I plan on eventually making an alarm like this (sans the keypad idea) and I plan on using an RTC from Dallas (pretty much the same as in a PC, maybe exatcly: DS1887 i think). It would be ideal IMHO to use a similar RTC because it has a good crystal in the DIP package as well as a backup battery which makes it ideal for an alarm clock. It has NVRam also including locations to set alarm IRQ etc, and has a pretty simple parallel interface. Anyway, thought I'd mention it because it would simplify your digital alarm clock idea a lot and I think they're neat. Later, Peace MJ Brush ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Stortz" To: Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 4:52 AM Subject: Re: [PIC:] Beginner looking for suggestions > something i've always wanted, and will eventually do, is an ordinary > digital alarm clock, but one with a keypad for setting time and alarm > time! i.e. just key in "7:45am" instead of the stupid forward backward > or worse yet just forward counting buttons which i've always considered > stupid and a pain. i've even seen clock/calculator combinations that > still make you do things the hard way when they already have the > keyboard available! it might even be nice to be able to set a > "relative" alarm, i.e. set it for now + the time period keyed in so you > could easily nap for "x" amount of time, when you are too tired to do > math well. > > Jason S wrote: > > > > This is always the hard part for me; coming up with fun and interesting > > projects. > -------- > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.