LED Pocket Watch - Hack a Day

By James Munns

After [Paul]'s grandfather, a master horologist and pocket watch collector, passed away, he decided to retrofit a broken watch left to him with a custom LED face. Starting from scratch, he designed a PCB complete with 133 (hand soldered) LEDs, room for a temperature controlled oscillator for real time clock capabilites, a LiPo battery, and a cell phone vibrator to provide a simulated "second hand tick" feeling. The whole watch is powered by a PIC 16F946. ...

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LED Pocket Watch Will Have You Considering Monocles and Handlebar ...

By nzk0

Starting from scratch, he designed a PCB complete with 133 (hand soldered) LEDs, room for a temperature controlled oscillator for real time clock capabilities, a LiPo battery, and a cell phone vibrator to provide a simulated second hand tick feeling. ... gawkerGallery(5381492,3,'LED Pocket Watch'); You would think that improving on such a beautiful design would be difficult, but a second version is already in the works that will feature a more compact, lower power TCXO, ...

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