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Light-Up Clock 2.0

These awesome clocks can double as night-lights.

This simple, inexpensive Arduino real time clock is configurable to set multiple light up alarms of any color at whatever times necessary. I have added buttons for setting clock and alarm times, as well as brightness and colors, and settings are saved to long-term memory so unplugging from power doesn’t require any resetting. Now with the 3D printed case and customizable globe tops, let me introduce to you version 2.0!

The “do not be alarmed” clock #ESP8266 @Stavros

Stavros Korokithakis has long thought that a bedside alarm clock would be perfect, but he couldn’t find one that fulfilled all his requirements:

I needed something that had a screen that would always be always lit, so I could check the time with one eye and half a brain awake, in the complete darkness of the bedroom.
A screen that wasn’t too bright and wouldn’t disturb sleep, but that would also be legible in direct sunlight, so I could see the time during the day. This meant adaptive brightness.
Octagonal shape so I can lay it down on its side (or at 45°) instead of having to crane my neck up to check the time when lying down (I really did think of everything).
Weather forecast for the next hour or two, so I can reliably fail to wake up for tennis when not necessary.
Annoying beeper for alarms.
Less annoying built-in LEDs that would increase in brightness for a few minutes before an alarm went off, so I can wake up less annoyed.

Conceptually, making an alarm clock to fulfill these requirements isn’t hard. You take a small OLED screen, an ESP8266, connect them together, add some LEDs and a buzzer, and you’re done!

The result is a nice bedside clock with OLED display and 3D printed case.

See the blog post here

See this GitHub repo for the code.

Make Your Own ArClock

Beautiful build from Matt Aubury on Instructables:

ArClock is my updating of the “LED clock inside a block of wood” idea. It’s a pretty simple build and the result is eye-catching but tasteful (depending on how it’s configured!).

Delightfully Delirious Day Clock

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Super cute project from 8bitsandabyte up on Hackster.io.

Also wondering what day it is today? This delightfully delirious day clock narrows it down to roughly eight different possibilities!

Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: DIY License Plate Reader, UTi165 Thermal Fever Scanner Camera, PCB Workstation with Nano-Probes, & more

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ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP

We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.

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DIY License Plate Reader

Earlier this year Rober Lucian Chiriac wrote about creating a DIY device that can recognize and read license plates. The plate reader utilizes a combination of on-device and cloud computing to work in real-time. The hardware for the project includes a Raspberry Pi, Pi camera, 4G antenna, and a GPS antenna. These items are housed in a DIY 3D printed case designed by @robertlchiriac.

More BLOG:

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UTi165 Thermal Fever Scanner Camera

How to use your precision fever scanner camera

This video camera takes photos of temperatures! This camera is specifically tuned to work in the 30˚C~45˚C / 86˚F~113˚ F range with 0.5˚C / 1˚ F accuracy, so it’s excellent for human temperature & fever detection. In fact, this thermal camera is often used by companies/airports/hotels/malls to do a first-pass fever check: If any person has a temperature of over 99˚F an alarm goes off so you can do a secondary check with an accurate handheld temperature meter. Learn more.

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Pulse Oximeter Wireless Data Logger by John Park
CLUE Slim Case: A Compact, Translucent Case for CLUE by the Ruiz Brothers
CircuitPython CLUE I Ching Caster by Cartner Nelson
PyPortal Quarantine Clock by Brent Rubell

Browse all that’s new in the Adafruit Learning System here!

A rugged Alaska temperature monitor #Sensors #3DPrinting #Alaska @Instructables @Hackaday

Instructables rabbitcreek posts about building rugged temperature monitors for food cache sites in Alaska.

Our friend Monty is an Archaeologist who helps with camps for kids in Native Villages scattered around the state–Culturalalaska.com. He has been building cache sites for the historical preservation of food with these kids and wanted a way of temperature monitoring that he could leave for about 8 months of winter. A food cache in Alaska is designed to prevent Bear entry and can either be buried or secured in a small cabin-like structure on poles.

