[Lab] How to set a clock

[Darcy Whyte]

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>
wrote:

>  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).
>
>  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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> Contact: darcy at inventorArtist.com | 613-563-3634 by appointment (no text)
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> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Darcy Whyte <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
>>
>>  Art+ inventorArtist.com <http://inventorartist.com/> | Aviation
>> rubber-power.com
>> Contact: darcy at inventorArtist.com | 613-563-3634 by appointment (no text)
>>
>>
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