Following the completion of the first digital clock project, I immediately decided to design and construct another one that was to rectify the faults of the initial version. The main fault that stood out out from the first version was the amount the clock deviated from a reference time piece that was respectable in terms of accuracy. Since the main function of a clock is to keep time, this fault needed to be rectified immediately. Size and power consumption came next in mind for this new revision since the migration to smaller and energy conscience products seemed prevalent in the world today. Along with these few mentioned improvements, the second revision also provided a chance to implement a new 12/24 hour function in place of the alarm that was present on the first version. (Who needs two alarm clocks? O_o)
This project report is split into five different sections with each section being comprised of a number of pages or maybe just one.
To improve over the original design, the following changes were proposed:
With these proposed changes in mind, the time that was needed to design and construct this new version was much shorter because the essential function of the clock remains largely unchanged and the bulk of work was done during the hiatus from university work that took place between the spring and summer semesters of 2007.
Although all data has been checked over, mistakes are certainly possible during the design and construction phases of this project. Therefore, before attempting to replicate or borrow ideas, it would be wise to verify the information presented herein by oneself or with a 3rd party who has sufficient knowledge of the material. That being stated, you may notice a few mistakes in the construction pictures that will be corrected later on. I have tried my best to point out such mistakes and have you avoid making the same ones yourself.