IC's used in alarm clocks

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Chaos Master

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Hello people.

What IC's would you use if you were making an alarm clock?
The LM8560 IC (used in clock radios) is discontinued.

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Chaos Master (FreeBSD_Reloaded@yahoo.com.br) writes:
Hello people.

What IC's would you use if you were making an alarm clock?
The LM8560 IC (used in clock radios) is discontinued.

Is this for hobby use, or commercial application?
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I have no idea for the latter.

But if you're just making one or two, I'd sure be thinking about whether
there is a need to build one. You can buy complete clocks cheap, and
repackage them or adapt them as needed. Even if you wanted something
drastically different, the easiest and cheapest source of alarm clock
ICs have got to be used clock radios at garage sales and such, at which
point, you use what's available.

Michael
 
Chaos Master <FreeBSD_Reloaded@yahoo.com.br> wrote in message news:<MPG.1b41a84e53cb225989b4f@130.133.1.4>...
Hello people.

What IC's would you use if you were making an alarm clock?
The LM8560 IC (used in clock radios) is discontinued.
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Any modern hobbyist would use a small microcontroller and his favorite
display technology. A mass producer would use a IC chip in die form
(even a lot of digital alarm clocks from 25 years ago were bonding
straight to the die).

I believe the NTE2062 is pin-compatible with the LM8560 (even if it isn't,
it is functionally very similar), and is under
$3 from a lot of NTE distributors. (Mouser, for example, says they
have it in stock.) Don't know if that helps you in Brazil.

Tim.
 
On 22 Jun 2004 12:17:11 -0700, the renowned shoppa@trailing-edge.com
(Tim Shoppa) wrote:

Chaos Master <FreeBSD_Reloaded@yahoo.com.br> wrote in message news:<MPG.1b41a84e53cb225989b4f@130.133.1.4>...
Hello people.

What IC's would you use if you were making an alarm clock?
The LM8560 IC (used in clock radios) is discontinued.

Any modern hobbyist would use a small microcontroller and his favorite
display technology.
Click to expand...

An FPGA would also be a possibility, depending on what you wanted to
learn... obviously, if you wanted a clock it would be far cheaper to
buy one.

A mass producer would use a IC chip in die form
(even a lot of digital alarm clocks from 25 years ago were bonding
straight to the die).

I believe the NTE2062 is pin-compatible with the LM8560 (even if it isn't,
it is functionally very similar), and is under
$3 from a lot of NTE distributors. (Mouser, for example, says they
have it in stock.) Don't know if that helps you in Brazil.

Tim.
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I think Mouser will ship by mail overseas...

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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Michael Black (et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) said those last words:
Chaos Master (FreeBSD_Reloaded@yahoo.com.br) writes:
Hello people.

What IC's would you use if you were making an alarm clock?
The LM8560 IC (used in clock radios) is discontinued.

Is this for hobby use, or commercial application?
Click to expand...
I am just curious. While I am at it, I've found an online store here in Brazil
that has the LM8560 for R$ 10. (3 dollars)

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Tim Shoppa (shoppa@trailing-edge.com) said those last words:

I believe the NTE2062 is pin-compatible with the LM8560 (even if it isn't,
it is functionally very similar), and is under
$3 from a lot of NTE distributors. (Mouser, for example, says they
have it in stock.) Don't know if that helps you in Brazil.
Click to expand...
Probably. I found an on-line store here in Brazil which (at least in the
catalog) has the LM8560. But their minimal order is R$50 (16 dollars).

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Š Chaos Master. |"These wounds won't seem to heal
My Evanescence HP is at: | This pain is just too real
http://marreka.no-ip.com | There's just too much that time can't erase"
(most often offline... ) | -- Evanescence, "My Immortal"
 
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