[Lab] How to set a clock

[Michael Scott]

It is always the correct time somewhere in the world!

Sorry...

Mike


On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:

> IR is a nice one.. cool thing about that is it can trigger visualizations
> too..
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> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Steve La Rocque <slarocque at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  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>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>  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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>>> 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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