That’s NIST time, it’s just a number that tells you the current time

Thanks!

Keep working on your comedy routine and maybe you can quit your day job

There's still ham radio and walkie-talkies

Sorry for the slow reply, I rarely check comments these days. If you're doing a Z80 to HC-05 serial connection, just skip the USB altogether and use the serial protocol. If you get a Z80 SIO or DART you shouldn't need to bitbang serial (but you can if you want to). The HC-05 needs to be set into command mode and sent a series of serial commands to establish the Bluetooth connection, then it needs to be put into data mode. It works very well once you get the HC-05 initialization right. Pretty sure the HC-05 documentation specified the command set. Send me an email and I can send you the HC-05 ASCII commands I used: [email protected]

Just stick in your SIM card and see if it works. T-Mobile is shutting down 2G on April 2nd this year, so you don't have much time anyways.

@@danebeck7900wtf! What about any other provider?? Is no one else supporting calls & txts for these anymore??

No idea

Virgin Mobile in Canada does not operate 2G GSM.

It needs a SIM. No way around that.

@@danebeck7900 darn!!

@@H0p3l3zz_4rt1zzt It needs an internet connection, no way to browse the web without a SIM as these phones did not have WiFi.

No, these things are way too old for WiFi.

Is it a Verizon or Sprint phone? That could be why, it doesn't work on those ones.

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Kinda depends on your Android but shouldn't be that hard, just go to the file, then Share > Bluetooth... Something like that. If you're sending a photo you should compress it first so the file size is small enough for the Razr to handle.

Good question... I'm honestly not sure which type they are. Judging by brightness vs viewing angle I think non-diffused.

@@danebeck7900 Thanks. Is there a way I can contact you directly via email? If so, I would love to chat about your projects from time to time...

Glad I could help, have fun with your Razr!

if you’ve got a compatible bluetooth device, yes.

One of the great things about Bluetooth is it doesn't go obsolete. That's for 2 main reasons: 1. Because Bluetooth is designed to be backwards compatible. That's why a 2 year old laptop and a 20 year old flip phone can connect. 2. Because it's a local connection between the two devices and doesn't rely on any outside networks. So even if there's no cell reception or WiFi, Bluetooth will work just fine.

@@danebeck7900 Thanks for everything and does the internet connection still work?

Really depends if you have 2G service or not.

Try it and find out

It is still working, but you must have an active SIM with a data plan, optimal 2G GSM coverage, and an unlocked RAZR V3 with editable APN settings.

I didn't have much luck with Windows 7. Only Windows XP works for me. You might try compatibility mode and see if that works.

Thanks, I'm a big fan of Art Deco myself. The one you're referring to was a Seth Thomas mantle clock in it's previous life. I bought it on eBay as an empty wood case. My Grandpa had one just like it and that's what I had in mind when I chose it. I even took it to his house and posed the two clocks next to each other for a photo shoot! Great question about the LEDs, they are wired in parallel in both clocks for the exact reason you mentioned, I don't want the voltages stacking up. I've read it's a "no-no" to wire LEDs in parallel but I've gotten away with it for a long time now. The pendulum clock has two power supplies: 5V for the digital chips and 3.3V for the coils that drive the pendulum. I chose a lower voltage for the coils because I drive a lot of current through them and wanted to keep power consumption lower. The "watch movement" art deco clock has a 9V power supply because it's needed for the main clock IC (MM5402N). It has a 7805 voltage regulator to reduce the 9V down to 5V for the rest of the digital chips. In both clocks the LEDs run off the 5V rail and are switched with transistors and current limiting resistors. Pretty basic actually. BTW if you wanna see a clock I'm a big fan of... check this out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpDWaniMeqd_e7cfeature=shared

@@danebeck7900 The Rambler clock is neat, I love the mix of technologies, thanks for the link. Nice story about the twin clocks! I absolutely love your clocks, they have a great aesthetic to them and they are truly works of art. You really deserve far more views. Your clocks have inspired me to do something similiar (but due to lack of time, it will have to wait until I retire next year). I asked about the LEDs because if in parallel, I wondered about having so many current limiting resistors, but you seem to be OK without them. I'm sure it helps that they are all identical. BTW, are they diffuse LEDs by any chance? (not that it makes much difference since viewing is typically "head on" for a clock, just curious as they are commonly used in LED "sculptures" for improved visibility at a variety of angles). See the work of Alain Le Boucher to see what I mean. It's good that you have the two systems on different supplies. I imagine you used a snubber diode and some filter caps. Not sure about the purpose of the chunky resistor though. For the pendulum clock, I was wondering how you decoded the outputs. If the mod 12 counters are BCD, then you could use a 4 to 16 demux (not so readily available), but then the outputs would be active low which means the diode "ORing" for the hour hand logic would be cumbersome due to the inversion. Yesterday evening, I prototyped a mod 12 counter that uses a pair of readily available CD4017's (you have to chain them in a special way using an AND gate in order to obtain 1 of 12 decoded outputs). That approach results in only a 2 chip solution per mod 12 counter (no IC required for the AND gate glue logic since I implemented the AND gate with diodes). Timebase excluded, I think the remainder of the clock could consist of only 9 ICs. 1 CD4040 or CD4020 for the mod 300 counter, 4 CD4017s for the two mod 12 counters, and 4 ULN2803's for the LED hour and minute hands. Thank you for your nice response!

Not that I'm aware of, sorry 😐

No problem!

I've encountered this issue, there's a few possibilities. It's either because you have the wrong version of Opera Mini, the wrong software version on the Razr, or you're in an area with bad 2G signal.

The only old software I'm aware of is Motorola Phone Tools and as far as I know it just transfers files between the phone and PC. It doesn't do data recovery. Sorry.

thank you.. @@danebeck7900

I don't know anything about those phones. The answer is most likely no.

It is possible, but older GPRS phones like the SGH-E850 require a WAP gateway.

The V8 is 2G just like the Razr. The V3xx is 3G, but that might be shutdown too. Not sure about the situation in Mexico.

Pretty sure I put the links in the description, maybe checks again.

@@danebeck7900 please do share here.