[Lab] How to set a clock

[Raj]

you can always move the encoder slowly if you want to learn the colours

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Richard Sloan <rsloan at themindfactory.com>
wrote:

> then you need to memorize the colors as you spin the encoder.... holding
> and clicking one switch, you do not need to know the colors, you can learn
> them later.... :-)
>
> R.
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:48 PM, Andrew O'Malley <aomalley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I agree w/ the encoder: most intuitive for the end user.  Uses a few more
>> inputs than a switch but there are decent libraries for the Arduino.
>>
>>
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>>> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:01:03 -0400
>>> From: Raj <modlab at raj.homelinux.com>
>>> To: Darcy Whyte <darcy at inventorartist.com>
>>> Cc: lab <lab at artengine.ca>
>>> Subject: Re: [Lab] How to set a clock
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>>> I've always marvelled at the simplicity of the old mechanical watch
>>> setting
>>> knob - pull it out, adjust (with excellent visual feedback and good
>>> control
>>> over ability to move quickly to an hour and then fine-tune the minutes)
>>> and
>>> then push it back, done.  It boggles my mind how we went from there to
>>> the
>>> horrendous buttons, switches and complicated setting sequences for
>>> digital
>>> watches.  Been toying with the idea of creating a clock with a single
>>> rotary encoder to see if I can emulate the intuitive feel of a mechnical
>>> knob.. push in the encoder, rotate it to set the time - backwards or
>>> forwards, rotate quickly to move the time faster with an exponential
>>> rather
>>> than linear correlation to speed of rotation).  Feel free to steal this
>>> idea if it works for you with the only caveat that I get to see the code
>>> :)
>>>
>>> cheers!
>>> --Raj.
>>>
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