[Lab] How to set a clock

[Steve La Rocque]

Is bluetooth a viable option?  A little app could send it commands...


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).
>
> Using two gestures hold and click.
>
> 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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> Darcy Whyte
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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:
>
>     So I have this rooster that tells
>     time: http://inventorartist.com/time-rooster/
>
>     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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>     --
>     Darcy Whyte
>
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