Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF_Speaker_Covers.stl Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF_Top_Left_LCD.stl Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF_Bottom_Left.stl Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF_Front_Led_Left.stl Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF_Top_Right.stl Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF_Back_Right.stl Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF_Back_Left.stl Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF_Front_Led_Right.stl Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF_Pushbuttons.stl Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF_Front_Side_Right.stl Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF_Front_Side_Left.stl Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Components The Clock is controlled by an Arduino microcontroller. The Arduino handles the interface to (9) four digit LED displays, (6) AM/PM LEDs, (1) MP3 Music Maker Shield, (1) RGB LCD pushbutton display and a Chronodot real time clock. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Arduino Uno R3 Controller The clock utilizes an Arduino Uno R3 controller. The Arduino Uno R3 is programmed to monitor and control the entire clock. The Arduino Uno can be purchased at Adafruit.com http://www.adafruit.com/products/50 Programming Port - es is Arduino Uno Power Jack 7 VDC - 12 VDC Figure 2.11 — Arduino Uno R3 Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Arduino Proto Screwshield Lused a Screwshield for the Arduino controller. The Screwshield was purchased from Amazon.com Attp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/BOOHBVVKPA ?psc=1 &redirect=true&ref_=oh aui_detailpage 009 s00 from the vendor iTead. The Screwshield provides screw connections for the Arduino pins. This is handy while developing and provides a rugged connection for I/O pins. The Proto Screwshield is shown below. RORRRAACAARO! rrr rrr Lr! Ce Lr) err) eee rr) ree Lit) Cree eT err) Cree eee an) ree ee en) (oR RRR e popseoeeno dh ok de) Prem mM Ca Sues) CREOOOOIONAO INI Figure 2.21 — Arduino Screwshield Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Chronodot Real Time Clock The Time Circuit clock utilizes a real time clock module that will keep track of the time even when power is removed. The Chronodot real time clock module utilizes a coin cell battery that will keep the time for five years. The Chronodot Real Time Clock can be purchased at Adafruit.com http://www.adafruit.com/products/264 . The only connections to the Chronodot module that are required is 5 VDC power and the SDA and SCL pins. The SDA and SCL connections are interfaced to the Arduino Uno via pins A04 and A05. This isa simple and inexpensive solution for creating a clock. The Chronodot module is mounted to a perf board mounted on the inside bottom of the clock. Note: The same clock can be created with a DS1307 purchased from Adafruit.com. The D$1307 requires some assembly and is a less accurate clock module. There are no code changes required if you use the D$1307 module. Figure 2.31 — Chronodot Real Time Clock Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Music Maker MP3 Shield The clock utilizes an MP3 Shield that stores the hourly and half hour audio messages and plays them through the speakers when the Arduino has determined that it is time to announce the time. The Music Maker MP3 Shield with 3 watt stereo amp can be purchased at Adafruit.com http://iwww-adafruit.com/products/1788 . The Music Maker Shield requires some minor soldering prior to usage. The Music Maker contains an SD card slot that allows audio files to be easily moved between your computer and the Music Maker. Just save the audio file from your computer to the SD card as you normally would and then place the SD card in the Music Maker shield. The shield may seem like overkill since there are several lower cost audio playback options available but the shield offered the most flexibility and provided a reliable easy to use audio playback device made to interface with the Arduino, My primary concer was the pin consumption required for implementation, As you can see, we used all of the Arduino 1/0 pins for this project. Figure 2.41 — Music Maker MP3 Shield Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Audio Speakers The clock utilizes two speakers driven by the Music Maker MP3 shield. The Music Maker MP3 shield has a 3 watt stereo amp onboard that drives the speakers, The speakers utilized are a stereo enclosed speaker set (3 watts / 4 ohm) purchased at Adaftuit.com http://www.adafruit.com/products/1669 . The same speakers should be used since the 3D printed enclosure has an internal speaker mounting design based around these speakers. Icut the 4 pin connector off the speakers since the MP3 Shield utilizes serew terminals for the speaker connection. Figure 2.51 — Time Announcement Speakers Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

LED Displays The clock utilizes nine .56” 4 digit 7 segment LED displays that utilize an adafruit.com LED backpack. The nine displays consist of (3) red, (3) green and (3) yellow displays. The LED displays with backpacks can be purchased at adafruit.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051E8ONA ?psc=1 &redirect=true&ref =od_a ui_detailpages00 . The pictures below show the LED displays that are used for the time cireuit clock. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Figure 2.61 — Destination Time LEDs Figure 2.62 — Present Time LEDs Figure 2.63 —Last Time Departed LEDs Each LED backpack is addressable, The default I2C address is 0x70. To change an address, the back of the backpack has three solder jumpers as shown below. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

