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In the contributions Fibonacci Clock - An unusual time indicator<\/a>, Fibonacci clock assembly<\/a><\/strong><\/em> and Fibonacci clock programming<\/a><\/strong><\/em> I described how to build your own Fibonacci clock.<\/p>\n

Especially in case you want to give away your self-made Fibonacci clock, it is practical to be able to give away an instruction manual directly. For this case, I have compiled a small instruction manual here \ud83d\ude42 .<\/p>\n

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Fibonacci watch instruction manual<\/h1>\n

The Fibonacci clock represents the time by the first five elements of the Fibonacci sequence.
\nThe \"dial\" of the clock consists of five squares whose side lengths represent the first five Fibonacci numbers(1, 1, 2, 3, 5).
\nThe hours are represented by red lit squares and the minutes by green lit squares (this color assignment can also be changed). If a square is needed to represent hours and minutes at the same time, it is blue. White squares must be ignored. To read the time, the values of the respective squares must be added together and multiplied by five in the case of the minutes. So for the hours the red and blue squares have to be added together and for the minutes the green and blue squares. The minutes are therefore only displayed in five-minute increments.<\/p>\n

There are several display types for the same time. These are selected randomly.
\nFor example, there are 16 different ways to represent 06:30.<\/p>\n

Besides the default color palette, other color palettes can also be set.<\/p>\n

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Fibonacci clock display<\/h2>\n
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The \"display\" of the Fibonacci clock is divided into five areas, each of which can light up in a different color.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In order to be able to read the time of the Fibonacci clock, a few basics must first be explained. On this picture you can see the layout of the display of the Fibonacci clock. It is divided into five areas. Each of these areas has the indicated valence. The large red area marked with a \"5\" has a significance of five, the next smaller green area has a significance of three, the next smaller blue area has a significance of two and the remaining two areas each have a significance of one.<\/p>\n

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Read hours<\/h2>\n

If you've been paying attention, you'll have noticed that it can be used to represent the numbers 1 to 12, which - surprise - is perfect for representing the number of hours in a clock.
\nIf, for example, only the area with the significance five is lit, it is five o'clock. If, in addition to the area with the significance five, the area with the significance two is also lit, these must be added together. This would then correspond to the time seven (2+5) o'clock.<\/p>\n

In this way, all times from 0 (no area is lit) to 12 (all areas are lit) can be displayed.<\/p>\n

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Read minutes<\/h2>\n

All well and good, now we know how to read and \"calculate\" the hours, but how do we now recognize the number of minutes of the displayed time?
\nThat's where the different colors come into play. As you've probably already noticed, the surfaces glow in either blue, red or green.
\nAnd now the minutes can also be displayed. The clock shows whether the current value is valid only for the number of hours, only for the number of minutes or for both.<\/p>\n

If an area is red, its value may only be taken into account for the number of hours.
\nIf an area is green, its value may only be taken into account for the number of minutes.
\nIf, on the other hand, a surface is blue, its significance must be taken into account for both the number of hours and the number of minutes.<\/p>\n

But we are not finished yet, the number of minutes read off must now also be multiplied by five.
\nAnd that's where we already come to the first small drawback of the watch.
\nApart from the fact that - especially at the beginning - it takes a little longer to read off the time, the number of minutes can only be displayed in five-minute steps. This means that 08:43 is not displayed as 08:43 but as 08:40. The display always rounds off to the previous value divisible by five.<\/p>\n

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Display examples of the time<\/h2>\n