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Battlestar Chronometer v2 (Part 4 – Animations)

Posted on 28th November 202328th November 2023by Tom

With all of the Chronometer PCBs assembled this post takes a look at some of the animations I’ve created to show it off.

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Battlestar Chronometer v2 – Reference

Posted on 24th September 202324th September 2023by Tom

This post provides instructions for using the Battlestar Chronometer PCB.

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Battlestar Chronometer v2 (Part 3 – Assembly)

Posted on 28th April 202323rd September 2023by Tom

The Easter Bank Holiday weekend was the perfect opportunity to get through a lot of soldering.

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Battlestar Chronometer v2 (Part 2 – PCB Fabrication)

Posted on 8th March 202327th March 2023by Tom

The PCBs have arrived and a few things have changed since the last post so here’s a quick update.

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Battlestar Chronometer v2 (Part 1)

Posted on 7th February 20237th March 2023by Tom

At the culmination of what I’ll now call “version 1” of the Battlestar Chronometer, I highlighted a few things that I’d like to improve in a future version. It didn’t take long for me to start on “version 2”.

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BSG Chronometer (Part 4 – Finale?)

Posted on 21st October 20229th February 2023by Tom

It’s been a couple of years since I last posted about my Battlestar Galactica Chronometer. In this post I’ll wrap up all of the progress since then and hopefully bring the project to an end.

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BSG Chronometer (Part 3)

Posted on 22nd May 20209th February 2023by Tom

The last time I worked on this project was two years ago and it ended up in a box after I tore one of the pads off. I’ve had some spare time recently so I decided it would be fun to solder 120 LEDs on a fresh PCB.

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BSG Chronometer (Part 2)

Posted on 28th May 20187th February 2023by Tom

In part 1 we designed the PCB and sent it off for fabrication. With the boards and 300 LEDs in hand, it’s time to get soldering!

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BSG Chronometer (Part 1)

Posted on 23rd April 20187th February 2023by Tom

So this is a project that has maybe been percolating for 7 years or so and now I feel confident enough to tackle it!

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