How do Digital and Analog Clocks Work?

[@Raghav-w8j]

I never thought that the working of a simple clock would be so complicated. It seriously makes me wonder how many things I take for granted.

[@nathanieljames7462]

There is nothing in this life that can't be further explored to great satisfaction if you're a permanent student at heart.

[@justinsemple7454]

Think about how unobtainable clocks have been throughout human history. We used to make clock towers because no one could individually own a clock. Grandfather clocks where once seen as miraculously small and compact. There was a period of time when people with pocket watches got paid to wake up people for work because no one else had a clock. It was a dangerous job because you could get mugged for your pocket watch if people realized you where carrying one. In retrospect it's kinda insane that we have extremely accurate clocks on so many electronics.

[@nathanieljames7462]

@@justinsemple7454 It always blows my mind to think of how astonishing a grandfather clock is and how combersome and clumsy it is compared to the amazing pocketwatch which is so bulky and inaccurate compared to the brilliance of a modern wrist watch which is nowhere near as precise as the Cesium-133 clocks nearly every device on Earth is miraculously syncronized with. These things fire me up for life and get me so hyped for our future! Against the odds of our self-limiting systems human are ever increasingly amazing and we're only getting started!

[@Armetron]

Something that I occasionally think about is if one day we lose everything, how long would it be until we can reach our current state?

[@DogmaticAtheist]

Everything is such if you are willing to dive deep enough.

[@VagnerGon]

The animation and production quality increased a lot! Amazing work, as usual

[@jb_labs]

I love this channel. Usually, channels will just leave it at "it's complicated but let's assume it works". The fact that the team takes the time to explain everything and have wonderful visuals along side it is so refreshing and much more useful. Thank you Branch Education!

[@BranchEducation]

Wow, thank you!

[@DavidEzequielPerez]

Absolutely agree! ❤🎉

[@a6hiji7]

This channel could be quite inspiring for young adluts to learn more about engineering. I wish I had such material in my early childhood, was always intimidated by machinery yet secretly interested in them.

[@JesusPlsSaveMe]

​@@BranchEducation To everyone in this chat, Jesus is calling you today. Come to him, repent from your sins, bear his cross and live the victorious life

[@theromanian8194]

This channel has better production quality than Discovery, you guys set a new standard. Thanks for all the awesome content.

[@kossboss]

Discovery exists still?

[@ankanslittlemind]

It feels illegal to watch such realistic graphics, subscription-worthy content for free

[@Relivino]

You have no idea how important those kind of videos, explaining how electronics work are. This should be the most popular KZbin channel. If that many people would enjoy watching you as much as they watch MrBeast, the world would be a much better place.

[@ymaizosz]

Yes. Isn't it sad to see the truth that there are less people whom want to learn compared to people whom want to just watch something funny/stupid to waste their time?

[@Heroo01]

@@ymaizosz you could not come off more pretentious if you tried. People derive enjoyment from different things. We should consider ourselves lucky that we have so much fun while learning.

[@priyanshu9513]

world would be a much better place. I doubt it.

[@GodVanisher]

@@Heroo01 Humans are innately interested in learning things, but that interest is destroyed by today's education system.

[@arandomstreetcat]

Mr beast probably isnt the best example you could've used, but i get what you mean.

[@ItamiPlaysGuitar]

As an engineering student in electronics, this is one of the best content put. The design, sfx etc are so cool

[@azedinelyakoubi7887]

This work is truly amazing! The quality and time put into this project is impressive, please keep up the amazing work !

[@BlueCaboose42]

The quality of this channel is truly rare on KZbin. Yall are doing incredible work

[@XDarkGreyX]

I put my making of 3D models and animation on ice years ago, but this amount of detail makes me shiver. Sure, many productions today boast similar or more of it, yet the amazement stays. Recently found this channel. Great work.

[@Heroo01]

As a visual learner, this channel does a lot more in teaching me concepts than any other possibly could. This will be the gold standard of teaching some day. As of right now, I think it just takes so much effort and behind the scenes work to make these flow so nicely and demonstrate the principles so well that you guys may be the only ones truly pulling it off.

[@syedhaadimansoor9022]

Being an electrical engineer who spent hours understanding these concept via books and class lectures on white boards. I applaud you sir for breaking things down to such simplicity and easy to swallow portions. Honestly I am amazed how you made these concepts so digestible. Concept + design + real world example of the concept, this is not something everyone can do. Wow! Lots of love and respect! 🙇‍♂️ Keep up the amazing work! P.S. I am certain, if universities would teach the concepts in this manner, students would be able to not only understand concepts much better, they would be more skillful graduates than they currently are.

[@hiryu6672]

I appreciate the in depth reviews of technological marvels, I hope that this channel gains the support it needs to keep going.

