Talk:Binary clock

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The clock shown seems to show numbers in binary-coded decimal rather than straight binary. --Juuitchan

Why (as of this writing) does Wikipedia have an article on binary clocks, but no articles on analog clocks and digital clocks? --Smack (talk) 05:15, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

I added a link to my own JavaScript version. Do two versions seem too much? Just remove one of the links if you think so. --Hauberg 13:52, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

You should add in two more groups of 6 LED's to the left of existing ones to determine the date (6 are needed for the date in BCD, and both must be 6 if are they to be changable), and add in to the left of those a column of 3 LED's to determine the day of the week. And then you can add in options, including: binary or BCD, 24 or 12 hours, Month-Day or Day-Month, whether Monday or Sunday is day 1, to hide or show unusable LED's according to the settings provided, and LED color. So it'd look like this:

o o o o o o o o ooooo ooooooooooo ooooooooooo

if unused LED's are visible. If such a design would be made into a real clock, with the addition of several other elements (rings around the LED's that light when the LED's are turned off, but only in darkness, with the addition of a light sensor, and a simple array of rocker switches to determine settings and to set time in binary), I'd actually buy it. BirdValiant 00:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

If anyone knows how to can someone post circuit plans for a BCD? It seems like it would make a wonderful addition to the page.

True Binary
Added info about new true binary (in contrast to BCD) clocks 84.163.254.114

Uploaded image built with "How To Build A Binary Clock" instructions in link on bottom. This picture is cleaner looking. Zachzink (talk) 22:41, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note that the BCD clock shown in the picture also has the ability to be a binary clock, displaying hours, minutes, and seconds horizontally. (In which case it would show 7:16:45.)  Conveniently the LED arrangement allows for both, so we don't really know which one is shown. Gah4 (talk) 17:06, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note that the BCD clock shown in the picture also has the ability to be a binary clock, displaying hours, minutes, and seconds horizontally. (In which case it would show 7:16:45.)  Conveniently the LED arrangement allows for both, so we don't really know which one is shown. Gah4 (talk) 17:06, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Analog version?
Could someone please post an analog version of a binary clock? I can't seem to imagine one. An analog clock would display the variations between the values, how is this done in the context of a binary clock? Padillah (talk) 20:34, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Possible advertising / Sourceless info
"As of 2008, the most common binary clocks sold are designed by Anelace Inc." Where is the source for this? It seems like advertising but has been changed from Think Geek, Real Nerds, and Anelace over the years, but stopped being changed after 2008. — Félix Wolf (talk &#124; contribs) 10:35, 29 October 2018 (UTC)


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