I’ve been trying to build a digital clock to show the 'generation’ of time, without the use of any devices that obscure how it functions.
While looking for a way to build a clock with a quartz crystal, I came across an Instructable that had a diagram of a clock built with CMOS chips.
Source: https://www.instructables.com/id/24-Hr-Digital-Clock-only-with-basic-CMOS-Chips/
However, the problem with this circuit was that the quartz crystal was a tiny chip that wouldn’t show it. So I decided to change the signal input into a diagram that I would understand. So found this schematic that was more straightforward in the way you could read how the signal is getting divided. I prototyped this first.
source: http://www.hackersbench.com/Projects/1Hz/
After I got that working, I started to build out a prototype. This process took the most time and a lot of tears :’-(
After making sure things worked and figuring out what each component does, I started to draw the form of the freeform circuit clock that I wanted to make.
Straightening spools of copper wire
Process shot of starting to build
Finished clock!
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