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| author | Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi <elena.valhalla@gmail.com> | 2011-12-23 22:14:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi <elena.valhalla@gmail.com> | 2011-12-23 22:14:52 +0100 |
| commit | 1c7a72785b5a011c9bc1c749438069b73835a214 (patch) | |
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| parent | 9a8202e8b41cb348bdf40880865c56678c6e3faa (diff) | |
Added README and license informations.
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diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..65594b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +=================== + Fuzzy Alarm Clock +=================== + +--------------------------------------------------- + by Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi and Diego Roversi +--------------------------------------------------- + +The Fuzzy Alarm Clock is a device that conveys just the temporal informations +needed during the night, and nothing else. + +There is no time/date display, but coloured LEDs are used to show an +aproximation of the time until (and since) alarm time, and +an old PC speaker works as the Sound Emitting Device. + +Design notes and additional descriptions are available on the `web page +<http://www.trueelena.org/computers/projects/fuzzy_alarm_clock.html>`_. + +Requirements +============ + +Arduino sketch +-------------- + +The arduino sketch ``fuzzy_alarm_clock_ds1307`` requires an old (<1.0) +version of the arduino tools and can be built outside the IDE +It also requires an old (pre 1.0 migration) version of the +RealTimeClockDS1307_ library by davidhbrown. + +.. _arscons: http://code.google.com/p/arscons/ +.. _RealTimeClockDS1307: https://github.com/davidhbrown/RealTimeClockDS1307 + +Conversion to arduino 1.0 is planned as soon as a compatible +SConstruct file will be available. + +Schematics +---------- + +This repository includes the kicad project + +Beside the standard libraries, I've used the `Arduino Shield Modules for +KiCad V3` by nicholasclewis; the needed component has been included by kicad +in the ``fuzzy_alarm_clock_ds1307-cache.lib`` file. + +.. _`Arduino Shield Modules for KiCad V3`: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:9630 + +An `SVG rendering of the schematics`_ is available on the web page, +but during active developement it could reflect an older version. + +.. _`SVG rendering of the schematics`: http://www.trueelena.org/computers/projects/fuzzy_alarm_clock/fuzzy_alarm_clock_ds1307.svg + |