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Embedded Based Propeller Time Monitor System

This document describes an embedded based propeller time monitor system that uses a mechanically scanned digital clock. It uses 7 LEDs mounted on a stick that is rotated at 600 rpm by a PC fan motor. A microcontroller blinks the LEDs in a pattern to display the time. As the eye cannot follow the flash rate, it appears the numbers are floating in air. The clock features a microcontroller, IR sensor with LED to detect when to update the display. It takes advantage of persistence of vision to make the fast moving LEDs appear continuous like a television through precise switching intervals.

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Embedded Based Propeller Time Monitor System

This document describes an embedded based propeller time monitor system that uses a mechanically scanned digital clock. It uses 7 LEDs mounted on a stick that is rotated at 600 rpm by a PC fan motor. A microcontroller blinks the LEDs in a pattern to display the time. As the eye cannot follow the flash rate, it appears the numbers are floating in air. The clock features a microcontroller, IR sensor with LED to detect when to update the display. It takes advantage of persistence of vision to make the fast moving LEDs appear continuous like a television through precise switching intervals.

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Saravanan Viswakarma
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EMBEDDED BASED PROPELLER TIME MONITOR SYSTEM

MECHANICALLY SCANNED DIGITAL CLOCK


Put seven LEDs on a stick and rotate them at 600 rpm, use a small microcontroller to
keep the time and
blink the LEDs in an appropriate pattern to show the numbers and you have a propeller
clock!
As our eye cannot follow the flash rate of the LEDs, it looks like the digital numbers are
floating in thin air!
Main features of my clock are:

Basic microcontroller
IR sensor with IR led
Standard PC power supply FAN used as motor to get the clock rotating.

Mechanics
To get the propeller clock going we can use a 12v dc fan and it has a nice large rotating
motor house to build on. we have to tuned down the speed to an acceptable low level of
about 600 rpm.
This project was started with a simple principle which is frequently encountered in our
everyday life, which is Persistence of Vision. This phenomenon makes one feel fast
moving/changing objects to appear continuous. A television is a common example, in
which image is re-scanned every 25 times, thereby appear continuous.
Further, a glowing object if rotated in a circle at fast speed, it shows a continuous
circle. By modifying this basic idea, 8 LEDs can be rotated in a circle, showing 8
concentric circles. But if these LEDs are switched at precise intervals, a steady display
pattern can be shown.

BLOCK DIAGRAM

Power
Supply

Dc motor

Microcontroller
Board

Led to show time

IR sensor

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