---
title: "Binary + Bamboo = BinBoo"
description: "Several months ago I started a project to build a Binary Clock, using a Laser Cut enclosure. The plan was to use (http://www.ponoko.com) laser cutting service. Looking through…"
canonical: "https://www.baldengineer.com/binary-bamboo-binboo.html"
author: "James Lewis"
date: "2012-05-20T00:22:14Z"
lastmod: "2015-03-24T17:26:04Z"
image: "https://www.baldengineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/binboo_1_125px.jpg"
categories: ["binboo"]
tags: ["arduino-stuff","bcd","binary","binary-clock","laser-cut","led","tlc5940"]
---

# Binary + Bamboo = BinBoo


Several months ago I started a project to build a Binary Clock, using a Laser Cut enclosure.  The plan was to use [Ponoko's](http://www.ponoko.com) laser cutting service.  Looking through the materials available, I decided to use Bamboo.  Knowing I was going to build a Bamboo enclosure for a Binary clock, helped me come to the name BinBoo.  Even though I call it a Binary Clock, it is actually a [BCD clock](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary-coded_decimal "Binary Coded Decimal on Wikipedia")...

There are still a few issues to work out, but I am very happy with v1.