Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.

Ronald L Koepp

James V Barnett, Ii

Floyd F Oliver

A programmable microcomputer controlled alarm clock has a multi-key input keyboard for setting the time of day, the month and date, and the alarm times of two or more independent alarms. Each alarm may be set to generate an alarm signal at a selected time on each day of two to six consecutive days of a seven-day period, the alarm sequence being automatically repeated each following seven-day period. In the normal operational mode, time of day is displayed until a month-and-date switch, an alarm-period or doze switch, or an alarm-enabling switch is actuated to display the respective date and alarm time. After the particular switch is actuated and the appropriate time information displayed, the clock returns to display time of day within several seconds.

Programmable alarm clock

An alarm sounder for use with solid state integrated clock circuits employs an amplifying transistor controlled by the clock alarm output signal that contains an A.C. component to control the current through a coil, the core laminations of which magnetically actuate a metal reed that is audibly vibrated by utilizing a spring against the core and/or an adjacent member at the frequency of the A.C. component.

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Ronald L Koepp