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CRYSTAL BLUE POWERS
OF 2® BINARY CLOCK

Crystal Blue Powers of 2® Binary Clock, retail $24.95 (http://livesciencestore.com...)
Manufactured by Anelace (www.anelace.com)
Last updated 09-25-13

(In reference to the package I received from the LiveScienceStore website at ~4:54pm PST on 12-13-07):
{sung like the Foreigner song "Feels Like the First Time"}
Feels like a flaaaaaash-liiiight...feels like a FLAAAA-aaaash-liiiight!!!
Feels like a flaaaaaash-liiiight...feels like a FL

BREAK IN 32769
READY.
CONT

?OUT OF DATA ERROR IN 49152
READY.

Let's try that again...as soon as I started to open the package, I *knew* it wasn't a flashlight...

CONT

?CAN'T CONTINUE ERROR
READY.
LIST

10 POKE53280,15:POKE53281,15:PRINT CHR$(147);
32767 READ A$
32768 PRINT A$
32769 PRINT A$
40960 END
49152 DATA "{b}Feels like a flaaaaaash-liiiight...feels like a {i}FLAAAA-aaaash-{/i}liiiight!!!{/b}"

READY.
49152 DTTA "{b}Feels like a cloooooccck...feels like a {i}CLOOOOOCCCCKKKK{/i}{/b}"
RUN

?SYNTAX ERROR IN 49152
READY.
49152 DATA "{b}Feels like a cloooooccck...feels like a {i}CLOOOOOCCCCKKKK{/i}{/b}"
RUN

Feels like a cloooooccck...feels like a CLOOOOOCCCCKKKK!!!
Feels like a cloooooccck...feels like a CLOOOOOCCCCKKKK!!!

READY.

This is a rather unique clock that displays the time not with hands or digits, but with a series of small blue LED lights arranged so that the hours, minutes, and seconds display in binary (the language of 1s and 0s used by computers).

This makes the clock a terrific present for computer programmers (like me), IT professionals, webheads (like me), and more.

SIZE

This product is fairly complex, and I don't feel like writing a mini novella tonight, so I'll direct you to the manual that comes with the product...O the heck with it...it's easy enough to operate that the instructions for setting clocks I usually omit will be posted here anyway...

To set and use this clock, you'll first have to know a little something about how binary encoding (the language of 1s and 0s used by computers) works.

A "0" is indicated by a dark LED, and a "1" is indicated by a lit LED. The rows of LEDs goes in this progression: 1, 2, 4, and 8; starting with "1" at the bottom
You add the values of each row to obtain the total numerical value for that row; ie. if LEDs 1 and 4 are lit in the right hand row (oriented so the rows are vertical and starts with "1" at the bottom), that adds up to 9.

To set the hours, press the button marked "H" on the back of the clock. If you aren't familiar with binary, you can count the number of presses to get the hour; with the first press being "1" (as in 1:00).

To set the minutes, press the button marked "M" on the back of the clock. Same as above; you can count the button presses according to the number of minutes you want to advance beyond zero. After fifty nine presses, the minutes will start again at "1".

On the bottom of the clock at the right-hand side (as the clock is facing down with the power cord facing you) is a small button. Pressing this button one or more times allows you to adjust the intensity of the LEDs; high, medium, and low.

You can select two time display modes as follows:

1: True binary (time is registered in binary with the rightmost two vertical rows indicating seconds, the center two vertical rows indicating minutes, and the leftmost two vertical rows indicating hours). In this case, the lowest number (1) is always on the bottom.

2: BCD (binary coded decimal) (time is registered with the lowermost horizontal row indicating seconds, the next horizontal row up indicating minutes, and the next horizonal row up indicating hours - the topmost horizontal row remains dark in this mode). In this mode, the lowest number (1) is always on the far right.

Do this as follows: Press and hold the "DIM" button, press & release the "M" button, and release the "DIM" button.
This toggles true binary and BCD modes.

You can also set the clock to display the time in 12-hour mode or in 24-hour mode (aka military time).

Do this as follows: Press and hold the "DIM" button, press & release the "H" button, and release the "DIM" button.
This toggles 12-hour and 24-hour modes.

