#clocks

This 1970s “Digital” Clock Has No Electronics Inside

Super fun video from Mark Furneaux discussing the early 1970s Lumitime clock by Japanese company Tamura. It’s great to see an example of an early “digital” clock that predated the 1980s digital clock boom and the broad use of LCDs and LEDs. Furneaux also cites other examples of more mainstream clock technologies in use at […]

Adafruit Blog · EN

Hollow Clock V Trades a Solid Dial for a Ring of Hidden Gears

Hollow Clock V Trades a Solid Dial for a Ring of Hidden Gears Most clocks give their hands somewhere obvious to stand, usually a solid face hiding the mechanism behind it. Hollow Clock V leaves that space empty,...

Yanko Design · EN

NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit RV-8803 High Accuracy Real Time Clock Breakout Board – STEMMA QT / Qwiic

NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit RV-8803 High Accuracy Real Time Clock Breakout Board – STEMMA QT / Qwiic __________________________________________________________________________________________________ For excellent accuracy time-keeping – when your everyday RTC (Real Time Clock) won’t do – the Adafruit RV-8803 Precision Real Time Clock Breakout Board is a tick-tock above the rest with excellent ±1.5 ppm (at 0~50°C) accuracy. Thanks to the […]

Adafruit Blog · EN

Clocks are so much more interesting than I thought.

Tom Scott · EN

NEW GUIDE: Adafruit RV-8803 High Accuracy Real Time Clock #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

For excellent accuracy time-keeping – when your everyday RTC (Real Time Clock) won’t do – the Adafruit RV-8803 Precision Real Time Clock Breakout Board is a tick-tock above the rest with excellent ±1.5 ppm (at 0~50°C) accuracy. Thanks to the built-in crystal with temperature compensation management, classic RTC drift is minimized so you don’t have […]

Adafruit Blog · EN