Chronulator Options
We’re sold out of Chronulators at the moment. We’re working on the Chronulator 2.0 design, based on the Atmel AVR and Arduino platform. Chronulator 2.0 is due in late November 2008 — just in time for your favorite year-end holiday! To keep up-to-date on new products, watch our
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You have many choices for how to build your Chronulator, depending on your level of DIY-ness (”Do-It-Yourselfness”).
See below for more on your kit options. And be sure to look at our instructions, templates, sample artwork on the general product information page.
Chronulator PM2V kit, complete
If you know how to solder and have soldering tools, this is the kit you want. "Standard"
Chronulator meters are included. If you have your own meters, see the "no meters" kit option below.
We provide:
- Chronulator circuit board
- Electronic components (pre-programmed microcontroller, resistors, transistors, capacitors, connectors, battery adapter)
- Two panel meters
- Detailed instructions, schematics, source code, templates, and sample artwork
You provide:
- Soldering iron and solder
- Framing or mounting tools and materials
- Two AA batteries
You do:
- Solder components to circuit board
- Solder and assemble battery adapter
- Customize and print meter labels (a inkjet printer works well)
- Glue labels onto meters
- Bolt meters to circuit board
- Mount clock into frame or mount
- Install batteries into adapter
- Plug battery adapter into circuit board
Chronulator PM2V, assembled
For those without soldering skills, we provide a pre-assembled kit. A few simple customization
tasks are required to finish the project.
We provide:
- Assembled Chronulator circuit board
- Two panel meters
- Assembled battery adapter
- Detailed instructions, schematics, source code, templates, and sample artwork
You provide:
- Framing or mounting tools and materials
- Two AA batteries
You do:
- Customize and print meter labels (a inkjet printer works well)
- Glue labels onto meters
- Bolt meters to circuit board
- Mount clock into frame or mount
- Install batteries into adapter
- Plug battery adapter into circuit board
Chronulator PM2V kit, no meters
This is a more advanced kit, for those who supply their own meters. This requires testing your
meters and tweaking the Chronulator circuit to provide the correct output current. You'll also
need to wire the meters to the board, as the holes in the board probably won't match. We also
suggest getting a wall/mains power adapter, especially if your meters draw more than a few
hundred microamps (AA batteries won't last very long).
We provide:
- Chronulator circuit board
- Electronic components (pre-programmed microcontroller, resistors, transistors, capacitors, connectors, battery adapter)
- Detailed instructions, schematics, source code, templates, and sample artwork
You provide:
- Meters (ammeters which require no more than a few milliamps, or meters which can be modified by removing the meter's internal resistor)
- Soldering iron and solder
- Framing or mounting tools and materials
- Two AA batteries
You do:
- Solder components to circuit board
- Solder and assemble battery adapter
- Customize and print meter labels (a inkjet printer works well)
- Glue labels onto meters
- Bolt meters to circuit board
- Mount clock into frame or mount
- Install batteries into adapter
- Plug battery adapter into circuit board
Chronulator PM2V circuit board
For the truly hard-core among us. You'll have to find and buy all your own electronic components
and meters. You'll also need to program the microcontroller chip on your own.
We provide:
- Chronulator circuit board
- Detailed instructions, schematics, source code, templates, and sample artwork
You provide:
- Electronic components (microcontroller, resistors, transistors, capacitors, connectors, battery adapter)
- Meters (ammeters which require no more than a few milliamps, or meters which can be modified by removing the meter's internal resistor)
- Soldering iron and solder
- Framing or mounting tools and materials
- Two AA batteries
You do:
- Solder components to circuit board
- Solder and assemble battery adapter
- Program microcontroller
- Customize and print meter labels (a inkjet printer works well)
- Glue labels onto meters
- Bolt meters to circuit board
- Mount clock into frame or mount
- Install batteries into adapter
- Plug battery adapter into circuit board
Chronulator PM2V pre-programmed microcontroller
If you want to source your own parts, but don't have a Windows computer to program the TI MSP430
microcontroller, you can get a pre-programmed microcontroller from us.
We provide:
- Pre-programmed TI MSP430 microcontroller
- Detailed instructions, schematics, source code, templates, and sample artwork
You provide:
- Electronic components (resistors, transistors, capacitors, connectors, battery adapter)
- Circuit board, breadboard, or other circuit wiring
- Meters (ammeters which require no more than a few milliamps, or meters which can be modified by removing the meter's internal resistor)
- Soldering iron and solder
- Framing or mounting tools and materials
- Two AA batteries
You do:
- Solder components according to circuit schematic
- Solder and assemble battery adapter
- Customize and print meter labels (a inkjet printer works well)
- Glue labels onto meters
- Bolt meters to circuit board
- Mount clock into frame or mount
- Install batteries into adapter
- Plug battery adapter into circuit board
Chronulator PM2V meter
If you're buying your own components or otherwise don't want a kit, this is an easy way to get the
meters we designed the kit around. You will need to buy two of these meters to build a single
Chronulator kit.
We provide:
- One 100uA analog panel meter
- Detailed instructions, schematics, source code, templates, and sample artwork
You provide:
- Electronic components (microcontroller, resistors, transistors, capacitors, connectors, battery adapter)
- Circuit board, breadboard, or other circuit wiring
- Soldering iron and solder
- Framing or mounting tools and materials
- Two AA batteries
You do:
- Solder components according to circuit schematic
- Solder and assemble battery adapter
- Customize and print meter labels (a inkjet printer works well)
- Glue labels onto meters
- Bolt meters to circuit board
- Mount clock into frame or mount
- Install batteries into adapter
- Plug battery adapter into circuit board