Plug the small plug on the end of the AC adapter's cord into the receptacle for it on the bottom of the clock, and plug the larger end of it into any standard (in north America anyway) 2- or 3-slot 110 to 130 volts AC 60Hz household receptacle.
Yes, that's all you need to do.

There is no backup battery, so I don't have to tell you which part to remove, stomp on, and then rather emphatically tell you not to.

The Crystal Blue Powers of 2® Binary Clock is not waterproof or drop-resistant; it was meant to be put somewhere and not {vulgar term for having had intercourse} with, not a flashlight meant to be thrashed, trashed, and abused. So I won't throw it against the wall, stomp on it, try to drown it in the {vulgar term for feces}bowl or the cistern, run over it, swing it against the concrete floor of a patio, use a sledgehammer to bash it open in order to check it for candiosity, fire it from the cannoñata (I guess I've been watching the TV program "Viva Piñata" too much again

- candiosity is usually checked with a laser-type device on a platform with a large readout, a handheld wand that Langston Lickatoad uses, or a pack-of-cards-sized instrument that Fergy Fudgehog uses; and the cannoñata is only used to shoot piñatas to piñata parties away from picturesque Piñata Island), send it to the Daystrom Institute for additional analysis, or inflict upon it punishments that a flashlight may have inflicted upon it.

So this section of the Crystal Blue Powers of 2® Binary Clock's web page will seem ***SIGNIFICANTLY*** more bare than this section of the web page on the web page about a flashlight.

This clock defaults to using BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) mode. In BCD mode, the time is read left to right, with two columns assigned to hours, minutes and seconds. The four rows, starting at the bottom, represent values of 1, 2, 4 and 8 moving upward.

You can also set up "true binary" mode, where the bottom row is seconds, the second row is minutes and the third row is hours - the topmost row is not used in this mode and always remains dark.

Photograph of the front LED display (true binary mode) ; showing the time
(I think 5:09:28pm in this case - though it could be 5:10:28).

Photograph of the front LED display (BCD mode); showing the time (12:39:13pm in this case).

Spectrographic analysis of the blue LEDs in this clock.

Same as above; newer spectrometer software & settings used.

Spectrographic analysis of the blue LEDs in this product; newest (01-13-13) spectrometer software settings used.

Spectrographic analysis of the blue LEDs in this product; newest (01-13-13) spectrometer software settings used. Spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 465nm and 475nm. This shows that the peak emission wavelength is in fact 468.770nm

The raw spectrometer data (tab-delimited that can be loaded into Excel) is at http://ledmuseum.candlepower.us/43/clock6.txt

USB2000 Spectrometer graciously donated by P.L.

AVI file (.avi extension) allowing you to see the clock in action (true binary mode).
This clip is approximately 7.7 megabytes (7,803,244 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than thirty minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.

That music you might hear is from a demo I wrote for the Commodore 64 computer in 1992.
The demo's actual filename is a toliet word, so I cannot say it here. It starts with "PU" and ends with "ED".
Think of a kitty cat being flogged with a long flexible instrument used for administering a beating and you can probably figure it out.

AVI file (.avi extension) allowing you to see the clock in action (BCD mode).
This clip is approximately 4.0 megabytes (4,094,384 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than ten minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.

I cannot provide either clip in other formats, so please do not ask.

TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased on the LiveScienceStore website on the evening of 11-27-07, and was received late-afternoon on 12-13-07 (it was actually delivered to the office on 11-28-07, but I did not know it about it until 12-13-07).

Product was made in China.
A product's country of origin really does matter to some people, which is why I published it on this web page.

The AC adapter has an output 9 volts AC at 150mA.

UPDATE: 00-00-00

PROS:

CONS:

MANUFACTURER: Anelace
PRODUCT TYPE: Binary display LED clock
LAMP TYPE: 5mm blue LED
No. OF LAMPS: 20
BEAM TYPE: N/A
SWITCH TYPE: Momentary pushbuttons for modes
CASE MATERIAL: Plastic
BEZEL: N/A
BATTERY: N/A
CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
WATER- AND PEE-RESISTANT: No
SUBMERSIBLE: NO WAY HOZAY!!!
ACCESSORIES: AC adapter
SIZE: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 2"
WEIGH: 13 oz
WARRANTY: 90 days

PRODUCT RATING:

Because this product is not intended to emit
light, the standard "star" rating will not be used.

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