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&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Introduction"&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Circuit_Making"&gt;Circuit Making&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Programming_Before_Connecting"&gt;Programming Before Connecting...&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/tempus-fugit-part-4-micro-bit-5v-spi"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=5234&amp;AppID=205&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/micro_3A00_bit">micro:bit</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/transistor">transistor</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/vintage%2bclock">vintage clock</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/vintage">vintage</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/advanced%2bmicro_3A00_bit%2bprojects">advanced micro:bit projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/microbit%2bprojects">microbit projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smartalarmch">smartalarmch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/microbit">microbit</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smartalarmclockch">smartalarmclockch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/spi">spi</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/advanced_5F00_microbit_5F00_projects">advanced_microbit_projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smart%2balarm%2bclock">smart alarm clock</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/setp_2D00_up">setp-up</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/alarm%2bclock">alarm clock</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/open%2bcollector">open collector</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smart%2bclock">smart clock</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/protocol">protocol</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/communication">communication</category></item><item><title>Tempus Fugit... Part 3: micro:bit Interfacing 5V Logic</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/tempus-fugit-part-3-micro-bit-interfacing-5v-logic</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 22:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1841a0c0-a492-4235-a22e-a035acf33a86</guid><dc:creator>balearicdynamics</dc:creator><slash:comments>9</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=5225</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/tempus-fugit-part-3-micro-bit-interfacing-5v-logic#comments</comments><description>




&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Introduction"&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Providing_5V_Extra_Power"&gt;Providing 5V Extra Power&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Interfacing_3V_Logic_to_5V_Logic"&gt;Interfacing 3V Logic to 5V Logic&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_microbit_Output_Pin"&gt;micro:bit Output Pin&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Open_Collector_Output_Pin"&gt;Open Collector Output Pin&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_The_Other_Parts"&gt;The Other Parts&lt;/a&gt;




Introduction
To control the 7-segments LCD display with the micro:bit the easiest way I found is using a...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/tempus-fugit-part-3-micro-bit-interfacing-5v-logic"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=5225&amp;AppID=205&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/transistor">transistor</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/display%2bcontroller">display controller</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/vintage">vintage</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/advanced%2bmicro_3A00_bit%2bprojects">advanced micro:bit projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/microbit%2bprojects">microbit projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smartalarmch">smartalarmch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/7%2bsegment%2bdisplay">7 segment display</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/microbit">microbit</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smartalarmclockch">smartalarmclockch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/micro%2bbit">micro bit</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/advanced_5F00_microbit_5F00_projects">advanced_microbit_projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/digital%2bclock">digital clock</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/alarm%2bclock">alarm clock</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/open%2bcollector">open collector</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smart%2bclock">smart clock</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/step%2bup">step up</category></item><item><title>Tempus Fugit... Part 2: 2018 a.d.</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/tempus-fugit-part-2-2018-a-d</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 23:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:704c5158-9e1f-4d0f-b23d-d848e41f5afd</guid><dc:creator>balearicdynamics</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=5196</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/tempus-fugit-part-2-2018-a-d#comments</comments><description>





&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_A_new_Heart_in_an_Old_Box"&gt;A new Heart in an Old Box&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_The_7segments_Display"&gt;The 7=segments Display&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_The_Real_Time_Clock"&gt;The Real Time Clock&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Coming_soon"&gt;Coming soon...&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_The_other_parts"&gt;The other parts&lt;/a&gt;





A new Heart in an Old Box
The new pulsing heart of the old smart clock will be the &lt;a id="e14-product-link-d6f77" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link"&gt;BBC micro:bit&lt;/a&gt; .for two reasons: the first is the inte...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/tempus-fugit-part-2-2018-a-d"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=5196&amp;AppID=205&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/circuit%2bbending">circuit bending</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/micro_3A00_bit">micro:bit</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/rebuilding">rebuilding</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/clock">clock</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/vintage">vintage</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/advanced%2bmicro_3A00_bit%2bprojects">advanced micro:bit projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/microbit%2bprojects">microbit projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smartalarmch">smartalarmch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smartalarmclockch">smartalarmclockch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/real%2btime%2bclock">real time clock</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/rtc">rtc</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/advanced_5F00_microbit_5F00_projects">advanced_microbit_projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/alarm%2bclock">alarm clock</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smart">smart</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/time">time</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/remake">remake</category></item><item><title>Tempus Fugit... Part 1: 1978 a.d.</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/tempus-fugit-part-1-1978-a-d</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 20:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:aec1a98a-47cb-43f1-b550-05b52f3bd9d8</guid><dc:creator>balearicdynamics</dc:creator><slash:comments>7</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=5148</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/tempus-fugit-part-1-1978-a-d#comments</comments><description>





&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Introduction"&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Time_Shift"&gt;Time Shift&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Step_1"&gt;Step 1&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Step_2"&gt;Step 2&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_Preparing_the_device"&gt;Preparing the device&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_The_Clock_Buttons"&gt;The Clock Buttons&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_The_Box_and_the_Other_Components"&gt;The Box and the Other Components&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;a class="jive-link-anchor-small" href="#jive_content_id_The_Other_Parts"&gt;The Other Parts&lt;/a&gt;





And I started late, too late, just posting the the smart clock Project14 monthly theme. Anyway I hope you l...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/tempus-fugit-part-1-1978-a-d"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=5148&amp;AppID=205&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/circuit%2bbending">circuit bending</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/micro_3A00_bit">micro:bit</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/clock">clock</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/vintage">vintage</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/bbc%2bmicro_3A00_bit">bbc micro:bit</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/advanced%2bmicro_3A00_bit%2bprojects">advanced micro:bit projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/microbit%2bprojects">microbit projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smartalarmch">smartalarmch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/microbit">microbit</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/advanced_5F00_microbit_5F00_projects">advanced_microbit_projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/tempus%2bfugit">tempus fugit</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/alarm%2bclock">alarm clock</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smart">smart</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/time">time</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/remake">remake</category></item><item><title>Self-adjusting clock with e-display</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/self-adjusting-clock-with-e-display</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2018 14:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:de5f40b7-a4d4-4f05-a3a5-8167f6e09584</guid><dc:creator>kk99</dc:creator><slash:comments>13</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=5054</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/self-adjusting-clock-with-e-display#comments</comments><description>
The basic idea was to create self-adjusting clock which should work in CET time zone with support for daylight saving. As source of time I have used a GPS signal received from NEO-7M module which have serial port. As display I have used a nice 2.9 i...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/self-adjusting-clock-with-e-display"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=5054&amp;AppID=205&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/ardintermediate">ardintermediate</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smartalarmch">smartalarmch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/iot_5F00_projects">iot_projects</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/arduino_5F00_projects">arduino_projects</category></item><item><title>Object Sensing Clock</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/object-sensing-clock</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2018 20:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:11bce73f-b51e-44f4-8ba8-8552f0a867eb</guid><dc:creator>guycarver</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=5025</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/object-sensing-clock#comments</comments><description>
I&amp;#39;ve created a clock that uses an IR temperature sensor to trigger the display.&amp;nbsp; This is so I can simply wave my hand toward it at night to have it turn on.&amp;nbsp; This keeps the light from keeping me up at night.
The source code for my clock is...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/posts/object-sensing-clock"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=5025&amp;AppID=205&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/smartalarmclock/b/blog/archive/tags/smartalarmch">smartalarmch</category></item></channel></rss>