LED Pong Clock

LED Pong Clock.

This project uses the classic video game pong to tell the time. The 2 players are controlled automatically to win / lose so their scores show the hours and minutes.. The clock has a few other modes, like showing the time written in words.

You can see how to make one here: http://123led.wordpress.com/about/

Geeky details: the LED panels are from Sure Electronics (Model 2416). They are driven by an Arduino, and a battery backed DS1307 clock chip keeps time. I got all the bits on eBay for about £60.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• pong
• clock
• led
• matrix
• arduino
• electronics
• microcontroller
• pic
• sparkfun
• sure electronics
• time
• words
• lights
• leds
• ht1632
• ht1632c
• atmel
• atmega
• atmega328
• diy
• technology

[Slench101]

just so you know, it's spelled forty not fourty, it's very illogical I know... but that's just the way it is...

[mrnick1234567]

@Slench101 Thanks I know... it's now spelt right in the code for people to download!

[mclmatty]

ur mins take a bit too long

[mrnick1234567]

@mclmatty yeah it's a bug when you come out the menu routine. The display isn't updated to match the clock time from the DS1307. I'll fix it when I have a mo.

[Intosia]

Wow nice! But looks like the boards dont line up that nicely?

[mrnick1234567]

@Intosia they are just balanced on the shelf for this demo, you could attach them together properly and then they would line up ok.

[BensPixels]

When you were zoomed in, I thought it was one of those big stadium things... Ha

[harmfullMachinima]

dear santa....

[ordinary1passerby]

Idea is brilliant. this is very creative, good job. But when I think about it there can be enough with only 2 animations: one of them will repeat 60 times (one board loses 60 times in a row), and the second will be launched once after that (+1 hour). But idea is really good.

[szorpy]

Hello

can you please tell me in a few words how the HT1632C IC is working becouse I red about it on datahseet but I didn't figured out how it really works and how can I send data's from arduino to the LED's,I mean how can I control the LED's using the IC and the program burned in the IC

please contact me at this e-mail szorpy_szasza@yahoo.com thank you

sorry for my english

[HoboOfSixthGrade]

DO WANT

[L0Zombies]

Can I buy one of these? :)

[technoetc]

Looks nice across two screens!

[TheKiwiSniper]

"low res graphics" :D

love this :)