The Basic Stamp Homework Board (BSHWB) microcontroller, the PIC16C57, is a surprisingly useful and somewhat powerful microcontroller which I decided to choose for designing a binary clock, along with ...

Check out this cool geek clock from Dutch designer Peter van der Jagt, which features 1500 red LEDs. The 1500 LED clock will show the current date, day and time using the red LED’s. Try to keep your ...

LEDs have become so ubiquitous in our projects that just hearing that term probably conjures images of tiny illuminated domes in an array of single-spectrum colors. It’s easy to forget that these ...

Aside from its new spherical design, the revamped Echo Dot with Clock doesn’t veer far from the original’s winning formula. Like chocolate-covered peanut butter or eggs served with bacon, an Amazon ...

Minimalist wood block + high-tech LEDs = one fabulous combination. We love the simplicity of this Japanese clock design: when the clock is turned off it resembles little more than a wood block. When ...

First things first. If you’re thinking, “Hmm, this new Echo Dot looks just like the old Echo Dot… with a digital clock on the front,” well you’re correct. From a design and internal hardware ...

Part 1 of this three-part series introduced the technical and engineering steps necessary to design an LED display system from individual LED lamps. Part 2 provided the remaining steps needed to ...