Building a cleaner, better-documented analog voltmeter clock
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Summary
A maker documents the redesign of a voltmeter clock they originally built in 2019. The clock uses analog panel voltmeters instead of traditional clock faces to display time. The author critiques most online designs as needlessly complicated and unattractive, so they set out to build a revised, better-documented version starting with a 3D design mockup. The project blends electronic circuit design with woodworking.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledBack in 2019, I built a simple voltmeter clock
most of the designs I see on the internet are needlessly complicated and not all that pretty
when I decided to build a revised design, I figured it might be good to document it better
Sometimes, electronic circuit design is mostly about wood
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