Turn Your Old Hard Drive Into a Wall Clock

03/09
2005

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Alan Parekh wrote an interesting how-to tutorial to convert your old unused hard drive into a working wall clock! The tutorial is very detail, with a step-by-step guide, image to help you on each step, and also a video guide.

Hard Drive's Wall Clock &nsbp;

Overview of the hard drive’s wall clock (taken from his site):

Uses 12 high power LED’s for displaying the clock hands, 6 Blue and 6 Red.
Slot cut into upper drive platter and white tape on center drive platter provides a slot that when illuminated by the LED’s will represent a clock hand.
Minute hand is represented by blue light, hour hand is represented by red light and the second hand is represented by purple (both blue and red on at the same time).
Infrared Beam sensor and drilled index hole in lower drive platter.
Three micro switches to set hours, minutes and seconds.
Custom programmed PIC16F-628 microcontroller to control clock operation.

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