1.
Introduction
The Fortress E1T Clock schematic diagrams are spread across over a dozen pages and many of
the individual pages have several subsystems on them. This Fortress manual section is a walk
through of the schematic drawings.
Subsystems
The clock consist of the following subsystems:
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SAM3X8C micro-controller - this is mounted on its own PCB that plugs into the clock's main
PCB.
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5V power supervisor
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SD Card
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NVRAM (non-volatile random access memory)
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Battery backup power supply for the RTC
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User selected option jumpers
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Hardware version detection
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Stereo audio amplifiers and speakers
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A front panel sub-board carrying:
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PIR (passive infrared) motion detector
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IR (infrared) receiver
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Rotary encoder
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Thirty two tricolour (red, green, blue) LED (light emitting diode) modules to bling the clock
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+300V 10mA power supply to run the E1T tubes
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+6.3V 2A power supply to run the E1T tube heaters
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+5V and +3.3V power supplies to run all the analogue and digital electronics
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An optional WiFi module
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An optional GPS receiver
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Six E1T tube display drivers. Each E1T tube driver consists of:
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+300V switch so an individual tube can be blanked
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Reset circuit that forces an individual tube back to the '0' position
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Pulse circuit that causes and individual tube to step forward one position, say, '0' to '1', then
on the next pulse '1' to '2'.
Now let's look at these in more detail. The Eagle files including the schematics, PCB layouts and
Gerbers are all open design and available on the project public Dropbox.
Or pimp if you prefer…..hey, we won’t judge…
Only the part numbers in the Eagle files are up to date. Do not rely on a part number or component value in the schematics below; they are
to illustrate function and operation only.
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