New “big font” time display
If you haven’t already, it’s time to update your DOTKLOK! When you plug your DOTKLOK in, the software version will briefly be displayed (if there is no display, you are running code version 1.0 or older). The latest release is version 1.3, now available at the DOTKLOK project page in the [...]
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DOTKLOK software 1.3
Blog love
DOTKLOK’s been getting lots of blog love since the official launch in January. Noteable appearances include Make, Create Digital Motion, Laughing Squid, CunchGear, Hack A Day, and a print feature in Korean trend magazine, Metatrend:
The first customer-created review vid also surfaced this week:
I keep an on-going list of press on the DOTKLOK Facebook page.
New DOTKLOK animations
This past week I wrapped up version 1.1 of the DOTKLOK firmware, adding 3 new animations:
Analog mode: a minimal depiction of a standard analog clock face.
Morse code mode: hours, minutes, and seconds represented in Morse code glide across the screen at random velocities.
and Game Time, where the screen is randomly cleared each minute by video [...]
DOTKLOK launched!
As you may have noticed from the sidebar on the right of this page, DOTKLOK “unofficially” launched before Christmas when I quietly put it up on Etsy, planning to spread the word during the beginning of 2011 . . .
Well, things got started for me when it was picked up over the holidays by a [...]
PCBs
After making my own PCBs for several projects and finding the process sufficient for small runs and prototyping, I’ve decided its time to make the leap to professional manufacturing. The first design I sent off was a carbon copy of the Electric Window 4 single-sided PCB that I’ve been home etching:
This was a fairly simple [...]
Prototype exhibition
During the Electric Fields biennial festival of electronic art and music in Ottawa, Karsh Masson Gallery hosted the Prototype exhibition, which focused on the iterative processes behind electronic-based art.
Unfortunately I don’t have as many photos of the exhibit as I’d like, as the whole experience was a bit of a whirlwind, with two days dedicated [...]
DOTKLOK update
Progress on DOTKLOK has been somewhat diverted lately by a bunch of exhibitions I’ve been busy preparing for, but there’s some new pics I’ve been anxious to share. The fourth beta DOTKLOK is built with a smoked acrylic front face, a black acrylic back, and a row of all-black buttons along the bottom:
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What I did on my summer vacation
For a detailed account of all the various projects I worked on this past summer during my residency at NYC Resistor, I invite you to check out this post I did for their blog.
DOTKLOK prototype programming
Just a quick post to share a video of some of the first animations I’ve programmed for DOTKLOK, my upcoming open-source digital clock with multiple time animations.
The final version will probably have a black/smoked case with a choice of red or green LEDs.
Not sure if the buttons will be on the side or the bottom [...]
DOTKLOK beta
Thanks to the laser cutter at NYC Resistor, I have my first DOTKLOK beta w/ an “open concept” enclosure:
Not sure that this is what the final clock will actually look like, but I now have a nice prototype to program on.
Since this will be an open source kit, I’m looking for feedback about the buttons.
Should [...]