PIC based kitchen countdown timer

The most Mad-max kitchen timer I’ve seen today…

“It’s a kitchen timer. Use it to time spaghetti, or maybe an egg. It uses two PICs, one acts as a keyboard encoder, the other drives the display and supports the timer functions. You key in the desired time and press ‘#’. It’s accurate to 1/100th of a second, which can make all the difference I’m sure you’ll agree.” [via] – Link.

Related:

• Make a cheap electronic timer – Link.
• 555 timer projects – Link.
• PIC projects @ MAKE – Link.