[@wilhelmbittrich88]

It always amazes me how much intelligence, mathmatics, and micro-engineering goes into such simple things we don't even think about, things that to us "just work". Things that we can buy from a store for pocket change these days. Really does put things into perspective and makes you appreciate all the many people who figured all this stuff out.

[@severianradu]

The world around us is so complicated and amazing.

[@ramziebreek6482]

and mysterious

More than 50 years teaching engineering and science and I do love your work. Thank you from Patagonia, Argentina.

[@minecrabro]

didn’t realize how complicated clocks were. very interesting

[@one.tap.-2667]

As a Electrican i need to say thats a Realy good Video!!!

[@domi_dreams]

Seriously, there is nothing in the world compared to how precise and well you prepare these schematics & explanation. Why do people not share these gems in schools for younger generations, instead of showing boring graphs & complicated teminology in dusty old books..

[@besknighter]

The motion graphics on this video were soooo gooood I'd love to see a breakdown of it. The 3D animation and Sound Design were on point too! Narration, script... Everything were so good!

[@alexlowe2054]

One of the best educational channels on KZbin. Beautiful animations with just enough detail to understand the concepts, while moving fast enough that you can cover complex topics quickly. Giving all the keywords allows people to do their own more detailed research if they want to. Quick question: How does the time setting gear slip (3:20) without causing damage to the gear system? It looks like the minute gear is composed of two parts, which allows it to slip without damaging the gear, but it's not completely clear how the gears stay connected while still allowing them to slip. On another note, I've researched this topic before. Conceptually, I understand the feedback loop and signal multiplier, but I think I'm missing enough knowledge of electrical circuits to understand how to actually build and design one of these circuits myself. I guess I'll just be thankful that these types of circuits come in integrated packages so I don't ever need to design one myself.

[@BranchEducation]

Yeah- it's a really great question and while I don't have 100% the definitive answer, my theory is that it comes down to the difference of torque. When the electromagnet is driving, due to the heavy gear reduction, there's a lot more torque. This is similar to how when you drive a manual car in a lower gear, you have more torque for pulling heavy objects. Whereas if you're pulling something in a higher gear, you have less torque, and the wheels are more likely to slip (which is like driving the clock gears from the time setting gear).

[@pratyushjayachandran]

The adjustment wheel when turned causes one of the gears to slip up or down and go out of mesh with the rest of the gear train. I presume, it is to prevent driving the motor/magnet which turns the assembly at very high speeds. Since one swoop of adjustment wheel will translate to hundreds of rotations, that too within a fraction of second. It is a bit difficult explain but if you open one up you will understand why. You can feel the slack when you jiggle the adjustment wheel.

[@VarunGupta3009]

I'm grateful for the fact that you explained everything down to the smallest of details and so exhaustively. Just amazing!

[@surajvkothari]

The background soothing music and delightful sound effects are a wonderful subtle touch to what is a masterpiece educational video.

[@electroboon]

I'm amazed how much the quality has improved on this one. Lighting and animation are godly ❤

[@noelaruldas1152]

Analog clocks are always the best! I have understood that the pendulum or balance wheel driven by leaver escapement are replaced by small peizo electric motor (which consists of resistors that controls and gradually passes the DC 1.5 V electric power from battery to small tuning fork shaped quartz crystal oscillator that vibrates at a frequency of 32,768 Hz sealed in small cylindrical metal container which is connected to a chain of 15 flip flops so that it passes the vibration to the chain in which each flip flop is 2 transistors kept crossing each other that reduces the frequency to 1 Hz and passes to microprocessor chip and the chip passes the power to solenoid coil wound over tuning fork shaped soft iron piece between whose prongs a small pinion with a magnet in it's base that rotates for each second by electro magnetic power called rotor sprocket is placed) and the mainspring barrel is replaced by battery but the 60 : 12 : 1 gear train in the centre of the clock that drives it's hands function in the same priciple as in spring driven clocks but miniatured in size.

[@alexanderx33]

I absolutely love that, when any other expainer would skip details, this channel does not. It kind of intersperces stuff you know you understand in between the stuff your confused about/learning.

[@Rowlabowla]

Thank you Branch Education. Seriously! This has blown my mind. I had absolutely zero idea of the amazing science and engineering of a clock! The animation is perfect and whoever the guy is doing the narration I could listen to his voice non-stop. An absolute gem of a voice. You’re now my number one go to channel! Respect to you for all your research and hard work creating these videos.

[@envivomedia]

Fascinating that such a simple device as a wall clock has such a technical operation. The quality of your animations is beyond anything I have seen on any education channel. It's absolutely incredible and unbelievable you're spending the time to create this. Thank you!

[@littlekirby6]

That phase locked loop portion was a great explainer. I'm an electrical engineer and I learned about feedback systems, but the PLL was never part of any of my courses. I've heard about it and seen diagrams, but never got a good explanation of how it magically multiplies frequencies and stays stable. The phase comparator portion still seems like a mystery to me though

[@sayansaha1952]

Unbelievable visual representation of such intricate details. Excellent work done!

