[time-nuts] Time shown as two horizontal bars

[WB6BNQ]

Hi Bill,

Interesting idea.  One of the problems you are going to have with normal
available displays is being able to distinguishing the individual "elements" as
you get further away from the clock.  So it sounds like you may have to construct
your own display area so that the "elements" are further apart.

Doing so would allow for some embellishments, such as using a different colors
for the 10 and 30 minute LEDs.  Equally so, you could use 24 LEDs for hour marks
using two different colors for day and night.

Likewise, you could reduce the number of LEDs by using 9 for the minutes in one
row.  A second row would have 5 for the 10 minute marks.  The third row would be
the hours with just the 12 LEDs but by using dual color LEDs you could cover day
and night.

Just thought I would complicate your project........

Bill....WB6BNQ


Bill Hawkins wrote:

> Looking for a long, thin horizontal clock display for use above or below
> a flat screen TV.
>
> Tried searching for "bar clock" and got a lot of useless hits.
>
> What I'd like is a display that is about half an inch (12 mm) high by
> 12-18 inches long (30-50 cm) that is just two rows of 60 or 120 leds.
> One row is labeled 0 to 59 (or 60) and the other is labeled 0 to 12. The
> display does not stay at 12 or 60 but jumps back to zero. Power line
> frequency is an adequate reference, as long as it always has the same
> 86,400 seconds per day, except for added leap seconds. There should not
> be a clock frequency adjustment.
>
> 60 seconds worth of line cycles bumps the minute bar (30 if it has 120
> leds), and 5 minutes bumps the hour bar (150 seconds for 120 leds).
>
> The clock is set (after startup and power outages) by four buttons on
> the back - minutes, increment, decrement, hours.
>
> Have any of you connoisseurs of time seen such a clock? How about a bar
> of leds that could be used to make a clock?
>
> Bill Hawkins
>
> P.S. Currently re-reading Terry Pratchett's "Thief of Time" - a whole
> new way to look at time in a funny and perceptive story.
>
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