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UV Glow Clock - it spins!

I wanted to build an unusual clock, and i had some UV Led's and glow in the dark filament on hand so here we are.

chris-mitchellChris Mitchell
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This project was created on 01/30/2018 and last updated 7 years ago.

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The glow disk is printed using glow in the dark (uv) PLA plastic
Other parts used...
Arduino Nano (v3)
10x UV LED's (5mm)
1x 28BYJ-48 Motor (cheap stepper motor)
1x DS1307 RTC clock module
Also used was some Black PLA for the base and some M3 nuts and bolts to mount the motor.

See it in action: https://youtu.be/Hr38LNuddBs
Code & schematic is on my github: https://github.com/boy1dr/UV_LED_CLOCK
3D Files on thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2775280

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    Chris Mitchell • 02/05/2018 at 01:05 • 0 comments

    http://www.instructables.com/id/UV-Glow-Clock-It-Spins/

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