Hard on the heels of the LightWriter Clock project, comes my latest creation – LightWriter Cricket. This little critter writes the time with light onto a phosphorescent screen, and like the LightWriter, the displayed time just fades away until it is rewritten at the next minute. And, mirroring the ephemeral perception of time, each specific moment quickly fades into the past. Here, LightWriter Cricket is seen writing out the time 14:13. Notice how quickly the display fades away such that the…
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LightWriter Clock: Resurrected?
The original idea for the LightWriter Clock was to play with the ephemeral nature of time – in that each specific measurement of its passing quickly fades into the past. In a very literal way, this clock writes out digits of the time onto a phosphorescent media which then slowly fade away. Here’s the latest and long awaited update of the LightWriter Clock project, and yes, I did paint the body a lurid shade of lime! (Why, because I can!…
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Well, after countless hours of patient soldering and the replacement of at least 20 dead LEDs, I’ve finally completed an 8x8x8 (yes, 512!) cube of LEDs controlled by an STC12C5A60S2 micro-controller. Here is the pre-programmed sequence in the micro-controller: Talk about a labour of love!
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Some time ago I posted a simple piece of code to determine whether we were in Daylight Saving Time or not, based on current time and date (see Daylight Saving Time... simplified) . Imagine my surprise on Sunday morning to find that only a handful of clocks (and I have a lot!) adjusted correctly! Ahhh! So, what went wrong???
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