Unfortunately the warming of the climate makes many of these handy refrigerator designs more like a microwave this summer–honestly it’s really hot up here! There are a lot of commercial datalogging machines out there but Alaska needed its own DIY brand: Waterproof, Two waterproof sensors on long lines that could be within the cache and another to lay on the surface, Something buildable for kids with a STEM program, Minimal maintenance, Long term battery, Easy download from SD card, 3D printable, rechargeable, Real time Clock, and cheap.

The design uses several Adafruit parts to accomplish the mission:

Adafruit DS3231 Precision RTC Breakout [ADA3013] $14
Adafruit TPL5111 Low Power Timer Breakout [ADA3573] $5
Adafruit Feather 32u4 Adalogger $22 [ADA2795] You can also use the M0 version but the battery level line is on a different pin and you must change it in the software.

See this Hackaday article and all the build instructions on Instructables. Great project!!

This #3D Printed Animatronic Cogsworth Wiggles on the Hour

From j48hicks on instructables:

This project is an animated figure of Cogsworth from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. I began this project to learn more about designing animatronics and the program required to bring them to life. For this design, I wanted to develop a program that would allow Cogsworth to wiggle back and forth every hour the same number as the hour and finish with a bow.

Hourglass Lamp With Animated Light

This great project was sent in by Emil on the blog The Practical Engineer:

In this weeks video I’m making an hourglass lamp with light effects that simulate the falling sand when you turn the lamp upside down.

Another cool feature I build into it is the on / off switch, this is hidden inside the lamp and turns on by putting the lamp on the right side. Turning it upside down then turns off the light.

To simulate the sand that is falling I used some Neopixels from Adafruit powered from an Arduino. I chose these because they are relatively simple to program and you don’t need to work with transistors etc. that would be required when dimming regular leds.

Learn more!

Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: September 10th through September 17th

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ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP

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TrackTalk004: Toothpaste – “Bedtime”

We previously featured London’s Toothpaste back in January in the MusicMakers004 Q&A with their bassist, engineer and producer Daisy Edwards. As a gifted producer, multi-instrumentalist and academic, Edwards is one of the most prolific and experienced people we’ve been able to speak to about recording, gear and the customisation of recording set-ups and creative spaces.

With a new Toothpaste single just released, we were really keen to invite them back to the blog to talk us through the gorgeous “Bedtime” in our new TrackTalk series. Aptly titled, this is a hazy dream of a pop song carrying Amol Prabhu’s refrain of “drift a little deeper into paradise” through a fabulous sonic map of ‘80s pop and new wave. The rhythm section of Edwards and Sami Parisis’ is a real thing of beauty here, providing a thundering backbone for the gentle key flourishes, vocal introspections and exploratory guitar work. Building on 2017’s “TV Years” single, Toothpaste continue to offer something unique and special and it’ll be exciting to see how their deceptively poppy sound develops with whatever comes next. With such an effortless sound you’d likely have no idea of the process and complications involved in putting a piece of art like this together, so we’re doubly excited to have Edwards break down its evolution from solo demo through to mastering and release. So, dig in and get inspired. Read more!

More BLOG:

We released CircuitPython 3.0.2!
Mike Barela posted about this *incredible* DIY Electric Cat Skateboard project.
Did y’all see this Gorgeous ‘Tide Clock’ build?

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MIDI Solenoid Drummer: Use Crickit to build an automated percussive instrument.

This guide will show you how to build miniature percussion instrument which can be controlled via MIDI over USB. The example project is intended to serve as a jumping-off point for your own designs. Read about how I built mine, then experiment to make a unique instrument you can control with your computer. Learn more!

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Lewis of DIY Machines Builds a Word Clock #NeoMatrix

From Electromaker on YouTube:

Renowned maker Lewis of DIY Machines has outdone himself yet again. This time with his new amazing word clock! We are calling on YOU…the Electromaker community to review his code and submit your suggestions and improvements. We will pick five of the best entries who will each win a swag bag full of Electromaker goodies!

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