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Re:Why does the alarm clock snooze button give you nine extr... by frenchman_in_ny on Thursday October 31, 2013 @11:48AM (#6647484)
I'm fairly curious about how you did that, and if the same is doable for larger load devices (60Hz -> 50Hz or 50Hz -> 60Hz).
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Re:Why does the alarm clock snooze button give you nine extr... by raverbashing on Friday November 01, 2013 @03:23AM (#6652329)
It's not difficult, the IC has a pin to select between 50Hz and 60Hz so you just need to solder one or two resistors to make it work.

Something like this: http://www.bucek.name/pdf/lm8560.pdf

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