{"id":8410,"date":"2024-05-09T22:14:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T22:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=8410"},"modified":"2024-05-09T22:14:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T22:14:22","slug":"custom-built-digital-clock-uses-sand-to-tell-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=8410","title":{"rendered":"Custom-Built Digital Clock Uses Sand to Tell Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-178604\">\n<p>\t<!-- .post-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content description cf entry-content content-spacious\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/09143018\/custom-digital-clock-sand.jpg\" alt=\"Custom Digital Clock Sand\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\"\/><br \/>There\u2019s the flux capacitor alarm clock, and then this custom-built digital clock that uses sand to tell time. \u00c1lvaro G\u00f3mez Gim\u00e9nez came up with the idea after being intrigued by persistence of vision gadgets, which use the human eye\u2019s afterimage phenomenon to create the illusion of a continuous moving image.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-178604\"\/><br \/><iframe title=\"Construyo un reloj digital con... \u00a1\u00bfARENA?!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_9PN4svCw48?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Construyo un reloj digital con... \u00a1\u00bfARENA?!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_9PN4svCw48?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>To create a similar persistence of vision effect with sand, Gim\u00e9nez used small hoppers filled with fine sand that would then be lit up at the right moment during its fall. Solenoid-controlled gates dispense the sand at just the right moment, managed by a PIC18F4550 microcontroller. 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