Rip-Off? Don't judge by web domains.

As Michael you've ordered the kit, and Geoff as you say you have a few, how good are they at keeping time?

15 or so years ago I used an 8 pin PIC to replace the mechanism in a cheap ball bearing clock when the contacts stopped triggering the ball lift arm and driven by a crystal I had to calibrate the system and add a cal factor in the firmware to get to within a minute every 6 months.

Nowadays, I just put an RTC on board, which I can't see on those boards. Would be interesting to know if I don't need to!

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Having only ordered them yesterday: I have no idea how good the timekeeping really is. Chris ... but the ebay listing claims +/- 1second per 24 hours.

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D. accurate travel time, travel time error range error -1 to +1 seconds every 24 hours.

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Hopefully Geoff can confirm ^^^

I bought them primarily because it's a kit of identifiable parts ... some, or all, of which are sure to be useful.

[much easier than trying to hack into an amophous blob of ready-made clock module]

MichaelG.

[Mildly amused by the change of thread title .... Perhaps the moderator would be so kind as to also remove the original subtitle, which now seems redundant.]

Done having seen comment in other thread.

Thanks, Jason

MichaelG.

Hi all,

My Practical Wireless article was July 2018. Sorry for the delay in replying, I was distracted, it is our 14th wedding anniversary.

I confirm that my clock keeps good time, close enough not to need resetting between power cuts etc., (roughly yearly) There is no backup battery. I don't use the alarm setting, but in another, more complex kit, the alarm time creeps backwards by 1 minute per day..

Thanks for that, Geoff

... and congratulations !!

MichaelG.

Thanks both!