Editing Bulbdial

This page is the central documentation site for the Bulbdial Clock kit from [http://evilmadscientist.com/ Evil Mad Scientist].  



'''Main details about the Bulbdial Clock kit:'''
* [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/bulbdialkit Announcement article] at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
* [http://bulbdial.com/ Kit page] at evilmadscientist.com  


'''Assembly instructions:''' 
* [http://cdn2.evilmadscience.com/KitInstrux/bulbdial/bulbdialInstrux.pdf PDF Version] (15 MB PDF)    (Trouble Viewing? [[Downloading_PDFs|Please click here.]])
* [http://cdn2.evilmadscience.com/KitInstrux/bulbdial/html2/index.html Page-by-page HTML version] 


'''Background and details about the Bulbdial Clock:'''
* [http://www.ironicsans.com/2008/03/idea_the_bulbdial_clock.html Original Concept] at IronicSans.com
* [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/bulbdial The prototype], at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
* [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/bulbdial3 On the design of the Bulbdial Clock], a more lengthy article at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, with some specifics of the electrical design.


'''Open Source Hardware documentation for the Bulbdial Clock:'''
* Source code: [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/source/Beady2.pde standard firmware] (updated 8/2010, 33 kB .pde file) (''Designed to run in the Arduino environment, version 0023.'') 
* The standard source code makes use of the Arduino [http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Code/DateTime DateTime] library, which you will need to compile it.   
* An updated version of the source code, to run in the Arduino IDE version 1.0, using the newer Time.h library, is now available [https://github.com/revnull-src/BulbdialClock here].
* To set (sync) the Bulbdial time from your computer via a USB-TTL interface, use the "SetArduinoClock" Processing sketch, [https://bcdn.evilmadscientist.com/source/SetArduinoClock.zip available here]. Run this sketch with [http://processing.org/ Processing].
* Also available: "Hello Bulbdial" demo code, in [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/source/Beady_Hello.zip Arduino .pde version] or "straight" [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/source/beedy_Hello_C.zip avr-gcc version].
* Electrical schematics are [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/source/beedyschem.pdf here]. (125 kB .pdf file)
* The circuit board design is in [[gEDA]], and you can download the design files [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/source/bd_geda.zip here]. (200 kB .zip file)
* The standard case design is available [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/source/Bulbdial_Case_release.pdf here]. (50 kB .pdf file)
* [[Bulbdial Bill of Materials]]
* Design of the [http://www.macetech.com/blog/node/99 macetech ChronoDot]



'''Places for questions, answers, and sharing experiences:'''  
* [https://www.evilmadscientist.com/forums/forum/clock-kits/ Clock kit forum] at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
* See also: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131226044659/http://www2.evilmadscientist.com:80/forum/index.php?forum=15 Archived Forums], with older discussions
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/evilmadscience/ Evil Mad Science Auxiliary Flickr Group] where you can share photos of your Bulbdial clocks