(a dost Te Tal Figure 2.64—LED Backpack Addressing Solder Jumpers The clock requires nine LED displays but we can only get up to eight different I2C addresses. To resolve this, there is a document on Adafruit.com https://leam.adafruit.com/delorean-time-circuit that provides a solution to this problem. The document is also the inspiration for the clock, The I2C addressing issue was resolved by using a 3 to 8 line decoder and switching the I2C bus between the displays so that each group of displays utilized the same three 12C addresses. This is a clever solution that was obtained from the document at Adafruit.com. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

SN74HC138N 3 - 8 Line Decoder ‘A 3 to 8 line decoder chip is implemented to resolve the issue controlling all LED displays with the same group of three I2C addresses. The chip is required for the design and can be purchased at the following: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/SN74HC138N/296-1575-5-ND/277221 Figure 2.71 — SN74HC138N Decoder Chip Since shipping charges will exceed the cost of the chip, order a few extra to have on hand since the shipping cost will be the same: Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

RGB LCD Shield The RGB LCD shield is used to display the date / time as well as change the hours and minutes for the clock, The RGB LCD shield is a handy way to easily change the time for daylight savings time without the need to download the program to set the correct time. The shield interfaces with the Arduino via the I2C buss. The five pushbuttons located on the left hand side of the shield are used to set the hours, minutes and allow the display to be tumed off and on, The pushbuttons use the same I2C buss as the display. The shield is not attached to the Arduino since it only requires power and the two I2C wires (SDA and SCL). The shield can display the text as Red, Teal, Violet, Yellow and several other colors. The RGB LCD Shield can be purchased at adafruit.com http://www.adafruit.com/products/714 Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

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AM/ PM LEDs Each row on the clock has an AM and PM LED. The top row utilizes (2) 3 mm red LEDs, the middle row utilizes (2) 3 mm green LEDs and the bottom row utilizes (2) yellow 3 mm LEDs. The LEDs can be purchased at your local Radio Shack or Amazon.com. The LEDs used in this unit were purchased at Amazon.com ht ‘www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0087ZT1 VO?keywords=3%20mm%20led&qi 445881847 &ref =sr_1 4&sr=8-4 The picture below shows the LEDs Figure 2.91 — Red, Yellow and Green 3 mm LEDs Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Power Supply Lused the following power supply for the Arduino Uno. The power supply was purchased at amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/BOOCAC399U?psc=1 &redirect=true&ref =oh_a ui_detailpage 004 s00 The picture below shows the power supply that I used. This power supply provides 2 amps at 9 VDC. The higher amperage supply was chosen to ensure we would not exceed the current requirements of the clock. Figure 2.101 — Power Supply Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Panel Mount 2.1 MM DC Barrel Jack Tused a 2.1 mm jack for the power connection to the clock, The power feed to the jack is split inside the clock to the Arduino Uno and a voltage stabilizer. The DC Barrel jack was purchased at Adafruit.com http://www.adafruit.com/products/610 The picture below shows the DC barrel jack that is used. Figure 2.111 —DC Barrel Jack Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

