[Lab] How to set a clock

[Steve La Rocque]

Hmm... IR receiver?  I'm sure they have universal remotes in the bar
already.  Could you point at it and punch in the time setting?

On 09/11/2014 01:55 PM, Darcy Whyte wrote:
> Everything is an option. But that one isn't very simple. :)
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> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Steve La Rocque <slarocque at gmail.com
> <mailto:slarocque at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Is bluetooth a viable option?  A little app could send it commands...
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>     On 09/11/2014 12:54 PM, Darcy Whyte wrote:
>>     So here's what I believe to be the best candidate (so far) for
>>     setting the time.
>>
>>     It just requires a switch (and whatever pull resistor).
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>>     Using two gestures hold and click.
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>>     To set 2:31:
>>     hold
>>     click click
>>     hold
>>     click click click
>>     hold
>>     click
>>     hold
>>
>>     To set 3:02
>>     hold
>>     click click click
>>     hold
>>     hold
>>     click click
>>     hold
>>
>>     If there were not four holds, it throws out your data and goes
>>     back to clock with whatever time it was on. So I guess there's a
>>     third gesture which is wait which abandons the operation.
>>
>>     The worst scenario is 12:59:
>>     hold
>>     click click click click click click click click click click click
>>     click 
>>     hold
>>     click click click click click 
>>     hold
>>     click click click click click click click click click 
>>     hold
>>
>>     It's easy enough to do and only requires one switch.
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>>     On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Darcy Whyte
>>     <darcy at inventorartist.com <mailto:darcy at inventorartist.com>> wrote:
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>>         So I have this rooster that tells
>>         time: http://inventorartist.com/time-rooster/
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>>         Here's a tricky problem. How to set the time? I mean a user
>>         friendly way for a user.
>>
>>         I think I have a solution but I wanted to table it here to
>>         see if anybody has anything up their sleeve. I will post my
>>         idea shortly but I didn't want to bias anybody's problem
>>         solving skill...
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