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Mark Wilson

Physicist by Training, Software Engineer by Trade, Maker by Choice.

Christchurch, New Zealand

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This user joined on 03/10/2014.

My Projects

An Arduino-based graphical “flip clock”. Bonus faces because there’s room. Really minimal enclosure.

FlipClock

mark-wilson Mark Wilson

My recreation of a colourful clock with date, time, temperature, moonphase, forecast and alarm.

Chrondrian

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A very lightweight representation of the venerable Apollo DSKY. Uses a Touch LCD to bypass all the hardware complexity.

ArDSKYlite

mark-wilson Mark Wilson

A small tribute to the 80's game Elite. An Arduino+LCD shows the iconic tumbling Cobra Mk 3, plus some extras (other ships, clock mode).

ElitePetite

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A quirky word clock using an 8x5 LED matrix shield.

WordClock8x5

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A clock using a 90-degree-rotated 16-segment 10-digit LCD display with water-like segment animations.

FallingWater

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Things I've Built

DoveBox

Laser-cut dovetails. https://flic.kr/s/aHskjm4BFz

BigBlue

Clock using 16x4 char LCD. Custom chars used as tiles to create large digits. https://flic.kr/s/aHsjyAyNfV

HSVClock

A clock showing slightly morphing triangles of colour. https://flic.kr/s/aHsk6zHQQh

Word Clock

With two interchangeable faces. https://www.flickr.com/photos/funnypolynomial/albums/72157677763686416 Laser-cut dovetail enclosure

Big Blue II

Clock using 20x4 char LCD. Custom chars used as tiles to create large digits. https://www.flickr.com/photos/funnypolynomial/albums/72157641980811253

Matrix Clock

Clock with multiple faces using an 8x8 LED grid. Button-less, interaction by tipping and rotating it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/funnypolynomial/albums/72157631025316814

Kenbak-uino

Arduino-based emulation of the KENBAK-1. https://www.flickr.com/photos/funnypolynomial/albums/72157627738613990

Cross-stitch ASCII Chart

An ASCII chart executed as a cross-stitched sampler. 60+ hours spread over 4 weeks of cold dark Christchurch winter evenings. https://www.flickr.com/photos/funnypolynomial/albums/72157621935605967

Projects I Like & Follow

7 segment clock

EPTAORA

ekaggrat-singh-kalsi ekaggrat singh kalsi

Your favorite music player of the 90s, but in real life

Linamp

I am making a full sized Sol-20 reproduction, the first fully assembled microcomputer with a built-in keyboard and television output.

Sol-20 Reproduction

michael-gardi Michael Gardi

Supplyframe DesignLab: 2022 Hackada…

How to build a fully working noiseless HDD clock. Almost a piece of art !

Hard Disk Drive analog and digital clock

jp-gleyzes JP Gleyzes

Type any character in the world!

Ultimate Unicode Input Device

A 3dprinted electro-mechechical clock with flexible digits

BEZICRON

ekaggrat-singh-kalsi ekaggrat singh kalsi

The filaments used in "vintage" Edison type light bulbs are readily available and can be used to make 7 segment displays.

Using LED filaments to make a digital clock

jay-hamlin Jay Hamlin

An input device to enter any Unicode character over USB, in style

Unicode Binary Input Terminal

stephen-holdaway Stephen Holdaway

Modeled after a wrist watch video sent to me by our youngest son.

Geneva Clock

greg-zumwalt Greg Zumwalt

A pendulum clock with a NixieTube (IN-12b) that plots the time in the air it passes.

Nixie Pendulum Clock - Concept

A Watch with a quasi-analog always-on display, consisting of 240 concentrically arranged SMD LEDs, running 20 days before charging

LED Watch

Utilising UVA LEDs in conjunction with Lumious paper and a single axis lead screw to creatre a dot matix clock

LumiClock

Modern recreations of a 1898 21-segment display

SC-002

A watch using roman numbering system with just 17 LEDs.

17 O Clock

A Vintage Coin-Operated Texas Instruments Graphing Cabinet reconstructed from the Onion article

Vintage Coin-Operated Texas Instruments Graphing C

peter-jansen peter jansen

Documenting my efforts to use up the various electronics bits and pieces I've collected over the years.

Use It Up!

dan-julio Dan Julio

Multimode Arduino Matrix Clock, Word Clock, Thermometer, and Random Word Generator controlled by various motions.

Arduino Buttonless LED Matrix Clock with ADXL335

mircemk mircemk

Some of my projects use PCBs as an art medium.

PCBs as an art medium

tauno-erik Tauno Erik

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Michael Gardi wrote 02/01/2022 at 22:06

Thanks for liking my Sol-20 Reproduction project Mark.

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Michael Gardi wrote 08/05/2021 at 22:11

Thanks for your interest in my 2:5 Scale KENBAK-1 Personal Computer Reproduction project Mark. Your Kenbak-uino was obviously an inspiration.

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Mark Wilson wrote 08/05/2021 at 22:23

Cheers! Most of the reason I post is the thought someone else might be inspired to make something...

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Ken Yap wrote 10/18/2020 at 21:04

Thanks for liking #6 segments suffice !

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