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led hard drive clock lights up the night
technabob.com - 8/4/2008
led hard drive clock lights up the night
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Hardware hacker Ian Matthew decided to see if he could turn a hard drive into a clock. But this isn’t one of those lazy designs where you just stick some clock hands through a hard drive platter . On the contrary, Ian went way over the top. A narrow slot cut into the platter allows a set of flashing colored LEDs to show through as it spins. It’s powered by a PIC18F252 ...
LED Hard Drive Clock 3.5"
ian.org - 8/1/2008
LED Hard Drive Clock 3.5"
— ian.org — (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 ... (more) LED Hard Drive Clock 3.5"

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LED Hard Drive Clock Demo (video)
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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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Product: Giant Digital Clock with CD Holder
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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Hard Drive Clock
Tech Blog — ... created this nifty 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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