LM7805 Voltage Stabilizer Lused the following voltage stabilizer power module to convert the 9 VDC input to a 5 VDC output. The power module is used to provide 5 VDC power to the (9) LED displays. The displays require more current than the Arduino can supply when the LEDs are set to brighter settings. The power module was purchased at amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/BOORK YONP6?psce=1 &redirect=true&ref_ =oh_ aui_detailpage 008 s00 The picture below shows the voltage stabilizer. Figure 2.121 — Voltage Stabilizer Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Perma-Proto Breadboard I soldered the ChronotDot and the 3 to 8 line decoder chip socket onto the Adafruit half-sized breadboard. The Perma-Proto breadboard was purchased at adafruit.com, http://www.adafruit.com/products/1609 The picture below shows the breadboard. ‘eeeccce eeeeeee oeneee. 2222099 eeeeeee eeeeeee 22345 67 8 9 1011121911 1516 25 26 27 737338 J[OCCCHCLROSCLVOLLE® Qeeeee; 19e@e0 2000001 H@eeee ee eeeeeen COLSOLLLL SLL 8HLHLHHOHHHHO8OOOOO: FESOSSSSSSSOSSSS SSH HSSHSH HOSS OSVSOOs @ % Adafruit Perma-Proto 1/2 Sized Breadboard @ FYYLHLHYHHHHLHHHHHHLHHHHHHLHOHHOOO:E DOPSOSSSHSSS SSS SHSHSHS SSS HHH HHH OOOO) COSSSHSHSHSHS HSH OHHHHH HH SH HH HHOOOH BOSH SHS SSH SH SHS SHHOHH HHH HHS H HHH HOO: Oe eee en nee ee wae 45 6 7 8 9 4044 12 43 44 15 16 17 48 19 20 21 22 29 24 25 26 27 28 29:30 ' 0000000000 0000 0000000000000 008 CEE REIL EL EEEE EEE ELIS Figure 2.131 — Perma-Proto Half-Sized Breadboard Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Filament The clock utilizes HIPS gray filament for the enclosure and ABS black filament for the pushbutton extensions. The black hips filament was purchased at Lulzbot.com https://www.lulzbot.com/products/abs-3mm-filament-1kg-reel and the gray filament was also purchased at Lulzbot.com https://www.lulzbot.com/products/hips-3mm- filament-1kg-reel-esun . The pictures below show the filament colors. Figure 2.141 — ABS Black Figure 2.142 — Hips Gray Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Wire Lused the following wire for several connections. The wire is standard twisted pair 22 awg battery wire. The wire was purchased at Servocity.com https://www.servocity.com/htmi/battery_wire html. VBLfirbo . The picture below shows the wire that I used. Figure 2.151 — Twisted Pair Wire The other wire type that I used is stranded 22 awg hookup wire. The wire was purchased at Pololu.com https://www.pololu.com/category/139/stranded-wire. The picture below shows the wire that I used. Figure 2.152 — Hookup Wire Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Paint The clock was painted with RUST-OLEUM forged hammered paint (Antique Pewter) purchased at Lowes. Figure 2.161—RUSTOLEUM Paint Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Screws / Washers Tused #2 x 3/8 inch Philips screws with washers for mounting the LED assemblies to the enclosure. I also used the same screws in #5” length for mounting the RGB display. The screws can be purchased at Lowes. #2x3/8 IN ie os Figure 2.171 —Mounting Screws Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Tused #4 x 1/2 inch Philips Pan Head screws with for attaching the back of the clock tothe enclosure. The screws can be purchased at Lowes Figure 2.172 — Mounting Screws Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Clock Decals / Design The original time cireuit utilized labels that have a black background with white text and a red background with white text. A P-Touch label was my first choice but the new P-Touch labelers only have labels with a white background with red text. Older P-Touch labelers support the desired label (red background and white text), I used water slide decals to recreate the labels, To do this, I created labels and printed them on laser white waterslide decal paper. The decal paper wire was purchased at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Papilio-Laser-Clear-Waterslide-sheets/dp/BOOSDFLVOG. Once the decals are printed, a decal is placed in the water and then the decal is placed on the time cireuit clock. When all decals are affixed to the clock face, you will have the following: [aya e a ata tate [DESTINATION TIME Figure 3.1 — Time Circuit Front with Decals Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

The attached PDF contains the artwork for the decals. You can just print this normally on 8.5" x 11” decal paper. I included extra copies of decals on the PDF so you have a printed spare if one gets messed up. Peunnuen me PEsn nun Ee Eee (Sea eee ae PEM «EC Pa PU ee fC aa Cerne wer PRi nee ee MIN .AM. AM. AM | Cee PEunnuen me DESTINATION TIME | Ee Ee LAST TIME DEPARTED | ES ee CE Ce DAY .AM.AM. AM [MM DAY .PM..PM. PM YEAR .AM.AM.AM [iMmIIYEAR . PM. PM. PM Cee |= Rina eee Cina o 5 2 > = S Fd S ES > FY Figure 3.2 — Time Circuit Clock Front Decals Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

3D Printing The entire clock was printed using a Lulzbot Mini 3D printer. I used HIPS material for printing all of the parts with the exception of the ABS pushbuttons. All left and right references are as you face the front of the clock. The files are in .STL format and are as follows: Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BITF Pushbuttons.stl This file is printed in the black ABS plastic. When I print these, I print them with a brim. ‘When you remove them from the brim, you always end up breaking one so having spares is helpful, The pushbuttons are inserted into the RGB LCD button holes with the large part oriented towards the inside of the enclosure. The actual RGB LCD push buttons have a tactile operation and these will allow the actual pushbutton on the RGB LCD to be engaged. Figure 4.1 — Glow in the Dark Meter Gauge Plate Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Thd picture below is shown with the pushbuttons placed in the top panel. The RGB LCD will be mounted so that the ABS pushbuttons press the actual RGB LCD pushbuttons. Pushbuttons Figure 4.2 — Pushbutton Location Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BITF Top Left LCD.stl This file is the LCD side of the enclosure top. This is the piece that the pushbuttons go through and the RGB LCD is mounted to. This is printed with gray HIPS filament. Figure 4.3 — Enclosure Top Left Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF To, This file is the joined to the Top_Left_LCD file via glue to make an entire top assembly. This is printed with gray HIPS filament. Figure 4.4 — Enclosure Top Right Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BITF Front Side Left.stl This file is the left side panel for the enclosure. This panel will contain one of the speakers. The orientation of the print provides a smooth surface on the outside of the clock due to the heated printer bed. This is printed with gray HIPS filament. Speaker Holder > : Bottom Figure 4.5 — Enclosure Front Side Left Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

