You can use a microcontroller to build a clock. After all, a clock is just something that counts the passage of time. The only problem is that microcontrollers can’t track time very accurately. They ...

Just about every electronic device has some silicon semiconductors inside these days—from transistors to diodes to integrated circuits. [Charles] is trying to build a “No-Silicon digital clock” that ...

My scale and my alarm clock are in cahoots. It started when both our old scale and clock suddenly died. They’d had good, long electronic lives but finally gave up the ghost and went to that great ...

Which digital wall clock is best? Whether you need particularly large numbers, extra information such as temperature or features such as alarms and dimmable backlighting, a wide range of digital wall ...

OK, here's a little electronics mystery. I have an old (2000s) wall clock in my bedroom that I had to take apart just now because a battery leaked in it (dang Duracells....). The clock takes two AA ...