[Alex] has decreased the resolution of his timepiece as a trade-off for speedy-readability. At least that’s what he declares when explaining his color-changing clock. It utilizes a ShiftBrite to slowly change the shade of the clock based on the present time. The idea is interesting: 12:00 starts off at white as well as slowly fades to eco-friendly at 3:00, blue at 6:00, red at 9:00, as well as back to white by 12:00 to begin the process over again. He has gotten to the point where he can get the time within about 15 minutes just with a quick look. however he did requirement to spend a few days obtaining the skill by having the color clock sit next to a conventional digital clock.
The develop is quite easy as well as we’d bet you already have what you requirement to make your own. [Alex] is truly just proving a idea by utilizing the ShiftBrite as well as an mBed, there’s no precision RTC included here. So get your microcontroller of choice, as well as an RGB LED of your own as well as see if you can’t recreate his build.
Of program you might always select to develop a color-based timepiece that’s even harder to read.