Got it -- I should have read the description more carefully, I assumed it wasn't working due to lack of the broadcast time signal. So in reality, you are good to go. I still think WWVB is unnecessary on a 4 digit clock.
I don't trust Aliexpress, too many of the sellers are shady and there is no real buyer protection. If the seller accepts PayPal then maybe you have a shot. Otherwise you are just broadcasting your credit card all over China. On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 9:25:42 AM UTC-6, Michail wrote: > Terry, > > Just to be clear, when it doesn't receive a signal after 10 mins of > putting in the batteries, it resorts to a standard quartz clock - 32.678 Hz > xtal. > So, it wouldn't need to be modded. > And, wow, seconds on this flip clock would drive anyone nuts after a short > time - Far louder than any flip I have heard. > > Paolo, > -Agreed. Arduinos are more power hungry. I was thinking more for the > idea of still having WWVB in a flip. > -Yup, looks like Makershed changed the price again from $9.99 to $4.49. > Guess it's time to contact them for a price adjustment or return. > -Aliexpress looks good; however, they don't ship to Washington. I have > tried to buy several things. > > Michail > > > In a message dated 2/3/2016 6:40:32 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > neoni...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> writes: > > Thank goodness there is no seconds display! Can you imagine listening to > that clatter once/second? > > It would be trivial to come up with an interface to a normal $5 quartz > clock movement circuit board that would drive the motors. That's what they > do in any clock. I would program a pic or even a PAL to divide by 60 for > the minutes. Divide by 60 again for the hours, and drive the second motor. > Set the time at the top of the hour, connect the battery, and go. Don't > over think it. Not every clock needs to be accurate to the second. > > I have many quartz clock movements in the house that never need to be > corrected, except at the DST change. So they get corrected twice a year by > default. > > Terry > > >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to neoni...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/bc95367d-1601-445d-a21c-2da13b5653f3%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/bc95367d-1601-445d-a21c-2da13b5653f3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a3cafd1d-a1f0-4c33-af2d-ac049ce3328a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
