Binary clock

This text describes a gadget for iGoogle available from the directory.

Reading BCD

In BCD, each digit of a decimal number is individually encoded in binary. BCD is much easier to convert to decimal than regular binary. In the binary clock module, each column represents a digit of the binary encoded time. To turn this column into a digit, add 1 if the bottom column is "lit", a 2 if the next one up is lit, a 4 if the next one up is lit, and finally an 8 if the top light is lit. The rightmost column is the ones digit of the seconds. In this example, the digit value is 8. The tens digit is 4, etc. The entire time is thus 15:03:48 or 3:03:48 PM

Step 1: Click the "edit" link in the title bar
Step 2: Pick a color scheme and click "save." You're done! You can also pick "Custom" and continue to step 3.
Step 3: Enter either standard HTML color names or hex colors in the boxes. Several hex color generators exist that may help you. The picture shows an example color scheme and how the clock looks after these changes have been saved.

If the binary clock begins rendering but stops after only a few blocks are done, chances are your color scheme is set to "custom" and one of your colors is invalid. Pick a preset color scheme or ensure all your colors are valid.
If you can't see the numbers in the cells, make sure "Show Numbers" is checked in the settings. This must be done even if the custom colors for the numbers and background are different.

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