[@SciMinute]

Wow the caliber of content on this channel is truly exceptional and stands out on KZbin. You’re doing incredible work!

[@D.Renera]

This video is mind-blowing! I never knew how complex and fascinating the mechanism of a clock is. The way you explained the science, and the engineering behind it was so clear and engaging. You deserve millions of views and subscribers for this quality content. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion with us!

[@uberhobo2]

Another terrific video. Hands down my favorite channel for effectively learning about science and engineering.

[@LolKillization]

how much mathematcis and ingenious engineering is present in clocks is as unbelievable and incredible as the visuals you deliver in each of your videos. the explanations were also as always fantastic

[@martinfarfsing5995]

I am watching this video many times , thank you for the clarity .

[@hasancakir8932]

What an incredible explenation of timing and oscilations with simple graphics. Amazing job!

[@elejelly3986]

Those videos are getting better and and better, it is amazing what this channel achieved

[@telerobotic]

This channel is ridiculously good

[@discoverlight]

It was always easy for me to understand the mechanic parts of a wall clock, it’s pretty much the same mechanism of a simple manual car gearbox but moving to the inviable and complicated electronic world is just a completo different story, but thanks again to BE for making understanding it so much easier, and I’m real king looking forward to starting my journey on brilliant.

[@abhiramreddy790]

Id like to say you have my heart for crafting this extremely beautiful video. I found the video to be mindblowing in terms of details. Having never really appreciated engineering concepts, this is an eye opener to the greatness of human capability to create/invent. Kudos to the team for the effort into detail and keep it going hurray!

[@ABIMASS-000]

Amazing video. As a student in electronics this video is gold for me

[@mohamedaminebouneb9147]

Wow ! The amount of knowledge you can get in 15 mins is impressive Keep it up with the amazing work 🚀

[@jellyfishnexus3132]

The quality of these animations is on another level. Keep up the good work!

[@BenjaminJex]

I knew that quartz crystals were how we kept time, but I didn’t realize that it’s really just a precise delaying mechanism, and that the core is an inverter logic loop. Neat! Thanks for filling in the details

[@ScimitarGaming]

Your quality of animation is literally better than most latest video games out there, Totally MIndblowing. The little details which make your video much more easy to understand and appealing is amazing. It's so good to have someone like you on youtube. Thank you

[@verlidesouza]

I've been studying how computers work for a bit now, just this week I was looking at my process manager wondering how the computer regulated the clock speed, thanks for the amazing video! Really helped me understand how it works ( also the new graphics look amazing, keep up with the great work!)

[@arthur92632]

The 3D models are just getting better.

[@rudranshjoshi8142]

I love your work. The explanations are clear and concise , and the animations are the cherry on top

[@viniciusnoyoutube]

Fantastic, I always wonder how it works.

[@QuestanableClue]

Amazing work, it is actually unbelievable that I am getting this quality content for free, from my childhood I always wondered how humans were able to create machines that can do billions of tasks per second, because of you guys I am able to know it so well, hats off to you. I hope you will keep creating amazing content on computers in the future.

[@SubkhanSarif]

The animation is amazing... it even has subsurf scattering in the gear... 😍

[@jason3898]

8:04 the visual and sound effects here are just so satisfying

[@bombacaca]

Only 1 minute into it and WOW! What an improvement in the animations! Amazing

[@skilz8098]

This channel should be a featured channel for just about any and every science class either it being in middle school, high school, or even universities!

[@jimpicins]

DAYUM that audio design, yall are brilliant

[@fatihsonmez]

The animation quality of this channel is just amazing!

[@morkovija]

I am so ready to have my mind blown by the level of unmatched quality

[@Random_4400]

Crazy to think that you guys went as far as to take the crystal apart just to show us how a simple clock works, I've never been successful in opening one without causing destruction to it & i don't even want to ask how you managed to remove the epoxy bloob from the main control IC haha, great animation and explanation!

[@BranchEducation]

Haha- well ya didn't see the teardown we did which wasn't as flawless as you think it is. Luckily we knew what the objects should look like, so modeling it later wasn't that hard.

[@jackcarver8909]

The animation quality is absolutely next level! Can you make a tutorial?

[@vivaldi42]

Incredible video! You're sparking the curiousity in thousands of people around the world. I appreciate your job and am happy that this channel exists. Thank you very much!

[@hozak55]

The amount of time to research on any subject or anything this channel wants to explain, and the amount of time they put into creating the videos, and the amount of time they put in scripting and doing their best to simplify the subjects is just incredible and incomparable. God knows how brilliant the brains and team behind these videos are. I envy anyone who is working with such an incredible team. Although a thank you may be nothing, but that is all I can say and do. Thank you!

