[Lab] How to set a clock

[Richard Sloan]

you just put the batteries in and its flashing :-)

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Andrew Barbour <andrew.g.barbour at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I thought that as well.... but then I realized if they did not know the
> colours how would they the clock needed resetting in the first place?
> On Sep 11, 2014 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Message: 7
>>>> 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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