only that the move is slow, and takes 1-2 minutes to sweep all the 12 hours.  It moves only one direction, so if you pass over the right hour, you have to wait 2 more minutes.  And during all this time you have to keep pressed on the back of the clock a minuscule button, with the tip of the pencil, while looking at the front of the clock.  You can't tell if you press too hard or too slow.  And once you get to the desired hour, the seconds start ticking at a few seconds after releasing the rubber button.  It doesn't wait for a manual start.  It's impossible to match the seconds properly!  :horse:

We've lost proper knobs and buttons, the ones with good tactile feedback.
We've lost the potentiometers, which used to have an absolute position, for never ending rotary encoders.
We've lost forward control and replaced them with tedious visual control loops, where you have to dial a little more, read a number, then dial more maybe, and so on.

Sure, the new controls have their advantages, and can do new things, but we've lost some very good/basic features that were always there as a side effect of the physical objects.

themadhippy:

--- Quote ---That's a nice clock
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cheers,its part of a long term project that was ignited  by a throw away comment by my school electronics/physics teacher 40+ years ago about binary time.Theirs  also  its circular brotherbut thats suffering from loosing about a minute a day so needs some attention.And an early build, complete with  genuine 80's  parts
The half baked plan is a fully binary calendar,only using good ole cmos logic

RoGeorge:

--- Quote from: themadhippy on April 02, 2023, 03:13:23 pm ---

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 :-+

rstofer:
I spent a lot of time watching analog clocks in elementary school!  When will this class EVER BE OVER>

Many analog clocks use a universal mechanism and there are silent models.  I have changed out a couple of mechannisms strictly to reduce noise.  Some come with replacement (more stylish) hands.  Scroll down on the page:

https://www.amazon.com/XYBHRC-Mechanism-Replacement-Operated-Movement/dp/B0B7NS5MBW

There are many others, Google is your friend.

RoGeorge:
Against the ticking noise of a plastic gears clock, a few drops of oil can reduce the noise close to nothing.
I don't know why they don't grease them from the factory, or at least put some holes in the case, for oiling.

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