ht.stl This file is the right side panel for the enclosure. This panel will contain one of the speakers, The orientation of the print provides a smooth surface on the outside of the clock due to the heated printer bed. This is printed with gray HIPS filament. Speaker Holder ; > Bottom Figure 4.6 — Enclosure Front Side Right Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BITF Speaker Covers.stl This file contains the speaker covers. The covers slide into the channel on the speaker holders to prevent the speaker from falling out of the holder. These are printed with gray HIPS filament. Figure 4.7 — Clock Speaker Covers Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF Front LED Left.stl This file is the left side of the front display, The orientation of the print provides a smooth surface on the outside of the clock due to the heated printer bed. This is printed with gray HIPS filament. Figure 4.8 — Enclosure Front LED Left Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BITF Front LED Right.stl This file is the right side of the front display. The orientation of the print provides a smooth surface on the outside of the clock due to the heated printer bed. This is printed with gray HIPS filament. The two front panel pieces are joined with glue to create a solid front assembly. Figure 4.9 — Enclosure Front LED Right Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BITF Bottom Left.stl This file is the bottom left hand side of the enclosure, The orientation of the print provides a smooth surface on the outside of the clock due to the heated printer bed. This is printed with gray HIPS filament. = =— Arduino Mounting Holes Glue on this side Figure 4.10 — Enclosure Bottom Left Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BTTF Bottom Right.stl This file is the bottom left hand side of the enclosure. The orientation of the print provides a smooth surface on the outside of the clock due to the heated printer bed. This is printed with gray HIPS filament. Glue on this side Figure 4.11 — Enclosure Bottom Right Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

BITF Back Left.stl This file is the back left hand side of the enclosure, The orientation of the print provides a smooth surface on the outside of the clock due to the heated printer bed. This is printed with gray HIPS filament. Glue Here eX Mounting Holes Top Figure 4.12 — Enclosure Back Left Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

This file is the back right hand side of the enclosure. The orientation of the print provides a smooth surface on the outside of the clock due to the heated printer bed. This is printed with gray HIPS filament. = DC Barrel Jack Hole Programing Access Mounting Holes Glue Here S Top Figure 4.13 — Enclosure Back Right Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Assembly View 1 The picture below shows assembly view 1. Figure 4.14 — Assembly View 1 Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Assembly View 2 The picture below shows assembly view 2. Figure 4.15 — Assembly View 2 Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Assembly View 3 The picture below shows assembly view 3. Figure 4.16 — Assembly View 3 Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Assembly View 4 The picture below shows assembly view 4. Figure 4.17 — Assembly View 4 Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Assembly View 5 The picture below shows assembly view 5. ’ Figure 4.18 — Assembly View 5 Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Assembly View 6 The picture below shows assembly view 6. Figure 4.19 — Assembly View 6 Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Assembly View 7 The picture below shows assembly view 7. Figure 4.20 — Assembly View 7 Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Construction Once the 3D parts are printed and the components have been gathered, it is time to start the build process. The following steps outline the assembly process. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Glue the Top, Front and Bottom Halves The enclosure pieces are glued using SCIGRIP Weld-On 3 cement. The cement is a high strength water thin acrylic cement that dries quickly. Tused the SCIGRIP Weld-On 3 cement from Tapplastics.com http://www.tapplastics.com/product/repair_products/plastic_adhesives/weld on 3 ce ment/131 Figure 5.11 — Acrylic Cement The cement is applied with a Syringe Hypodermic Applicator as shown below. I used the syringe from Tapplasties.com (SY 20-65) http://www.tapplastics.com/product/repair_products/plastic_adhesives/hypo_type_sol vent_cement_applicator/409 Figure 5.12 — Cement Applicator Syringe Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Glue the Front Halves The front pieces shown below must be glued together to form a continuous front section. Lay the front pieces down on a flat surface with the inside facing you. Figure 5.21 — Enclosure Front Sections Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

