POV fun: The Propeller Clock

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By Marc de Vinck
Posted 2009/01/11 @ 9:19 am
Category Electronics

I really like the resolution the maker was able to obtain using the surface mount LEDs. Check out the whole video for several different clock variations. At the end they even display a rotating cube. Cool! Unfortunately, there isn’t any more information about the build, but I will keep scouring the Internet. If you know who made this, leave a comment below and I will update the post. Thanks!

The Propeller Clock found on YouTube [older version of the clock]

Update: ArnoDeParno points us to the future commercial version of the product. Too bad it isn’t a kit. The YouTube video is really cool. Check out the comments below for all the links. Thanks ArnoDeParno!

In the Maker Shed

7 Responses to POV fun: The Propeller Clock

ArnoDeParno on January 13th, 2009 at 2:20 am said:

That is a very nice project! I would love to build one myself! Maybe my next MAKEcation

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ArnoDeParno on January 13th, 2009 at 2:38 am said:

Upon checking the video on youtube, there was this video response: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l4F8UbM-1t4&watch_response

Which shows these links at the end:
http://www.innovativedevice.com/asp/information.asp
http://www.illumi-nations.com
http://www.thegadgetszone.com/servlet/the-156/virtual-clock-led-gadget/Detail

Seems like a commercial product. The first site has some more info on the clock displayed there, but no instructions on how to make one yourself unfortunately.

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ArnoDeParno on January 13th, 2009 at 2:27 pm said:

YouTube was quite helpful in finding some more POV clocks. Most are based on harddrives, with LED strips added to them. Some of the project shown there have some more documentation elsewhere on the nets. After some more digging I found these:

More info: http://alan-parekh.com/projects/hard-drive-clock/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh2ulD3tmDQ&NR=1
http://www.ian.org/HD-Clock/

Who knows, this might come in handy for anyone trying to make one of these…

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- patrick on July 7th, 2012 at 3:46 am said:
  
  did you make a POV clock ?
  
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  patrick on July 7th, 2012 at 3:49 am said:
  
  please let me know… if you make one
  
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Tony on November 23rd, 2009 at 1:15 am said:

can i buy one from you?
Please let me know. hitronics@yahoo.com

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Rick on August 9th, 2012 at 4:04 pm said:

Can I buy one from you that’s all blue?? I would really like one, but don’t have the supplies or knowledge…

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