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Category Archives: clock hacks
Start Your Day With The Mountain That Rises
Like many of us, [Zach Archer] enjoys the comfort of his darkened room so much that he has trouble getting up and facing the day. To make things a little easier for himself, he decided to put together a custom alarm clock that would fill his mornings with the glorious …read more
Posted in 3D printed enclosure, clock, clock hacks, e-ink, ESP32, led hacks, web interface
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The Story of A Secret Underground Parisian Society
Deep in the heart of Paris, a series of underground tunnels snakes across the city. They cross into unkept public spaces from centuries ago that have since vanished from collective memory – abandoned basements, catacombs, and subways hundreds of miles apart.
Only a few groups still traverse these subterranean streets. …read more
Posted in clock hacks, Hackaday Columns, horology, Paris, urban exploration
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Winter is Coming, This Clock Will Let You Know When
For Game of Thrones fans, it’s an awkward time. The show has ended its run on HBO (not without a certain level of controversy), the planned prequel is still years away, and who knows when George R. R. Martin will actually get around to writing the final books in the …read more
Posted in 3d printed, animated, Arduino Hacks, clock, clock hacks, DFPlayer, Game of thrones, led, shield
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Agora, A Hackable E-Paper Clock
[Daniel Zilinec] appreciates the aesthetics of e-paper and thought it would make a great clock.
The natural appearance of e-paper certainly appeals to a lot of hackers. We’ve seen everything from typewriters to trackers for imaginary money. The Agora clock is designed to be battery powered,;a classic night-stand alarm clock. …read more
Posted in agora, clock, clock hacks, e-paper, The Hackaday Prize
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Keeping Time with Blinkenlights
If we’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that hackers like weird clocks, and they love packing as many multicolored LEDs into a device as is humanly possible. Combine both of those concepts into one project, and you’ve got a perfect storm. So as far as unnecessarily complex timepieces go, …read more
Posted in Arduino Hacks, binary clock, clock, clock hacks, DS3231, GPS clock, led, pro micro, RGB LED
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Steampunk Water Thief Clock Steals Attention, Too
The funny thing about clocks is that the more intriguing they are to look at, the more precious time is wasted. This steampunk clepsydra is no exception. A clepsydra, or water thief clock is an ancient design that takes many forms. Any clock that uses the inflow or outflow of …read more
Posted in clepsydra, clock hacks, msp430, siphon, water clock, water thief clock
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An ESP32 Clock With A Transforming LED Matrix
Over the years we’ve seen countless ways of displaying the current time, and judging by how many new clock projects that hit the tip line, it seems as though there’s no end in sight. Not that we’re complaining, of course. The latest entry into the pantheon of unusual timepieces is …read more
Posted in 3D printed enclosure, clock, clock hacks, ESP32, folding, led hacks, led matrix, ntp, reed switch
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Nixie Clock Failure Analysis, [Dalibor Farný] Style
We’ve become sadly accustomed to consumer devices that seem to give up the ghost right after the warranty period expires. And even when we get “lucky” and the device fails while it’s still covered, chances are that there will be no attempt to repair it; the unit will be replaced …read more
Posted in clock, clock hacks, failure analysis, nixie, pcb, QA, QC, quality control, repair, solder, teardown, via
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Ask Hackaday: What’s The Perfect Hacker Smart Watch?
Since Dick Tracy all the way back in ’46, smart watches have captured the public imagination. After several false starts, the technology has gone through a renaissance in the last 10 years or so. For the average consumer, there’s been a proliferation of hardware in the marketplace, with scores of …read more
Posted in Ask Hackaday, clock hacks, Interest, Original Art, pebble, smartwatch, wearable hacks
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This Word Clock Has Dirty Alphanumeric Mouth
Clocks which use words to tell the time in place of numbers are an increasingly popular hacker project, but we have to admit that before seeing this gorgeous clock from [Mitch Feig], we didn’t realize how badly we wanted to see one that could curse like a sailor.
But don’t …read more