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Glue the Top Halves The top pieces shown below must be glued together to form a continuous top section. Lay the top pieces down on a flat surface with the inside facing you. Figure 5.31 — Enclosure Top Sections Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Lightly sand the edges where the pieces meet and glue the pieces together to form a solid top section that the RGB LCD will be mounted to later. Once glued it will look like the picture below. Figure 5.32 Enclosure Top Section Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Glue the Back Halves The back pieces shown below have been glued in the same manner as previously discussed. The back pieces are slightly undersized with screw holes since the back can be removed as required. Use a drill bit to expand the mounting hol: Figure 5.41 — Enclosure Back Inside Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Lightly sand the edges where the pieces meet and glue the pieces together to form a solid back cover. Once glued it will look like the picture shown abov: Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Glue the Bottom Halves The bottom pieces shown below have to be glued in the same manner as previously discussed. Figure 5.51 — Bottom Enclosure Halves Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Drill Guide holes for LED displays Guide holes are drilled so that the mounting of the LED displays is much simpler. Using an assembled LED with Backpack, insert it into one of the (9) LED display holes and use a 1/16” inch drill bit to create a pilot hole as shown below. Do this for each LED mounting position. Figure 5.61 — Left Side Wall Warning: do not drill down too far. The goal is not to have the hole go through the front side, I just drilled down a slight amount so I could install the mounting serew easily, As you will see later, most displays can only have 2 or 3 screws due to clearance issues with a screw driver. o—m_ Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Drill / Expand LED mounting holes The AM/PM LEDs are 3 mm LEDs. The holes will need to be expanded slightly since the HIPS material printed on a heated bed will expand and cause the holes to be smaller than the diameter required for the 3 mm LEDs. Using a 3/16” drill bit, expand the LED holes. Figure 5.71 — LED Front Inside View Figure 5.72 — LED Front Outside View Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Drill Guide holes for RGB LCD display The RGB LCD display is shown laying on the mounting rails. Using a 1/16” drill bit drill a starter hole as you did for the LED displays. Figure 5.81 —LED Front Inside View Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Drill / Expand RGB LCD Pushbutton / Contrast holes The pushbutton holes will need to be expanded slightly since the HIPS material printed on a heated bed will expand and cause the holes smaller than required. Using a 3/16” drill bit, expand the pushbutton holes. Use a 5/16 drill bit to expand the contrast adjustment hole. Figure 5.92 — LED Front Outside View Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Layout the Left and Right Sides The left and right side walls are shown below. Lay the walls flat with the speaker holders facing you. Figure 5.101 —Left Side Wall Figure 5.102 Right Side Wall Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Insert the Speaker Covers and Speakers Insert the speaker covers as shown below. The cover will slide into the holder via the cover slots. Slide the speaker into the holder as shown. Be sure you have the speaker wire protruding out of the hole in the cover. Speaker Cover Slide Down Figure 5.111 — Speaker Cover and Speaker Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Glue the Enclosure The enclosure is glued using SCIGRIP Weld-On 3 cement. The cement is a high strength water thin acrylic cement that dries quickly. Tused the SCIGRIP Weld-On 3 cement from Tapplastics.com hittp://www.tapplastics.com/product/repair_products/plastic_adhesives/weld_on_3 ce ment/131 Figure 5.121 — Acrylic Cement The cement is applied with a Syringe Hypodermie Applicator as shown below. I used the syringe from Tapplastics.com (SY20-65) http://www.tapplastics.com/product/repair_products/plastic_adhesives/hypo_type_sol vent cement applicator/409 Figure 5.122 — Cement Applicator Syringe The easy way to load the syringe is to remove the needle and pull up on the syringe shaft that is located in the polypropylene chamber with the needle end submersed in the cement canister. Once the syringe has cement in it, twist on the needle. Start applying glue to all of the seams of the enclosure as shown in the following assembly steps. After 15 minutes the cement will have cured enough to remove the tape. Experiment with the cement on some serap pieces of printed material. You will soon understand how the cement flows and the cure time involved. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Assemble the Enclosure The pictures shown below is with the clock assembly upside down. The sides and top must be assembled and glued together. As you can see, tape was used to hold everything together during the gluing process. I glue the sides and front together first as shown below. The back is not glued since it is removable for access to the internal components. The back was used as a means to keep everything square. = N ' Figure 5.131 — Side Bottom View Figure 5.132 — Side Bottom View Figure 5.133 — Front Bottom View Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Once the sides were glues together I glued the top piece on the enclosure as shown below. Once again the back is left on but not glued for alignment purposes. Figure 5.134 —Front / Top View 1 Figure 5.135 —Front / Top View 2 Once top is glued on, proceed to glue on the bottom, At this point you should have a time circuit enclosure that just requires sanding, body filler and painting, Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Prepare the enclosure for painting Sand the enclosure. After sanding, use Bondo glazing putty to fill areas that require filling/blending. Once the glazing dries (1 -2 hours), sand using 220 grit sandpaper. Repeat as required. ZING & PUTTY’ Figure 5.141 —Bondo Glazing Putty Once you have filled imperfections, sanded and repeated the process, your clock enclosure will start to look like the pictures below. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Figure 5.142 — Enclosure Preparation 1 Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

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Paint Enclosure Wipe the enclosure down with tack cloth and spray a coat of paint using the RUST- OLEUM antique pewter forged hammered paint. After the first few coats, you can tell where you will need a little more body filler and sanding, Perform filling and sanding until you get things near perfect. This usually requires some spot painting to see what the results will be. Once you are happy, put on a few more coats of paint and let it all dry for three days. Figure 5.151 —Paint Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

The pictures shown below illustrate what the first coat of paint will look like. From this first coat of paint, I can see some areas that need more body filler. I let the enclosure dry for a day prior to performing additional body work and painting. Figure 5.153 — First Coat of Paint Side View Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Assemble Music Maker Assemble the music maker per the instructions listed at Adafruit.com. Be sure to solder the +12 dB jumper shown below to provide the clock with an acceptable volume level. rrr a i i PURO R OR OR POOR BROS ROR R ORR R ORR ORE AE) Figure 5.161 — Pushbutton LED Holder Mounting Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Wire and mount the 4 Digit LED displays Once you have soldered the LED displays to the LED backpacks, prewire each LED display. Each display will require (4) wires. SDA, SCL, +5 VDC and the power supply ground (-). The displays are organized in groups of three. You can daisy chain the SDA and SCL wires for each group or just home run the wires for each LED display group to a central area. I did not daisy chain the SDA and SCL wires so T could do all the soldering at once and make them the same with the exception of the addressing. Remember, the following addressing for the displays is as follows. Month/Day — 0x70 (no solder jumper required) Year — 0x71 (AO solder jumper required) Hour/Minute — 0x72 (A1 solder jumper required) Once you have the wiring done, mount the LED displays as shown below. Remember red on the top, green in the middle and yellow on the bottom. Be sure you have the correct display address in the proper spot. aed Kit d eres Peta I- x Figure 5.171 — Voltage Stabi Use the channels between display rows as a wire run of sorts to keep things tidy. As the wiring progresses, things will start getting messy if you do not practice good wire management now. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Wire and Mount AM/PM LEDs Wire each of the six LEDs to a wire pair with 330 ohm resistor. I soldered the resistor to the LED short lead (+) and then a red wire to the resistor. I soldered a black wire to the long lead (-) and I covered the solder connections with heat shrink. T connected each LED assembly to a temporary power source to ensure they were operating properly prior to using epoxy to install. Now that you have the LED assemblies, Stick the LED in its associated LED hole and bend the leads over. Once you installed the LEDs in the holes, mix some epoxy and pour a small amount over each LED on the inside of the enclosure. Remember red on the top, green in the middle and yellow on the bottom. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Mount the Voltage Stabilizer Pre-wire the incoming and outgoing power to the voltage stabilizer. Just wire a few long wire pairs to the terminals on the voltage stabilizer. We will connect these later Once it is pre-wired, mount the voltage stabilizer to the base using (2) #2 screws. Due to clearance is: 1 will only be able to get two mounting voltage stabilizer. ety 5 VD Power Outgoing Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Mount the Arduino Uno Mount the Arduino Uno to the base using (2) #4 screws. Due to clearance issues you will only be able to get two mountin ‘ews in the Arduino Uno. Sire gah: 4 cee au Figure 5.201 — Arduino Header Connections Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Mount the RGB LCD display Since the RGB LCD shield will be used as a detached shield, only four wires are required to control the shield. Per Adafruit documentation, the connections shown below are to be made. Figure 5.211 -RGB LCD Connections Wire the display for power and the I2C buss. Keep the leads long since we will trim these when we wire it all up. Prior to mounting the RGB LCD display, Make sure you insert 5 pushbuttons olin the pushbutton holes. This is easy to do if you have the top of the enclosure facing downward, With the pushbuttons inserted. Install the display using (4) 42 screws as shown below. Figure 5.212 — Arduino Header Connections Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Wire the Perma-Proto Board The 3 to 8 line decoder chip and the Chronodot are wired and soldered to the Perma- Proto breadboard. I used a 16 pin IC socket and snapped the decoder chip into the socket once the wiring was completed. Use the wiring diagram attached to determine the connections that are to be made. The IC chip is controlled via two select pins controlled by the Arduino. The select pins are used to determine the routing for the SCL signal to the three different LED display groups. The Perma-Proto board sits on the bottom of the enclosure on the mounting rail next tothe Arduino. You can attach this if you wish. I left mine loose so I could access it as required for debug and test. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Wire the Screwshield Wire the screw shield. Use the electrical schematic for wiring information. The Screwshield will be wired to the following: (VIN +) 9 VDC positive from the wall adapter (VIN -) 9 VDC negative from the wall adapter (Pin 5) 3 to 8 line decoder SCL select line 1 (Pin 10) 3 to 8 line decoder SCL select line 2 (Pin 8) Green AM LED (Pin 9) Green PM LED (Pin AO) Red AM LED (Pin Al) Red PM LED (Pin A2) Yellow AM LED (Pin A3) Yellow PM LED (Pin A4) SDA to RGB LCD, Chronodot, and All LED displays (Pin AS) SCL to RGB LCD, Chronodot, and All LED displays (Pin SV) 5 VDC power connection to RGB LCD, Chronodot, 3 to 8 line decoder (Pin GND) Ground connection to to RGB LCD, Chronodot, 3 to 8 line decoder, voltage stabilizer ground (tie grounds together), AM/PM LEDs. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Install Arduino and Screwshield Once you have the Screwshield wired, install the Arduino to the base using two #4 screws if not already mounted. Once the Arduino is mounted, put the Screwshield on the Arduino. Take your time and be sure the pins are lined up to the Arduino sockets. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Install Mu: Maker on Shield With the Arduino installed on the base and the Screwshield plugged into the Arduino, the final step of the circuit board sandwich is to place the music maker on top of the Screwshield via the .1 “ female sockets on the Screwshield and the male pins on the music maker shield. Before attaching the music maker shield, it is a good idea to connect the speakers to the Music Maker. Once the speaker terminals are connected, insert the Music Maker onto the Screw Shield. Plug Music Maker in the Screw Shield IIL (asaiaalesieeaenen es] Figure 5.261 — Screwshield Cae DAS Bead eerie’ tres Figure 5.262 — Music Maker Shield Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Mount /Wire DC Barrel Connector Insert the DC barrel connector through the hole on the back of the enclosure panel. Install the locking nut and wi shown below. One set of wire: onnected to the input side of the voltage stabilizer and the other set of wires is connected to VIN on the Arduino. '1 — RGB LCD Connections Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Install Decals .ck nearly complete, it is time to install the decals. Information regarding located in a previous section of this document. i ” efeseteg Figure 5.281 — Time Circuit Front with Decals Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

