here at Hackaday, we pride ourselves on bringing you the very freshest of hacks. however that doesn’t indicate we catch all the good stuff the first time around, as well as occasionally we get a idea on an older project that really must have been covered the first time around. This exceptional circuit sculpture clock is a best example of one that practically got away.
[Gislain Benoit] development is called “The Tower” for good reason: it’s built inside what amounts to a gigantic glass test tube. Inverted as well as adorned with MDF discs, the Pyrex tube stands 5 feet (1.5 meters) tall, as well as is absolutely stuffed with electronic goodness. There are a lot more than 2,100 discrete components mounted inside on a helical framework of thoroughly bent wires, forming a vertical sculpture that displays the time on three separate pairs of seven-segment displays. All the diode-transitor logic circuits are built from discrete components; nary a chip was used, as well as to spice things up, [Gislain] used LEDs in place of regular diodes anywhere in the circuit. The result is a constant light show as the clock goes through its paces.
The whole thing looks amazing, as well as even the power supply at the base works in the overall presentation. The style is a bit of a departure from [Gislain]’s previous circuit sculpture clock, however it’s just as beautiful, as well as equally as mind-boggling in terms of building difficulty.
Thanks to [Maarten] for the belated idea on this one.