[time-nuts] small multi-timezone display

[Lux, Jim]

On 1/13/21 12:00 PM, Lux, Jim wrote:
> On 1/13/21 11:09 AM, Adrian Godwin wrote:
>> I saw this multi-zone clock mentioned today :
>>
>> https://www.electronics-lab.com/arduino-nano-33-iot-based-ntp-world-clock/ 
>>
>>
>> It's not a ready-to-go product nor is it as simple as 4 COTS clocks. 
>> It's
>> possibly also harder to put together than Didier's suggestion, which 
>> could
>> run on a raspberyy pi with an LCD screen. However the design is 
>> presented
>> as something to copy so it's at least not such an open-ended project as
>> making it yourself from arduinos.
>>
>> I'm not sure what physical format you wanted. I read it as a row of 
>> clocks
>> rather than a square, arranged to fit on a common screen. Perhaps that's
>> not important. However if you're interested in something less
>> computer-like, have a look on aliexpress for 'supermarket shelf edge
>> display' - there are a number of very wide but low-height displays
>> available now.
>
> I'm thinking of it as a row of clocks, as roughly laid out where the 
> red lines in the attached picture are.  An "office toy" (in my 
> telework office adopted from my daughter) but also convenient. Yeah, 
> no problem finding apps that can display it on the screen... I'm 
> thinking more "art" or "furniture".   Shelf edge display is 
> interesting. When I was sitting gazing upon the shelf, I was thinking 
> battery powered clock, and if it has NTP (or WWVB), all the better, to 
> keep it set.
>
>
> 28" - 71cm across
>
>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 10:08 AM Didier Juges <shalimr9 at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, the latency in the php web page I posted earlier bugged the 
>>> heck out
>>> of me so I redid it the "right" way:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.ko4bb.com/js/clock/?tz=America/Los_Angeles,Europe/Paris,Asia/Novosibirsk 
>>>
>
>
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