'Precision Clock Mk IV' is a precision clock with millisecond accuracy that automatically adjusts the time to the time zone of the location with GPS.
Tim Alex Jacobs, who develops a variety of devices and software, has developed the Precision Clock Mk IV, a precision clock with millisecond accuracy that is equipped with GPS , automatically adjusts the time according to the time zone of the location, and does not flicker even when shooting at ultra-high frame rates of over 20,000 FPS.
Precision Clock Mk IV - mitxela.com
You can get a good idea of what the Precision Clock Mk IV looks like in the video below.
Precision Clock Mk IV - YouTube
This is the 'Precision Clock Mk IV'. Normally it is quite horizontally long, with the 'year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'second' and 'millisecond' displayed from the left.
Since the LEDs of a digital clock repeatedly flash in small increments, the display may flicker or be missing when shot with a high frame rate camera. For example, if you shoot a digital clock that flashes at 330Hz at 1000FPS, there will be many times when the numbers become unclear, as shown below. A 330Hz refresh rate is fine for gaming monitors, but there is room for improvement for precision clocks in milliseconds.
So Jacobs achieved a maximum refresh rate of 100,000 Hz with the Precision Clock Mk IV. When used with a 1000 FPS camera, the difference is obvious when comparing a digital clock with a 330 Hz refresh rate (top) and the Precision Clock Mk IV (bottom). The Precision Clock Mk IV never misses any numbers.
The Precision Clock Mk IV also has a light sensor, so the brightness of the display automatically adjusts depending on the light around you. Hiding the sensor will dim the numbers.
When I removed my hand from the sensor, the numbers lit up again.
Some of the feedback people received was that the date and time were too long and they wanted them to be displayed on separate lines, but Jacobs pointed out that this would ruin the beauty of the timestamp.
So Jacobs designed the Precision Clock Mk IV to be foldable when needed.
If you lift up the date section, you can fold it at the hinge exactly where it meets the time.
When you fold it, it turns into a digital clock that displays the date on the top line and the time on the bottom line.
The Precision Clock Mk IV is equipped with
This allows the top row to automatically rotate its content when collapsed.
The back of the 'Precision Clock Mk IV' looks like this.
It is equipped with a GPS module made by Swiss semiconductor manufacturer
There are two microcontrollers, one of which uses an 80MHz
It also comes with 16MB of flash memory.
The flash memory apparently contains a world atlas showing country and time zone boundaries taken from public data.
The Arm Cortex-M4F imports map and GPS data, determines which time zone the Precision Clock Mk IV is located in and whether rules such as daylight saving time apply, and displays the accurate time.
The Precision Clock Mk IV detects its current location using only the GPS module, not Wi-Fi or a SIM card. Therefore, when crossing time zones, the user does not need to adjust anything; the time is automatically adjusted just by carrying the device.
The time adjustment, which combines GPS and time zone data, also works on
Time zones, country borders, and other things are not permanent and may change over time, so the Precision Clock Mk IV has a USB port that is recognized as a mass storage device, allowing you to update the database just by copying files.
In addition to the usual ISO standard, Precision Clock Mk IV can display time in a variety of formats, including
If the Precision Clock Mk IV loses its GPS signal or is turned off for a while, it will rely on its onboard
Using an ultra-high frame rate camera, the Precision Clock Mk IV is shot at 14,000 FPS, which looks like this. The numbers are still displayed without any missing parts.
We lowered the camera resolution and shot at 25,000 FPS, but even in this condition, all the numbers on the Precision Clock Mk IV are still visible.
In addition, Jacobs actually took the 'Precision Clock Mk IV' to the Netherlands and Greece to test the function that automatically adjusts the time when the time zone changes. The following photo shows the 'Precision Clock Mk IV' displaying the correct time at a Greek port.
'Precision Clock Mk IV' can be purchased from the official shop page below, with the pre-assembled kit costing 250 pounds (about 48,000 yen) and the assembled finished product costing 350 pounds (about 68,000 yen). Orders from outside the UK may be subject to import duties upon arrival.
mitxela.com/shop
At the time of writing, the item was out of stock, and if you entered your email address in the form on the official website, you would be notified when the item was back in stock.
Related Posts:
