Re:Ring Counter Clock: still running after 40 years
by cydonian_monk on Tuesday November 01, 2011 @11:42PM
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The circuit board of this clock is rather a work of art. Impressive. I recall an old professor of mine built something similar using two hard dive platters as the base. He skipped the seconds ring though, so his only had the two rings. Never saw the circuitry behind his clock, but I doubt it was a nice as this example.
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Re:Ring Counter Clock: still running after 40 years
by DanBC on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @05:12AM
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The PCB is beautiful. Remembering that it was designed by hand - someone had a sheet of acetate and Letraset(tm) pads and crepe tape.
I'd be really interested to see how a modern auto-router would cope with the rat's nest files.
Re:Ring Counter Clock: still running after 40 years
by Arjuna on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @07:59AM
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Regarding the circuit board, I find it intellectually satisfying to see that he placed the date that he made the clock onto it (8/8/1970). How many times have you opened something up and asked, "I wonder when this was made?"
Re:Ring Counter Clock: still running after 40 years
by fanf2 on Thursday November 03, 2011 @06:03AM
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Many chips will have the manufacturing date on the package in the format YYWW: two digit year and week within the year.