In the two posts Fibonacci Clock - An unusual time indicator and Fibonacci clock assembly The Fibonacci clock was introduced and described how you can assemble your own Fibonacci clock. After you have completed the assembly, you now have to program the clock.
This is described in the following article.
Safety instructions
I know the following notes are always kind of annoying and seem unnecessary. Unfortunately, many people who knew "better" have lost eyes, fingers or other things due to carelessness or injured themselves. Data loss is almost negligible in comparison, but even these can be really annoying. Therefore, please take five minutes to read the safety instructions. Because even the coolest project is not worth injury or other trouble.
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Requirements
To program your Fibonacci clock you need to connect it to your computer. To do this you need a micro USB cable that you connect to the watch and your computer.
You also need the Arduino IDE.
How to install it is described in this article: Install programs
There are also a few tips about the Arduino IDE described here, which will give you an initial overview of the Arduino IDE: ArduinoIDE - Tips and Tricks
Download firmware from the Nerdiy.de GitHub
Once you have prepared everything, all you have to do is download the firmware from the Nerdiy.de GitHub.
How you can download software from GitHub is in the article GitHub - How do I copy files from a GitHub to my computer? described.
You can find the software for the Fibonacci clock at: https://github.com/Nerdiyde/NerdiysFibonacciClock
Configure firmware
Before you can transfer the firmware to your Fibonacci clock, it must first be set correctly.
Depending on whether you also installed an OLED display and/or an LDR when assembling the watch, you will have to activate or deactivate these functions in the firmware.
By default, both the use of the LDR and the OLED display are activated.
If you have not installed an LDR in your Fibonacci clock, you must now deactivate this function in the software. You can do this by commenting out the part "#define LDR_INSTALLED", i.e. adding a "//" in front of it.
"#define LDR_INSTALLED" is therefore replaced by "//#define LDR_INSTALLED".
The procedure is similar for the OLED display.
If you have not installed an OLED display, you must now deactivate this function in the software. You can do this by commenting out the part "#define I2C_DISPLAY_INSTALLED", i.e. adding a "//" in front of it.
"#define I2C_DISPLAY_INSTALLED" is therefore replaced by "//#define I2C_DISPLAY_INSTALLED".
Setting the Arduino type and programming interface
As the last step before the actual programming, all you have to do is set the correct Arduino and the programming interface in the ArduinoIDE. This is the only way to correctly translate and program the program for the Arduino or microcontroller used.
You can find out more about this in the article ArduinoIDE - Tips and Tricks read up.
It is also important that you select the correct processor type under "Processor". For the Fibonacci clock, this is always a processor from the ATmega32P family. Which bootloader is used depends on the version of the ArduinoNano used. The easiest way to do this is simply to try it out. If the programming fails with the selected bootloader, simply try the other one.
That's it for the configuration.
Start the programming process
In the article Fibonacci Clock User Guide A small instruction manual has been put together that should help you with the next steps. 🙂
Have fun with the project
I hope everything worked as described for you. If not or you have questions or suggestions please let me know in the comments. I will then add this to the article if necessary.
Ideas for new projects are always welcome. 🙂
PS Many of these projects - especially the hardware projects - cost a lot of time and money. Of course I do this because I enjoy it, but if you think it's cool that I share the information with you, I would be happy about a small donation to the coffee fund. 🙂
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