The digital thermometer clock has been a real success. Many people have contacted me to say they've built it successfully; most of those people had no issues in construction. However, the performance of the clock; mainly it's long term accuracy has been an issue. The DS1307 RTC chip was good (and cheap at the time), but it's not great in a clock like this and constantly seems to need adjusting.
A little while ago I stumbled on EBay suppliers selling DS3231 modules for around £1.50 each for a complete module so I purchased a couple to experiment with and see how easy they are to use.
Today I upgraded my clock to use that module. A little bit of fiddling with the original PCB is required but it can adapted relatively easily. A few changes were also required to the clocks original firmware.
Anyway it's been running on the bench for a couple of hours without any problem, so I'll publish upgrade details soon. I'm also going to re-publish an updated version of the original design.
Details on how to update the original design can be found here.
A little while ago I stumbled on EBay suppliers selling DS3231 modules for around £1.50 each for a complete module so I purchased a couple to experiment with and see how easy they are to use.
Today I upgraded my clock to use that module. A little bit of fiddling with the original PCB is required but it can adapted relatively easily. A few changes were also required to the clocks original firmware.
Anyway it's been running on the bench for a couple of hours without any problem, so I'll publish upgrade details soon. I'm also going to re-publish an updated version of the original design.
Details on how to update the original design can be found here.
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