Ben & Felix: The Great Clock Off! -- Episode 345

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It's time for hacking in Ben and Felix's Great Clock-Off! How can we keep track of the time without using a personal computer or mobile phone? Well, Ben utilises discrete electronics and encoders with an LED matrix to keep stock of the time, where as Felix puts together a microcontroller with an LCD display and Real-Time Clock crystal as an alternative and more high tech' option - have you made a clock from scratch? What would you do differently? Let the team know on the element14 Community.

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DAB over 7 years ago

Nice episode.

I was happy to see Ben use old fashioned logic chips verses the MCU approach.
Yes we really did build clocks and things like this a few decades ago.

Now if you want a challenge, show how to synchronize two clocks separated by distance.

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DAB over 7 years ago

Nice episode.

I was happy to see Ben use old fashioned logic chips verses the MCU approach.
Yes we really did build clocks and things like this a few decades ago.

Now if you want a challenge, show how to synchronize two clocks separated by distance.

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