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dchang18 23/09/2021
This is my favorite of all the Geekcreit clock kits, mainly because the low light mode is very dim. The other auto-dimming clock kits they make are a bit too bright and light up too much of a dark room, making it hard to sleep. This was a partially-assembled kit with all the components pre-soldered, so I only had to assemble the pieces. My only complaint is one that another review brought up in the first version of this kit: the screws on top are flat head screws for countersunk holes, but the holes are not countersunk, so the screws don't fit properly. I cracked the plastic when I tightened one of the screws down. Another review on the first version of this kit mentioned that the seconds digit transition is weird. I agree and also turned it off. Finally, I wish the numerals 8 and 9 were a bit brighter so that they can be seen through the other numerals easier. I'd buy another one if this unit went missing.
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Q: Is light bleeding between the acrylic sheets or in real life its's not that horrible?

Asked by nix78 on 2021-10-24 02:29:54

dchang18 The light doesn't bleed badly between the digits. If you are referring to the LEDs in the base lit up as shown in the photo, those are not from the digits. Those LEDs illuminate the base only and can be turned off or can be set to various colorful patterns.

2021-10-24 02:35:47 Helpful (0)
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dchang18 Inoticed the same glitchy "transition." It looks like the numbers are struggling to change, like there's not enough voltage or current. But I also saw times when the digits changed cleanly, so I knew it had to be an effect and not actually low voltage or current. So I turned off the transition feature, and voila, it looks great!

Antto 03/04/2021
Very nice kit and it looks stunning when complete. It has many customization options, including individually set the colors of the numbers or choose between many RGB effects. It can periodically tell the temperature and date if you wish. Many of the features can be customized and turned off if desired. Building the kit is not hard if you have access to a hot air station. It doesn't have to be an expensive one. Banggood offers some very good stations that include both a hot air gun and soldering iron. The second thing you will need is solder paste. Spread it on the pads using a steel needle or toothpick, lay the component on the pads and heat it up using the hot air gun. It takes a while, but the solder will flow and pull the part into place. Make sure to have some solder wick as well to clean up the IC pins. Unfortunately there is an issue with one of the animations. It is the setting number 11: digital conversion effect of seconds. By default it is set to 3, which is randomly change effect daily. Option 0 which disables the effect and option 1 which progressively scrolls the number back work without issue. Option 2, the fading effect DOES NOT work properly. If you notice the numbers glitch out when changing, this is the effect that's doing it. GO TO SETTING 11 AND CHANGE THE OPTION TO 0 or 1 TO FIX THE ISSUE. I don't know why it does this but it's very obvious and looks like it's broken. Not to worry, just disable the effect. You likely won't notice it at first because effect number 1 is on by default, but after you set the date it can randomly happen. This threw me for a loop the first time it happened, as I thought I broke something. But no, it's the software that's doing it. I hope the manufacturer sees this and fixes the software.
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Q: I have built the clock and it is beautiful! I do have one question - why does the year display as a weird single number? Check out this adverts own video at 2:59 and 3:09 (mine does the same). Thanks

Asked by JimiB on 2021-04-16 05:17:15

dchang18 The "25" that is in the video alone is the temperature in Celsius.The "4" that is in the video after the date 10/01 is the day of the week (4 = Thursday).

2021-09-16 01:35:29 Helpful (0)
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dchang18 12/04/2020
Excellent DIY kit! I bought another kit from GeekCreit so I knew what to expect with this one. It definitely requires magnification (2.5x for me) to see the six little legs on the 5050 RGB LEDs and center them on the solder pads. If you aren't careful, you can short out two or three of the legs and affect the RGB function. What I did to make sure I didn't short anything out was check for continuity with a multimeter right after soldering each 5050 RGB LED. That way, I'd know whether I'd have to try again with that specific LED rather than try to chase down a short after all the LEDs had been soldered (which is what happened with the other kit--it was a nightmare!) I did have a problem with this kit in that the drilled holes did not line up between all the pieces. When I inserted all four screws, it cracked the black plastic grid at one corner. I had to use a Dremel tool to grind out the holes to make it so that the screws could pass through easily, but one corner is broken already and needs to be carefully superglued. I can't do this easily because the paper sticker has already soaked up some of the superglue, making it translucent. My advice: line up the holes first and check the screws for fitment, then use a Dremel to make sure the holes allow the screws to fit.
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Q: Mine worked fine for a while. Suddenly the buzzer began to beep beep beep and blue led began to blink. Curiosuly when I touch the motherboard near R1, or centre pin of battery holder, the blinking and the sound stop. I think that the problem is something referred to circular sensor. Any help please?

Asked by jgandara on 2018-12-04 08:16:58

dchang18 I had a similar problem (but it was happening right after assembly). What it took to fix mine was to re-solder the capacitors, not the resistors. First, I re-soldered the resistors, but that did nothing, so I resoldered the capacitors, and that was the fix. I didn't have to remove the capacitors to do this, I just re-melted the solder and allowed it to burn off any flux. It was probably just one capacitor, but I redid all of them because it was easiest to do that.

2020-04-07 02:24:44 Helpful (0)
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