The time setting buttons and brightness control (both buttons pressed) are now working on the breadboard.

I have released the firmware and schematics at Github, see the project links.

There won't be any more planned design changes but I will keep the project ongoing until I successfully build a production board and perhaps make a one-chip version by programming a 8742, after which I'll mark it completed.

Presentation is important! Project boxes don't hack it. Plastic looks so nerdy. I may have to take up woodworking to build housings for my projects so that they are acceptable gifts. I may have to move to the seaside to collect driftwood. 😃