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A chip that keeps time (almost) like an atomic clock

For decades, atomic clocks have provided the most stable means of timekeeping. They measure time by oscillating in step with ...
Hackaday

LED Filaments Make A Retro Clock Without Any Retro Parts

We love clock projects here at Hackaday, and we’ve seen many beautiful designs based on a wide variety of display technologies. There are various types of glass tubes like Nixies, Numitrons and ...
Electronic Design

Can’t Afford an Atomic Clock? Get a Molecular One!

Atomic clocks based on stimulated resonance of cesium 133 or rubidium atoms are the most accurate clocks in relatively widespread use (there’s one in each GPS satellite), but they’re costly and ...
Geeky Gadgets

Stunning Hexagon LED Clock : DIY 3D Printing Project

Have you ever looked at a clock and thought, “This could be so much more than just a way to tell time”? Imagine a timepiece that doubles as a modern art installation, a glowing hexagonal masterpiece ...
Hackaday

LED clock

We’ve all seen LED clocks where RGB LEDs are used to display time. It seems like the simpler the interface, the more likely you’d need to do math to figure out the time. This Octal Clock by [Alex ...
EDN

Drive any electronic clock with a high-precision 10-MHz reference

Most electronic clocks, be they analog or digital, use a crystal oscillator (XO) based on a 32.768 kHz crystal for their reference. In fact, it is same crystal that’s commonly used as a real-time ...