Thanks for Everything! It's been a heck of a run!

Hi everyone! Awkward Engineer has been a blast. For the time being, we're nearly out of stock on everything, with no immediate plans to resupply. As I've gotten busier with my day job, I haven't needed Awkward Engineer to the same degree as a creative and entrepreneurial outlet.

In the meantime, I plan to maintain the site as a portfolio of work and I would like to continue non-commercial development of projects.

And who knows. Never say never. We may be back :-)

Sam aka THE Awkward Engineer

Blog posts

All Children Love Trains (and Other Insights from the AwkEng)

Hi all! No deep insights or problems to solve today, just some notes and thoughts from things I've seen or that occurred to me on my daily walk....
The AwkEng Hot Cocoa Recipe (and Cooking Cheat Sheet)

The AwkEng Hot Cocoa Recipe (and Cooking Cheat Sheet)

Hi all, Today's post was an excuse to talk about cooking, thermal engineering, graphic design, and hot cocoa, all in one post. I love cooking, and ...
The AwkEng Gives Away Free Ideas

The AwkEng Gives Away Free Ideas

Today's post is about two things. I want to talk about time and I want to talk about free ideas.

I want to talk about time first, partly because this blog post is late, at least by my standards. Normally I write over the weekend and then schedule the post to ship on Tuesday morning. Clearly that didn't happen.

Under other circumstances, I might catch up during the week, but I'm starting a company, (oh! There's a website up now! www.interrobang.ai), and unsurprisingly, it can be Intense, with a capital "I".

Which comes back to the question of time, and what we make time for. For me, writing this blog is therapeutic and a creative outlet that I've found incredibly cathartic during the pandemic, and it's a habbit I'd like to maintain. That makes it Important, but the Tuesday publishing deadline is entirely self imposed, so it's not truly Urgent either. The Eisenhower matrix would tell us to schedule it, which I think I'll do this weekend.

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Model AWK-105 Analog Voltmeter Clock

Model AWK-105 Analog Voltmeter Clock

$99.00 Sale

The AWK-105

The Voltmeter Clock uses dual analog meters to tell time - one for hours and and one for minutes. It's both stylish and functional!

How to Read the Clock

Think of the Clock as replacing digital LCD's with analog readouts. Instead of seeing 04:57, the hours meter will point to the 4 and the minutes meter will point to 57. Just like a clock rolls over at midnight and noon, the time meters rolls over zero.

The Technical Stuff

At Awkward Engineer, we love geeking out over the technical stuff. Here's some of the details of what the Clock is made of.

Quick Specs

  • approx 6" x 4" x 2"
  • powered by one AA battery
  • ATtiny44 main CPU
  • dual analog meters
  • mode select knob - modes include: time set, calibrate meter 1, calibrate meter 2, and "twitchy needle" display mode
  • time set / adjustment knob

User Manual

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Model AWK-105AL Analog Voltmeter Alarm Clock

Model AWK-105AL Analog Voltmeter Alarm Clock

$189.00 Sale

After a successfully funded Kickstarter last year, we're back with the Analog Voltmeter Alarm Clock.

The AWK-105AL Alarm Clock vs. The AWK-105

 The key differences between the AWK-105AL and the original AWK-105 are as follows.

  • Alarm vs. No Alarm
  • USB powered vs. Battery Powered
  • Backlight Option vs. No Backlight
  • AM/PM indicator vs. no indicator

ATTENTION: International Buyers

The Clock is USB powered and ships with a North American style USB wall wart power adapter. We're small and can't manage the SKU's to keep power adapters for each country, but because it's USB powered, you should be able to easily plug in to one of your own!

How to Read the Clock

The Voltmeter Clock uses dual analog meters to tell time - one for hours and and one for minutes. It's both stylish and functional!

Think of the Clock as replacing digital LCD's with analog readouts. Instead of seeing 04:57, the hours meter will point to the 4 and the minutes meter will point to 57. Just like a clock rolls over at midnight and noon, the time meters rolls over zero.

The clock uses an AM/PM light to distinguish between morning and night

The Technical Stuff

At Awkward Engineer,we love geeking out over the technical stuff. Here's some of the details of what the Clock is made of.

Quick Specs

  • approx 6" x 4" x 2"
  • USB Powered
  • ATtiny44 main CPU
  • dual analog meters
  • mode select knob - modes include: time set, alarm set, calibrate meter 1, calibrate meter 2, and "twitchy needle" display mode
  • time set / adjustment knob

Directions

Alarm Clock Instruction Manual

Video: Alarm Clock Assembly

Video: Setting the Alarm Clock


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