Webcast Wednesday Contest # 4

[Webcast_Wednesday_India]

Question) Design a clock (with hours, minutes & seconds hand) in LabVIEW. Similar to the one below .Attach VIs and other files in your answer by clicking on the Advanced/Full Editor mode in your comment window while you are typing the comment.

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[Ammouri]

Working clock Attached.

Check context help for documentation as well as VI comments.

Press the to stop the VI.

Message was edited by: Ammouri (minor scale:range modification)

[Ahmed_Zahran]

Brief Description on how the clock was designed and tested:

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1. Gauge were used to implement the Clock

__# Gauge Seconds: has the main background of the clock + the "Seconds" arrow (Scale is hidden). ---> "Clock Ctrl_white.ctl" or "Clock Ctrl_bkc.ctl"

__# Gauge Minutes : has middle node + the "Minutes" arrow (Everything else is hidden).----------------------> "Clock min.ctl"

__# Gauge Hours : has the "Hours" arrow Only (Everything else is hidden).------------------------------------------> "Clock hrs.ctl"

** All the previously mentioned gauges has the same scale (0-12)

2. All the gauges are overlapped (over each other) with a String indicator below, where all are put into a Cluster.
---> "Clock Cluster.ctl" or "Clock Cluster Bkc.ctl"

3. Three VIs are implemented to test the Clocks using the current "Hours, minutes and Seconds", the difference is in the VI layout design.

__# "Clock Example" : Using the LabVIEW Decorations.

__# "Clock Example BG_Grey" : Using a Grey Layout with texture on the Background.

__# "Clock Example BG_Texture" : Using a Brown  textured Layout on the Background.

** The Code of the Clock (Dividing to Hours, minutes and Seconds) is quoted from the following link:

Clock-indicator for LV:  http://www.asl.ethz.ch/people/kneipl/personal/clock.llb

%% Kindly find attached the "Contest #4 Solutions" Zip File comprising all the previously mentioned files & VIs.

[Ammouri]

What happened to the blind submissions?

[Balaji_DP]

clock LV2011

[LSingh]

Ahmed Zahran : There is a bug in the code , if you see the hour needle after 1200 Hours , there is no visible change and it again works normally from 0100 Hours , this bug has been handled in Balaji_DP's code.

[Ammouri]

There is no need for calculation or conditions to implement the clock.

All can be achieved by manipulating the scale ranges.

[NGupta]

Hi Ammouri,

I just went through your code. Do you think using event structure with 1000 ms will imitate the original clock?

Just check when time is 3.59 PM. Your clock shows 2:59 PM at that time. Your hour needle is getting updated after every 60 minutes and minute needle is getting updated after every 60 seconds.

Balaji code is a perfect imitation of analogus clock. He has taken care in updating both minute and hour needle after every 1 second which is the actual requirement of Analog clock. Moreover he has also taken care the probelm of 12-1 PM bug found in Ahmed Zaharan code

[Ammouri]

More realistic implementation (Better than the task bar clock).

Message was edited by: Ammouri

[mini09]

Hi friends,

             I`ve attached my work here. I hope this would meet the task given. Please check the attachment.