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title: New DIY Watch project
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author: nek0
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tags: english, projects, hardware
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description: Another crazy project by me
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After long hours of browsing in the depths of the internet I stumbeled upon the ["Chronode VFD"](http://www.johngineer.com/blog/?p=1595) watch.
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The first time I saw it I was completely baffled. I immediately wanted one of my own, but with some alterations. Problem is: I have absolutely no experience in hardware hacking. Luckily as a frequent visitor of my local hackerspace I know some people who have experience.
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First I want to build a simplified version without that gorgeous vacuum fluorescence tube using LED-Modules as display and thus give it a longer battery life.
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For now I am creating a bill of materials and looking for parts. you can check the progress at the [github project](https://github.com/nek0/pentawatch) I created and occasionally I will post the progress here.
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