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Make Your Own Open Source Retro Arcade-Style Clock

Posted by kdawson on from the needs-felix-eyes dept.

ptorrone writes "Hardware hacker 'Ladyada' has released an open source, retro, arcade-style, table-tennis-for-two clock called the MONOCHRON. According to the MONCHRON project page the desire was 'to make a clock that was ultra-hackable, from adding a separate battery-backed RTC to designing the enclosure so you could program the clock once its assembled.' It includes an ATmega328 processor (with Arduino stk500 bootloader for easy hacking. It's completely open source hardware: all firmware, layout, and CAD files are yours to mess with."

6 of 77 comments (clear)

  1. Touch panel pong? by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 3, Funny

    When will it get an app store?

    1. Re:Touch panel pong? by Andy+Dodd · · Score: 3, Informative

      No touch panel. The clock plays Pong against itself, will "throw" a point for one side when one of the clock digits needs to increment, resulting in the game score equaling the time.

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      retrorocket.o not found, launch anyway?
  2. Right side wins...again by ipquickly · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think that the right side is a better player.
    But I must argue that the handicap given to the left side (reset score to 0, after 23) is a tad unfair.

  3. The Lady is cool by icebike · · Score: 5, Informative

    I love the things she dreams up and the level of detail she puts into the explanations. I've built a few of her kits, the "Minty Boost" being the one I use most. Warning, TV-B-gone can get you kicked out of sports bars and beaten senseless.

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    Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
  4. kind of a one-sided contest by Thud457 · · Score: 3, Funny

    poor left side, he gets schooled mercilessly!

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  5. Re:I did something like this as a student by commodore64_love · · Score: 4, Funny

    >>>Parties? Please surrender your Geek card....

    While I was visiting my classmate's dorm room, to borrow her Quantum Chemistry book and notes, her roommate walked in wearing nothing but a towel and water dripping from her long hair. I said, "Excuse me I'll leave," and she said "No need" and then dropped her towel. It was the first woman I'd ever seen nude, and I admit I enjoyed it.

    Your honor: Since I was still holding a Chemistry book, I argue I should still be allowed to keep my geek card.
     
    ;-)

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