The next thing you need to do is print the decals. Using the attached PDF, print a decal sheet on the decal paper. Before printing the decal sheet, print a few samples on regular paper. Carefully cut each decal from the decal sheet. Submerse the decal in water and after 45 seconds remove the decal and slide the clear portion of the decal on the clock front as shown in the picture above. Adjust as required and used a damp paper towel to press the decal firmly on the enclosure. Complete this process for each decal. The labels are small and with my large man hands it was difficult to orient each label with my fingers. Tused a small flat blade screwdriver to slide the label in the proper position once it was on the push button panel. If the label starts drying up, add a few drops of TP water on top of the label. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Once the labels have dried, you can use tape to cover the LED displays and use spray lacquer to spray the enclosure and seal the decals. The lacquer can be purchased at Lowes or Home Depot. You can reduce the shine of the enclosure by using satin or flat spray lacquer. Practice this on a sample before you do the real thing. Figure 5.282 — Spray Lacquer Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Attach Base / Bumpers Bumpers should be installed to prevent the clock from scratching furniture. The picture below shows the bumper installation. Figure 5.291 — Mounting Base Plate / Bumpers Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Make Power Connection Plug the 9 VDC adapter into the DC barrel jack on the back of the enclosure. Attach you PC via the USB connection. Do not plug your PC in without the extemal power supply connected to avoid overloading your USB port on the PC. Programming USB Port Figure 5.301 — Mounting Base Plate / Bumpers Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

RGB LCD Operation An RGB LCD with keypad is located on the top of the enclosure, The RGB LCD shown below is used to change the hours and minutes without connecting a PC to the Arduino. This is a useful for adjusting for daylight savings time. Changing the time from the keypad will write the time to the RTC unit so that the change is retained through a power cycle. Minute Increment Figure 6.1 - RGB LCD Kepad Display The display is a two line device. The top line always shows the time in 24 hour format. The bottom line normally shows the date. When an increment or decrement pushbutton is pressed, the bottom line will display the function that is active. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Hour Increment Pressing the Hour Increment pushbutton will increase the hour. Pressing and holding the pushbutton will increment the hour once per second. When the pushbutton is pressed, the display will appear a follows Figure 6.2 — Increment Hour Hour Decrement Pressing the Hour Decrement pushbutton will decrease the hour. Pressing and holding the pushbutton will decrement the hour once per second. When the pushbutton is pressed, the display will appear a follows Figure 6.3 — Decrement Hour Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Minute Increment Pressing the Minute Increment pushbutton will increase the minute. Pressing and holding the pushbutton will increment the minutes twice per second. When the pushbutton is pressed, the display will appear a follows: Figure 6.4 — Increment Minutes jute Decrement Pressing the Minute Decrement pushbutton will decrease the minute. Pressing and holding the pushbutton will decrement the minutes twice per second. When the pushbutton is pressed, the display will appear a follows: Figure 6.5 — Decrement Minutes Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Backlight On/Off Pressing the backlight pushbutton will tum off the LCD backlight. Pressing the pushbutton again will tum it on. The picture below shows the backlight tumed off. Figure 6.6 — Backlight OfF Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Contrast Adjustment To adjust the contrast of the RGB LCD display, place a small screw driver in the contrast access hole shown below. Pressing the backlight pushbutton will tum off the LCD backlight. Pressing the pushbutton again will tum it on. The picture below shows the backlight tumed off. Figure 6.7 — Contrast Adjustment Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Time Displays The time cireuit show v has splay areas. The functionality for each display area is discu y= eT e117 8 een fod We = re ee teh 7 1994. O4¢10 Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Destination Time — (Top-Red) The destination time is an area that shows a fixed date and time. Use this area to display an important date in your life such as wedding, Birthday or the date you first discovered this most excellent clock. Present Time — (Middle-Green The present time is the current date and time. You set this initially when you download the Arduino and you can adjust the hour and minute via the RGB LCD display keypad. Last Time Departed — (Bottom-Yellow) The last time departed will altemate between three different important dates every 20 seconds. Use this for birthdays, the date you finished building the clock, the day you met your significant other, ete Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Time Announcement The time circuit will announce the time between the hours of 8:00 AM and 9:30 PM. The time is generated via the Music Maker MP3 shield. The audio files for the time announcement were recorded by my wife and are included. To enhance the clock further, I enlisted a voice impersonator that recorded the time announcements as Doe Browns voice. If you would like the same thing, the voice impersonator charges $1.00 per word and does a great job. His information is listed below: Fiverr.com Contact is stevevz, His page is at https://iwww.fiverr.comvstevevz When the clock first powers on, a power on message is also announced after 5 seconds. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

