MICROCONTROLLER-BASED ANALOG PROPELLER CLOCK

WITH TABLE LIGHT AND USB CHARGER

Undergraduate Research Project

Submitted to the Faculty of the
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Cavite State University
Indang, Cavite

In partial Fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree
Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering

JHOANIE MARIE P. CAUAN

JC JOSEPH ORTIZ
KHALEEN MAE SANCHEZ
JUN NOEL SARINO

April 2017
INTRODUCTION

Propeller clock is a special kind of circular LED display. It is making use of POV,Persistence of
Vision, which means that if something appears in the same spot consistently, at least 50-60 times
per second, our brains think that its permanently there when it is not. This propeller clock is
mechanically scanned and displays in digital format .Made from scrap it can be used anywhere
and everywhere and the interesting fact is that its crystal clear display. Maintenance and repairing
of the display is so easy, that anyone having a little electronics knowledge can take care of this.
All the synchronizing can be implemented through software .The software part of clock works
using interrupts and timers. (http://www.startautomation.in/projects/propeller-clock.php)

Fan spins your name in lights Computex 2006 Cheap glory By Simon Burns in Taiwan:
Thursday 08 June 2006, 10:28 FANS WHICH use rapidly rotating LEDs to display text have
been around for a while. But so far, they've been limited to a word or two pre-programmed into
them by the manufacturer, plus a temperature display. By next year, you could be seeing your
own name in those rotating lights. Taiwan-based Polo Tech, which claims a patent on rotating
LED fan display technology, has plans for a USB-programmable model, although the release
date is undecided, company representative Alice Wang said at Computex in Taipei. Users will be
able to use an internal USB connection and software to change the fan display in real time to
show their name, or any other text or simple graphics. At the moment, Wang said, changing the
text requires a whole new IC, so is only feasible for large quantity orders. The fans generate the
display with a rotating stick of circuit board with a vertical line of LEDs on it. This is mounted
on the fan's axis, and spins as the fan spins. Polo Tech's driver IC can also handle simple
animation, and even colour changes, given suitable LEDs. The IC also handles the precise timing
calculations required to keep the display steady. Your name up in lights. Coo. To avoid excessive
flicker, the rotation speed needs to stay above 2000 RPM, Wang said. The display remained
visible even in the bright interior lighting of the Computex hall. At Computex, the company
displayed its original $7 medium sized fan which appears to have been taken up by
companies including Thermaltake and Foxconn as well as a larger prototype

Definition of Terms
Microcontroller. Webster (2017) defined microcontroller as a small, inexpensive computer,
usually used for sensing input from the real world and controlling devices based on that input.
DIGITAL PROPELLER CLOCK USING ARDUINO Prof. R. A. Wakode. Assistant Professor
Dept of EXTC Engg PRMIT&R , Badnera,India Nikita Khimani Dept of EXTC Engg
PRMIT&R , Badnera,India Manasi Chandanbatwe Dept of EXTC Engg PRMIT&R ,
Badnera,India Munali Rasegaonkar. Dept of EXTC Engg PRMIT&R , Badnera,India Anurag N.
Kadu. Dept of EXTC Engg PRMIT&R , Badnera,India
(http://www.internationaljournalssrg.org/IJECE/2016/Special-Issues/ICSTSD-ICEEOT/IJECE-
ICSTSD-P118.pdf)