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ian.org - 8/1/2008

LED Hard Drive Clock 3.5"

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(Click on any thumbnail for a larger version) or go back to Ian.Org's Homepage . Idea... After seeing the hard drive clock at Alan Parekhs Electronic Projects I just had to make my own. I have plenty of old hard drives, microcontrollers and a programmer so it was easy to get started. Special thanks to the PICList guys for suggesting the PICkit 2 as a replacement for my old, unsupported ...

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youtube.com - 8/1/2008

LED Hard Drive Clock Demo (video)

— youtube.com — This is a hard drive clock I built from a 3.5" hard drive, some tri-color LEDs and... a PIC16F252 microcontroller. It works by shining the LEDs underneath... (more) LED Hard Drive Clock Demo (video)

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anka.com.hk - 8/1/2008

Product: Giant Digital Clock with CD Holder

— anka.com.hk — This Giant Digital Clock is hidden and at the same time, painfully obvious to see as it's... built in to a CD Holder. (more) Product: Giant Digital Clock with CD Holder

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technabob.com - 8/1/2008

giant led clock big enough to hold your cd collection

— technabob.com — Now, most of us have moved on from compact discs to digital media players these days, but... that doesn’t mean that we don’t still have to find a place to store our old CD collection, right? This ingenious storage system doubles as a ... (more) giant led clock big enough to hold your cd collection

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Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog —   Great job on the Hard Drive Clock and thanks for the mention about the clock that I built. "The clock works by removing the top of the hard drive and cutting a slot into the platter. Then lights are mounted underneath and flashed as it spins. By timing it right you can create the illusion of clock hands, color bars or other designs. I have quite a few magnets lying around so my first thought was I could eliminate 2 of the three platters by using a magnet on the top platter and a magnetic sensor to ...

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MAKE Magazine — Ian built an excellent LED hard drive clock display from this design. It really is a very cool display - nice. - LED Hard Drive Clock 3.5" [via Hackosis] More: Hard drive clock Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Electronics | Digg this!

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Tech Blog — ... hard drive clock that's "powered by a PIC18F252 controller, along with custom software which adjusts the LED patterns accordingly." Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery. A small magnet on the platter triggers a magnetic switch to let the system know when a rotation is complete. The spinning drive platter not only can display the time, it creates a wondrous light show when it’s not in clock mode. [via Technabob - Ian] ...

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MAKE Magazine: hacks — ... created this supremely cool clock from an old hard drive, some tri-color LEDs and a PIC microcontroller. It works using a simple persistence of vision technique. The disk platter has a narrow slit cut in it and the LEDs are all positioned behind the spinning platter, causing light to shine out through the slit. By adjusting the color of the LEDs as the disk rotates, you can conceivably create any sort of pie-chart style graphics you like, from Pac Man to the hands of a clock. LED Hard Drive Clock

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