<div dir="ltr">So here's what I believe to be the best candidate (so far) for setting the time.<div><br></div><div>It just requires a switch (and whatever pull resistor).</div><div><br></div><div>Using two gestures hold and click.</div><div><br></div><div>To set 2:31:</div><div>hold</div><div>click click</div><div>hold</div><div>click click click</div><div>hold</div><div>click</div><div>hold</div><div><br></div><div>To set 3:02</div><div>hold</div><div>click click click</div><div>hold</div><div>hold</div><div>click click</div><div>hold</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>The worst scenario is 12:59:</div><div>hold</div><div>click click click click click click click click click click click click <br></div><div>hold</div><div>click click click click click <br></div><div>hold</div><div>click click click click click click click click click <br></div><div>hold</div><div><br></div><div>It's easy enough to do and only requires one switch.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Art+ <a href="http://inventorartist.com/" target="_blank">inventorArtist.com</a> | Aviation <a href="http://rubber-power.com/" target="_blank">rubber-power.com</a></div><div>Contact: <a href="mailto:darcy@inventorArtist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorArtist.com</a> | 613-563-3634 by appointment (no text)</div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@inventorartist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorartist.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">So I have this rooster that tells time: <a href="http://inventorartist.com/time-rooster/" target="_blank">http://inventorartist.com/time-rooster/</a><div><br></div><div>Here's a tricky problem. How to set the time? I mean a user friendly way for a user.</div><div><br></div><div>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...</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Art+ <a href="http://inventorartist.com/" target="_blank">inventorArtist.com</a> | Aviation <a href="http://rubber-power.com/" target="_blank">rubber-power.com</a></div><div>Contact: <a href="mailto:darcy@inventorArtist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorArtist.com</a> | <a href="tel:613-563-3634" value="+16135633634" target="_blank">613-563-3634</a> by appointment (no text)</div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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