PIC digital clock project

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November 20th, 2008 4

Punkky is a watch enthusiast from Japan. On his blog, PIC Microcontroller Note, he’s documenting the built of a 7-Segment PIC Digital Clock using the PIC16F628A MCU. It’s his first MCU project. After working the kinks out on breadboards, he etched and hand-routed a board (he’ll share the Eagle file with others if you ask).

Making a Digital Clock