The BallClock

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The BallClock =========== *A minimalist Clock-Design* ------------------------------------- This is my design of a minimalist clock. It shows the time via small steel balls that move across a flat carbon clock face as if by magic. There are no numbers or pointers on the clock face. I got inspired from tomatoskins' "Mesmerizing Magnetic Wall Clock" in Instructables. My BallClock is mostly 3D printed. *Instructions:* ---------------- Build Instructions: [www.instructables.com/The-BallClock-a-Minimalist-Clock-Design/](https://www.instructables.com/The-BallClock-a-Minimalist-Clock-Design/) Electronics and Software:  [github.com/reparator/The-BallClock](https://github.com/reparator/The-BallClock) Assembly Videos:     [CAD Animation](https://youtu.be/u9UfpBMMZIc) [Assembly Fast Foreward](https://youtu.be/LH0MK0wUMLs) [PCB Assembly](https://youtu.be/UaXBi_bNUzs) Operation Manual: [github.com/reparator/The-BallClock/Manual](https://github.com/reparator/The-BallClock/tree/main/Manual) *The Features:* ------------------- - detachable, freely moving steel balls for hours, minutes and seconds to show the time - glossy carbon fiber sheet as clock face - all parts 3D printed - customized PCB with all electronic components in one PCB - arduino sketch with self-calibration and initialization - seconds wheel can be switched off if you want it less esoteric - buttons for adjusting the time (hours and minutes), start a calibration and switching the seconds on and off Because some parts are relatively large, you must have a 3D printer with a bed size of nearly 300 x 300 mm or you use a 3D printing hub for the large parts. My printer is a Voron 2.4-300 and I could print all the parts on it. I suggest to print the parts in PLA (different colors for hour-, minutes- and seconds-part and for the pushbutton-caps). The color of the parts is given by the identifier in brackets +[r]: red, +[o]: orange, +[y]: yellow, +[b]: black,+[w]: white Feel free to change it at your choice.