kelseymh provided you with the best place to start - a kit. I'm fairly certain it's where most of us started. I know I did. It will help you learn how to solder, and teach you how everything works first, so that you don't go nuts having to debug a circuit with no knowledge of electronics.
Hmmm, well the only other thing I can suggest is to grab an old digital clock, take it apart, and take a look at the ICs used inside. Look up their datasheets online and see if you can figure out how they work together. You can also do a search for "digital clock circuit" or "digital clock schematic" and you should find a few free schematics to work with.
If you don't know where to start, a kit can give you that information. You can then use it as a starting point: either use it as practice before you build something from scratch, or use it as raw material for your own design. Either way, a kit gives you something that you know "should work," which can drastically reduce the amount of troubleshooting and debugging you have to do along the way.
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9 years ago
Well, do you want it to display the time as numbers, binary, something else? Do you have any soldering skills?
Answer 9 years ago
Yes I want to see the time
Answer 9 years ago
kelseymh provided you with the best place to start - a kit. I'm fairly certain it's where most of us started. I know I did. It will help you learn how to solder, and teach you how everything works first, so that you don't go nuts having to debug a circuit with no knowledge of electronics.
Answer 9 years ago
I know how to solder and I have experience with electronics
Answer 9 years ago
Hmmm, well the only other thing I can suggest is to grab an old digital clock, take it apart, and take a look at the ICs used inside. Look up their datasheets online and see if you can figure out how they work together. You can also do a search for "digital clock circuit" or "digital clock schematic" and you should find a few free schematics to work with.
9 years ago
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=digital+clock+kit
Answer 9 years ago
I don't want to use a kit I like to do things from scratch
Answer 9 years ago
If you don't know where to start, a kit can give you that information. You can then use it as a starting point: either use it as practice before you build something from scratch, or use it as raw material for your own design. Either way, a kit gives you something that you know "should work," which can drastically reduce the amount of troubleshooting and debugging you have to do along the way.