Base4 Instructions

User Manual:

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B A S E 4 C L O C K

AVAILABLE OPTIONS

modes

clock : the colours indicate time

rainbow: ever changing miscalleneous colours

lava lamp : ever changing uniform colour

Palettes

HACK IT, IT’S OPEN !

The Base4 clock is driven by an Atmega328 micro

-controller running Arduino. That means you can

change the code running in the clock using the

official Arduino IDE. The possibilities are infinite! I

can’t wait to see what you will come up with.

To make it easy to hack, I have included an FTDI

connector so that you don’t have to remove the

chip to reprogram it. On top of that, a yellow LED

has been connected to pin #13 to help you debug

your application.

The Base4 Clock is an open source / hardware

project. You can find the source and schematics at

https://github.com/pchretien/base4.

GEEKOCLOCK

201-305 rue de Bellechasse

Montréal (Québec) H2S 1W9

www.geekoclock.com

(514) 574 8499

hours minutes both

rgb

mondrian

basbrun

80’s

pastel

modern

cold

warm

earth

dark

WHAT’S IN THE BOX

- clock

- plug with cord

- rubber paddings

- sticker

- instruction manual

PEEL OFF FILM BEFORE USE

Don’t forget to peel off the protective film from

the plexiglass front cover!

STICK RUBBER PADDINGS

Stick the rubber paddings under the clock

wooden frame

BASE4 CLOCK BUTTONS

HOW TO CONNECT THE POWER CORD

The clock has to be powered by the 6V 800mA

power adapter enclosed in your package. To

connect the power cord to your clock you first

have to remove the back panel.

select mode

change color

on/off

set button

set hour

set minutes

To do so, simply remove the screw at the

bottom and pull out the panel. Then connect

the power adapter to the circuit board (as

shown on picture) and then replace the back

cover.

HOW TO TELL TIME

The time on the base4 clock is based on 24

hours clock, or, “military time” in the US.

The base4 numeral system uses numbers from

0 to 3 instead of 0 to 9 with the decimal

system.

Each column of the clock represent a digit in

base4. The lines represent values 1, 2 and 3

starting from the bottom.

With 3 digits you can count up to 63 which if

perfect to display time. Since base4 is not that

simple to use you can simply add-up the

values represented by the squares to read time.

In this example

hours = 12 + 1 = 13h

minutes = 32 + 1 = 33m

it’s 13:33h

HOW TO SET THE TIME

You set time by holding the white button and

clicking on the red or green buttons.

the hours Hold the white button and click on

the red button. Every click on the red button

increase the hour by one hour.

the minutes Hold the white button and click the

green button. Every click on the green button

will increase the minutes by one minute.

midnight All squares are white at 00:00h

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to determine hour add

to determine minutes add

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