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OT: Something Like Chess Timer, But Single?

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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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I'm looking for something like a chess timer, but just single, not
dual.

I want to set anywhere from 10 seconds to one minute.

Whack the start button, runs, single chime or beep at end of time
period.

Whack again, restarts the timer cycle.

All I've been able to find are duals.

...Jim Thompson
 
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Usual Suspect

Jan 1, 1970
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All I've been able to find are duals.

and a saw? (c:
 
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Chuck Harris

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:
I'm looking for something like a chess timer, but just single, not
dual.

I want to set anywhere from 10 seconds to one minute.

Whack the start button, runs, single chime or beep at end of time
period.

Whack again, restarts the timer cycle.

What you are describing is the cheap kitchen timer that can be found
at any kitchen supply store.

-Chuck
 
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Joerg

Jan 1, 1970
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Chuck said:
What you are describing is the cheap kitchen timer that can be found
at any kitchen supply store.

But you'd have to watch the sand all the time and changing the timer
length requires "re-sanding".
 
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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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I'm looking for something like a chess timer, but just single, not
dual.

I want to set anywhere from 10 seconds to one minute.

Whack the start button, runs, single chime or beep at end of time
period.

Whack again, restarts the timer cycle.

All I've been able to find are duals.

Can you say, "monostable multivibrator" (one-shot)?

Because that's what you've just described. A chess clock is like
a timeout stopwatch. Push button A, start the timer, push button
B, it pauses, push button A, it picks up where it left off, etc.

Good Luck!
Rich
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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What you are describing is the cheap kitchen timer that can be found
at any kitchen supply store.

-Chuck

But you have to reset those each time of use, don't you?

...Jim Thompson
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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You could fire up the old solder iron and build one around a CD4060. I
know that's not the answer you wanted to hear but then you could later
tell your grandkids: Look, grampa made that!
[snip]

I just point at their GPS, or Cell Phone, or WiFi, or Digital TV Tuner
or ...

...Jim Thompson
 
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Joerg

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:
I'm looking for something like a chess timer, but just single, not
dual.

I want to set anywhere from 10 seconds to one minute.

Whack the start button, runs, single chime or beep at end of time
period.

Whack again, restarts the timer cycle.

All I've been able to find are duals.

You could fire up the old solder iron and build one around a CD4060. I
know that's not the answer you wanted to hear but then you could later
tell your grandkids: Look, grampa made that!

Some of the kitchen timers might be able to do that. We had an analog
one. Don't remember the brand, it didn't survive the container shipping.
It could be set to a certain time and then used if you had to stir
something in intervals. Beep, stir, whack, tick-tock-tick-tock, beep, ...
 
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Eeyore

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:
I'm looking for something like a chess timer, but just single, not
dual.

Something you can actually do unlike mic amps you mean ?

Graham
 
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Joerg

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:
Jim Thompson wrote:



You could fire up the old solder iron and build one around a CD4060. I
know that's not the answer you wanted to hear but then you could later
tell your grandkids: Look, grampa made that!

[snip]

I just point at their GPS, or Cell Phone, or WiFi, or Digital TV Tuner
or ...

I can only point to things that people only see when they are in a real
pickle (cardiology department). And then they could care less.

But a chip in some box ain't the same as a kludged device that looks
like it's going to fall apart yet works every single time. "Grampa made
the injection controller chip in this here car" will probably harvest
a yawn from the little ones ;-)
 
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Chuck Harris

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:
But you have to reset those each time of use, don't you?

...Jim Thompson

No, I have one of the cheapy digital units. It is a little 2 inch
square white thing with large LCD digits on the readout. You use
the minute and seconds buttons to set it, and press start to make
it go. When it times out it beeps a couple of beeps, and the display
goes back to the set time. Press start, and the timer goes through
its cycle again.

-Chuck
 
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James T. White

Jan 1, 1970
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Chuck Harris said:
No, I have one of the cheapy digital units. It is a little 2 inch
square white thing with large LCD digits on the readout. You use
the minute and seconds buttons to set it, and press start to make
it go. When it times out it beeps a couple of beeps, and the display
goes back to the set time. Press start, and the timer goes through
its cycle again.

Chuck,

That sounds just like the cooking timer I have with two exceptions.
First, mine displays hours and minutes so you have to set it in whole
minutes. Second, it resets to 00:00 instead of the previously set
interval when it times out and beeps.

It appears that a key to Jim finding one that will work for him is to
make sure that it displays and can be set in seconds plus having a
memory function so that he can at least recall the previous interval.
 
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Chuck Harris

Jan 1, 1970
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James said:
That sounds just like the cooking timer I have with two exceptions.
First, mine displays hours and minutes so you have to set it in whole
minutes. Second, it resets to 00:00 instead of the previously set
interval when it times out and beeps.

It appears that a key to Jim finding one that will work for him is to
make sure that it displays and can be set in seconds plus having a
memory function so that he can at least recall the previous interval.

The one I have is labeled "Cooks Club", and it has 3 buttons.

Two are labeled: mins secs
~ ----------
~ clear
~ M
and the third is labeled: start e
~ ----- m
~ stop o
~ r
~ y

First you set the timer with the mins and secs buttons in the usual
way. Then you press the start/stop button, and the timer will start.
[If you press the stop, it will stop]
When the timer times out, it will beep until you press the start button
again. When you do that, it will stop beeping, and the set time will
again appear in the window.

This timer has a magnet, and a spring clip on the back so you can stick
it to a fridge, or clamp it to a pocket.

-Chuck
 
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Richard H.

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:
Timed repetitive sets of exercises to repair my back... you know,
stretch and hold for 20 seconds, etc. ;-)

http://www.talkingtimer.com/

Counts down verbally (optional); announcements get more granular closer
to zero. Stop-Memory-Start would serve your application.

This is overkill for your spec, but very handy at other times when you'd
like a warning before it beeps - say, so you're not caught in the middle
of an assembly step when it goes off.
 
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