MDDN 251: Concept 1

Battery Alarm Clock

                With a red LED light up full analogue display and two extra lights for alarm and AM/PM, the alarm clock can be run from wither a power plug wall socket or a D battery. The alarm clock has all of the buttons on the top and a set of dials on the side for tuning and volume. Upon closer inspection, the buttons on the top seem simple and understandable enough (Shown in image 1c). But the remainder of the alarm clock’s circuit board is complicated and confusing with a large amount of capacitors that cover the majority of the circuit board. There is also hot glue that the manufacturers put all over the circuit board components to hold it together, making the board look even more complicated and messy (Shown in images 1f).

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The possibilities with the alarm clock to rein vision its purpose involve the use of the LED display and the tuning dials. By wiring the tuning dials to the LED display, rotating the dial will create patterns on the display and make different lights up at different tuned points (Shown in the drawn images). This utilizes the majority of the alarm clocks components besides the buttons on the top and the speaker. These have fewer possibilities and would complicate the design a lot if they were utilized.