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Not nearly as large or ambitious, but if you're into the "solder hundreds of parts together to get something you could buy for a dollar" aspect, the "Transistor
by IvyMike 11y ago
Not nearly as large or ambitious, but if you're into the "solder hundreds of parts together to get something you could buy for a dollar" aspect, the "Transistor clock" is a pretty cool kit. I'm a lot better at soldering, now, too.
http://www.transistorclock.com/ http://www.transistorclock.com/
- Sir_Cmpwn 11y agoI think you would like this, too: http://techno-logic-art.com/clock.htm http://techno-logic-art.com/clock.htm
- artursapek 11y agoThis comes up on HN every once in a while... always makes my head hurt thinking about debugging that thing.
- IshKebab 11y agoIt looks like they built the working circuit first, and then just added a load of diodes that don't do anything. I would imagine you could leave it running while adding components so if you made a mistake you immediately know, and can just undo it. Cool idea anyway.
- Sir_Cmpwn 11y agoFrom the page: Every single part that composes the clock has its purpose. If you would decide to take out a single part of the circuit the clock won't operate properly anymore.
- InclinedPlane 11y agoThere's also this, a 555 timer kit built with discrete components: http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2013/555-kit/ http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2013/555-kit/