Pulsar LED Time / PLT-1 Module

[abem]

Hi.

I just ran across the new and improved web site for Pulsar LED Time:
http://www.pulsarledtime.com/

I was surprised, well, kind of shocked, to see that they are offering a new P2/P3 style replacment module!

It looks like they've taken a somewhat different approach than Hanno - rather than trying to build modules that are as close to the original as possible, they are attempting to find little ways to improve upon the modules, both in terms of build quality and functionality. It seems that there ought to be room in the LED universe for a couple of different approaches. Very interesting!

I love the blog article describing the author's first sighting of an LED watch (an Omega TC-1) and the 5 years of development that went into the production of the PLT-1 module:
http://www.pulsarledtime.com/Blog-Artic ... odule.html

Does anyone have any experience with a PLT-1 module to share or know the Creator (capitalization intended)?

-abe.

[bruce wegmann]

His biggest problem is the price...I can still pick up original Pulsars for less. As for "improvements" on the originals...the modern electronics themselves represent a HUGE improvement over the 70s technology in both efficiency and reliability...you couldn't get away from that if you tried. But, he misses the mark on another level...all the fancy hidden menus and functions are superfluous and irrelevant (time correction settings, put a date function on your P2, etc). It may be just the collector in me talking, but for me, the ideal replacement module (if you have to have one) is a perfect emulation of the original functions...no more, and no less...everything else is just extra ornaments on the tree.
Actually, we don't know the track record for any of these "new" modules...nobody is talking about sales numbers or failure rates.
Finally, this took five YEARS to put together? They did it in two, fourty years ago, when it was a real challenge, and surface-mount electronics has become a DIY, cottage industry now. Still, a little competition should be a good thing...