Funny you say that.  One of my first "real" pic projects was to make a cloc=
k that showed the time's hours, minutes and seconds as three rows of LED's =
(with an extra one for PM).  If memory serves it was 7 bits, 3+4 for the ho=
urs and minutes, and 4+4 for the seconds.

I built a little prototype and found out that I didn't get used to reading =
it like I thought I would. (-:  And most importantly, I learned a big lesso=
n about LED's.  For some strange reason I had the idea that LED's didn't us=
e much power at all. But it drained a 9v battery in just a few hours.  Bumm=
er. I also powered each LED from a PIC pin, which was probably pretty stupi=
d but hopefully not too stupid for a rookie mistake. =




-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of=
 William "Chops" Westfield
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 6:26 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] Top 10 Strangest Clocks

On Jun 9, 2006, at 12:19 AM, G=F6khan SEVER wrote:

> http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-10-strangest-clocks
>
>
No binary or "dot" clocks?  No nixies?

I suppose a CRT clock looks neat in a plexiglass box, but it doesn't
seem to me that it's much different than what assorted computer
programs have been doing for a quarter of a century now.  Didn't
even look like it used a vector font.  Hmmph.

BillW


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