Power up Sequence ‘When power is first applied to the clock, the LED displays for the clock will fill in with the numbers as shown below. ie i= = ee 4 =f =f eof f= f= / i= = i= f= 8-0- ue = f--1 =) 1777 +8886. 9999 ippear, a power on mes: can be heard. At this point The update occurs based on the actual real time clock seconds before all the displays have been updated initially. Back to the Future Time Circuit 3D Printed Clock

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3D design format	Folder details Close BTTF_Announce_MP4.zip BTTF Announce.mp4 BTTF_Arduino.zip BTTF_Time_Circuit_10-04-2015.ino BTTF_Back_Left.stl BTTF_Back_Right.stl BTTF_Bottom_Left.stl BTTF_Bottom_Right.stl BTTF_Clock_Construction_Thing_11-04-2015.pdf BTTF_Clock_Power_On_MP4.zip BTTF Clock Power On.mp4 BTTF_Decals.pdf BTTF_Front_Led_Left.stl BTTF_Front_Led_Right.stl BTTF_Front_Side_Left.stl BTTF_Front_Side_Right.stl BTTF_Pushbuttons.stl BTTF_Speaker_Covers.stl BTTF_Time_Circuit_Clock_Wiring_Diagram.pdf BTTF_Top_Left_LCD.stl BTTF_Top_Right.stl Clock_Audio.zip Powerup.mp3 T01_00A.mp3 T01_00P.mp3 T01_30A.mp3 T01_30P.mp3 T02_00A.mp3 T02_00P.mp3 T02_30A.mp3 T02_30P.mp3 T03_00A.mp3 T03_00P.mp3 T03_30A.mp3 T03_30P.mp3 T04_00A.mp3 T04_00P.mp3 T04_30A.mp3 T04_30P.mp3 T05_00A.mp3 T05_00P.mp3 T05_30A.mp3 T05_30P.mp3 T06_00A.mp3 T06_00P.mp3 T06_30A.mp3 T06_30P.mp3 T07_00A.mp3 T07_00P.mp3 T07_30A.mp3 T07_30P.mp3 T08_00A.mp3 T08_00P.mp3 T08_30A.mp3 T08_30P.mp3 T09_00A.mp3 T09_00P.mp3 T09_30A.mp3 T09_30P.mp3 T10_00A.mp3 T10_00P.mp3 T10_30A.mp3 T10_30P.mp3 T11_00A.mp3 T11_00P.mp3 T11_30A.mp3 T11_30P.mp3 T12_00A.mp3 T12_00P.mp3 T12_30A.mp3 T12_30P.mp3 Learn more about the formats
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The time circuit clock will display the following via the LED displays.

Destination Time – (Top-Red)
The destination time is an area that shows a fixed date and time. Use this area to display an important date in your life such as wedding, Birthday or the date you first discovered this most excellent clock.

Present Time – (Middle-Green)
The present time is the current date and time. You set this initially when you download the Arduino and you can adjust the hour and minute via the RGB LCD display keypad.

Last Time Departed – (Bottom-Yellow)
The last time departed will alternate between three different important dates every 20 seconds. Use this for birthdays, the date you finished building the clock, the day you met your significant other, etc.

The time circuit will announce the time between the hours of 8:00 AM and 9:30 PM. The time is generated via the Music Maker MP3 shield. The audio files for the time announcement were recorded by my wife and are included. To enhance the clock further, I enlisted a voice impersonator that recorded the time announcements as Doc Browns voice. Contact information for the voice impersonator is included in this “Thing”.

Power on message and time announce files are provided. You can change these by simply by recording new .mp3 files and putting them on the music maker board micro SD card.

The clock is 3D printed and utilizes (1) Arduino Uno, (1) Music Maker MP3 shield, (1) ChronoDot real time clock, (1) RGB LCD keypad, (9) 3 mm LEDs, (1) voltage isolator and a few other components. A complete parts list along is provided at the end of this “Thing”.

The .stl files for printing the clock parts, Arduino code, wiring diagram, decal template and the audio files are located here. The clock was printed on a Lulzbot mini which has a print bed size of 150 mm x 150 mm.

The entire clock was printed with HIPS filament with the exception of the pushbutton extensions that were printed with black ABS filament.

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