Poor man's Rolex....

bzijlstra · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:03 pm Post subject: Poor man's Rolex....

Made a clock with an Arduino Mega, displayboard + clock and a 2.4 inch ILI9325D driven display. It is a clock which shows the time in clear text. It refreshes the display three times a minute so it is a bit alive.

In the code SIX1 wrote for the ILI9320 and I adapted for the ILI9325 there are some pre-defined colors. The gray3 color can hardly be seen, and the idea was to have all words displayed in this gray3 color at the back and have them light up in yellow.

Here the steps from Arduino Mega to a well looking 'Rolex' that fits very well as a desk clock. The text is Dutch, fetched from a lookup-table so can be in any language.

The main screen.

It has a touchscreen, so by tipping the screen you get an option to adjust date and time.

The building of the clock.

The display + clock shield has a DS1337 clockchip with battery.

Plexiglas painted on the inside.

And finished, the Poor Man's Rolex...

Have fun
Ben Zijlstra

six1 · Joined: 27 Feb 2009 Posts: 531

Ok, Rollex is beaten. They will lose all their customers.

Laughing

Ben that's very creativ!
but don't forgett to enjoy the rest of your holidays! Razz

best, Michael

albertsm · Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 4747 Location: Holland

hi Ben and Theo,

I had seen some pictures already and it is nice to see the other project images about the casing too so thanks for uploading them.
While not suited for the wrist Very Happy

, i think this is great clock. It is unique and hand made.
This is the kind of clock i can imagine one could buy in a special gift shop where they sell rare and special items.
Maybe you should get patent before they are produced elsewhere in the world Smile

And one remark: can you also include the code on the bascom forum since this is the 'share code' section ? Very Happy

bzijlstra · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:10 am Post subject: the source...

Software written in three days. With the display routines of SIX1. Could be more compact but it works...

Just an Arduino Mega, a display+clock shield with CR2032 battery and a ILI9325D 16 bit display.

Have fun
Ben Zijlstra

max50 · Joined: 04 May 2010 Posts: 14

Hi Ben.
Altered your code under the 8-bit connection - works. Tried to translate into Russian language - a problem: instead of letters does not appear to understand icons. Do not tell me what could be wrong?
Thanks in advance.

bzijlstra · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:54 pm Post subject: Cyrillic font

What I see is that you tried to translate the days of the week

max50 · Joined: 04 May 2010 Posts: 14

Yes. It must be so:

bzijlstra · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:42 pm Post subject: font 2 - 12x16 is used...

max50 · Joined: 04 May 2010 Posts: 14

All right.

max50 · Joined: 04 May 2010 Posts: 14

Hello!

albertsm · Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 4747 Location: Holland

that was nice max50. good to see you finished the project. It was nice for me to see it in a foreign language.

max50 · Joined: 04 May 2010 Posts: 14

All right.

bzijlstra · Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:53 am Post subject: Thanks...

Very nice!!

Spaciba! Thanks for the pictures.

Ben Zijlstra

max50 · Joined: 04 May 2010 Posts: 14

Thanks.