I was randomly curious how quartz -based clocks worked and found this article that satisfied every bit of my curiosity. Most of this stuff is over my head but fun to read. Like the author, I also...
I was randomly curious how quartz -based clocks worked and found this article that satisfied every bit of my curiosity. Most of this stuff is over my head but fun to read. Like the author, I also imagined a gem-like crystal inside every watch.
This is my first post on tildes so apologies if this is the wrong place for it.
Pretty cool. I knew the absolute basics, kind of ending at that I knew the crystal could be tuned during manufacturing to control oscillation frequency and that they'd make it a power of 2 (to...
Pretty cool. I knew the absolute basics, kind of ending at that I knew the crystal could be tuned during manufacturing to control oscillation frequency and that they'd make it a power of 2 (to make the counting circuit easy). A full teardown of one is the kind of thing I don't think I would've ever thought to seek out, but glad it showed up.
I was randomly curious how quartz -based clocks worked and found this article that satisfied every bit of my curiosity. Most of this stuff is over my head but fun to read. Like the author, I also imagined a gem-like crystal inside every watch.
This is my first post on tildes so apologies if this is the wrong place for it.
No worries, ~engineering is perfect place for it. Interesting article too! Thanks for posting it. :)
Pretty cool. I knew the absolute basics, kind of ending at that I knew the crystal could be tuned during manufacturing to control oscillation frequency and that they'd make it a power of 2 (to make the counting circuit easy). A full teardown of one is the kind of thing I don't think I would've ever thought to seek out, but glad it showed up.