[@SauravSingh-iu5ji]

It's good to see how the stuffs taught in our engineering classes are put to work to create these simple yet complicated devices of daily purposes

[@h3xl4]

It’s crazy how complex even just one part of modern electronic devices can be. It really makes you appreciate the complex network of companies, engineers, researchers, and supply chains that make out modern world possible.

[@mohmedazam2913]

the graphics and 3d animations in this video are incredible , thanks alot

[@patrikstaron]

The quality of this video is just incredible. There were several sentences that were not so clear, but aside of those it is perfect.

[@e.sanoop110]

Great video. In old Nokia Symbian phones, the alarms would work even when the phone is turned off but alarms on today's Android phones doesnt work if the phone is switched off, why is that so and can Google and Smartphones manufacturers resolve this problem?

[@d3x84]

09:05 There is a free and brilliant way to learn: Branch Education

[@rajdeepmaity2507]

The animation is so good, the explanation is clear and man the DIGITAL clock is complicated!! Seriously never knew the simple clock is not simple

[@denj4s]

Man the visuals are next gen, this is so satisfying to see all of the illustrations in such a beautiful and stylized form.

[@61keystonirvana]

If anything, this KZbin channel has opened my eyes to the technological aspects of everyday life that I often overlook or take for granted.

[@Slayback2102]

Its a great day when Branch Education uploads a new vid

[@skelenton92]

Pretty amazing to be able to watch something of this quality for free!

[@fedoop]

This is a real masterpiece. The quality of the video is awesome. Kudos to the author.

[@henriktessmer]

I dont know how thats possible, but the animations on this channel have gotten even better i feel like

[@Dolcosy]

The quality of your videos is getting better keep it up 👍

[@gyrosep1349]

I would just like to point out that I am 15 years old and am able to mostly understand Branch EDU's explanations on how technology functions. Keep up the good work!

[@portman8909]

iPad has been my alarm clock for years, never failed once.

[@henrystickman871]

These videos are no joke they are extremely high quality

[@greensoup0407]

Your animation and narration are absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for providing an exceptional learning experience 👍

[@benpietersen3723]

This channel has some of the best educational content I've ever come across

[@mdtanvirahmedsagor6146]

I really love the content. The production quality has increased a lot. All my electrical engineering knowledge and topics make sense right now. Happy to be a subscriber for this channel. Keep working. Love your videos.

[@ROBLOXTHANOS]

Excellent explanations and visuals. Among the best.

[@Awayze]

The video I’ve been looking for months you understand how the clock works, a lot more knowledge on it now and very complex tiny parts needed.

[@nirshadnijam2291]

Branch Education should do an AMA with their fans. You will have incredible set of questions.

[@bluesky_oo73]

That was the best video explaining the working of a clock on the whole internet. As a student preparing for my entrance exam for my dream university your content might not be that useful for me, but it sure intrigues me a lot and I fell in love with engineering even before I enrolled into it, just because of these thoroughly visualized 4k Audio visuals explaining the basic ideas behind the complex machines. I truly admire your work, keep making many such videos 😊😊

[@Fowly-Fr]

The fact that this quality content is free is mindblowing

[@ryanhuffman]

I’ve yet to find something like this: Amazing quality and real information that teaches me something

[@tslaton]

Please keep these videos coming, they really make my day better when I watch them.

[@Feldsvendark]

Thank you for that awesome and incredible detailed video!

[@ayoubachak01]

I discovered you channel years ago, and even though I follow so many informational channels on youtube, this is literally the best channel I have ever subscribed to on youtube. Thank you so much for you efforts.

[@somebody251]

This is too complicated for me to understand this! I better watch this like 5 more time

[@staycold547]

The animations, the expenstion, the voice… absolutly top of the top of KZbin

[@Inti72600]

Oh my god this video is perfect. I'm literally learning about oscillator circuits and phase locked loop systems. What is shown here merges spendidly with my studies. Thanks a lot!

[@ifeigen]

When I was a kid, I wanted to work in the watchmaking industry, this video rekindled the fascination I had with watches. Thank you for the high production value!

[@asafullah3065]

Beautifully animated, eloquently explained! I have always wondered how clocks work ever since the time I opened up a clock and found the tuning fork. This video cleared up all my questions. Thank you so much!

[@mefistopheles]

Never would I have thought that the animation could get better... But it did. Branch education is providing a service too good for KZbin ❤

[@Awais....]

I love these videos, I learn much more than in my school

[@lvcifer-cloverfield]

The sound design ♡ Immaculate explanations and stunning visual demo

[@JeevanKoshyJKK]

Next level explanations. Creator should get a noble prize

[@gaderic]

Amazing video as always. Huge props to the 3D artists that give this more effort than most paid documentaries.