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A Trillion Year Clock.

I created a clock that runs to 2,147,483,647 Trillion years,
at which point it will roll over to 0. BIGBANG, EEPROM, CURRENT TIME, included.

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I created a clock that runs to 2,147,483,647 Trillion years, at which point it will roll over to 0.
(At least in software)
If you need something longer, then you need to write it down on a piece of paper.

Connect putty to your propeller's p30/p31 debug output.

In 2015, the Planck Collaboration estimated the age of the universe to be 13.813±0.038 billion years,

slightly higher but within the uncertainties of the earlier number derived from the WMAP data.

By combining the Planck data with external data, the best combined estimate of the age of the universe is:

(13.799±0.021)×10^9 years old.

13,799,792,018.342.15.51.42 years old.

13,799,000,000 = (13.799±0.021)×10^9

790,000 = Fudge number. Speed of light is 299,792,458, so i stole from its middle.

2018 = Our year.

Countdown timer since beginning of 2018, update yours to match.

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?

342 days

15 hours

51 minutes

42 seconds

old.

Now none of us can use the excuse our clocks are wrong.

Breadboard-ParallaxEsp-8266-Propeller-5Mhz-PLL16x-24LC256.jpg

Wiring Diagram.

JPEG Image - 964.96 kB - 12/09/2018 at 23:44

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TrillionYearClock.zip

This contains the spin, side (for SimpleIDE), and other supporting addons.

Zip Archive - 15.39 kB - 12/09/2018 at 23:43

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  • Updated DAT entry

    ClockLoop • 12/09/2018 at 23:51 • 0 comments

    DAT

      uSeconds              long    42
      uMinute               long    51
      uHour                 long    15
      uDays                 long    342
      uYears                long    8
      uDecade               long    1
      uCentury              long    0
      uMillennium           long    792
      uMillionYears         long    799
      uBillionYears         long    13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
      uTrillionYears        long    0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

      Seconds               long    42
      Minute                long    51
      Hour                  long    15
      Days                  long    342
      Years                 long    8
      Decade                long    1   Century               long    0
      Millennium            long    792
      MillionYears          long    799
      BillionYears          long    13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
      TrillionYears         long    0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

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    How to view output.

    Get PUTTY, because the serial output has ANSI command codes.

    P31 and P30 are the TX/RX port for serial communication.

    You better be ready for speed, it dumps the clock at 921,600 baud.

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ClockLoop wrote 12/10/2018 at 01:20 • point

TO THE FUTURE!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5nF2ij0cY8

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