Super Sized 7 Segment LED Clock.

A super sized 7 Segment Clock based on LED Stripes and Arduino.

Mario Lukas

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Description

I built this clock for some friends in July of 2015. They needed a big countdown clock for a party. After the party i decided to modify the clock by adding a RTC module and a temperature sensor. Then we brought  the clock to the ccc camp 2015. I never planed to doument the building of this clock, but considering the fact what happened to Ahmed Mohamed i decided to make a short video and  write a short documentation. 
 
Last but not least: Makers and Hackers of all ages, nations, religions... Do not let yourselves be dispirited by anyone. Keep on making and hacking!
 
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Details

For the base i used some laser cut sheets of plywood. Behind each segment i added a stripe segment with 4 WS2812 LED's. A Wattuino (Arduino mini clone) is used for controlling the LED stripes. For keeping the time i used Watterotts ultra low power RV-8523 RTC module.

Components

1 × some sheets of plywood 5mm laser cut 7 segment stencil
1 × Wattuino ( or arduino mini ) http://www.watterott.com/de/Wattuino-pro-mini-5V-16MHz
1 × RTC module http://www.watterott.com/de/Ultra-Low-Power-Real-Time-Clock-Modul-RTC for keeping the time
1 × Temperature sensor http://www.watterott.com/de/HDC1008-Breakout optional for temperature display
1 × 5V Power supply http://www.watterott.com/de/MEANWELL-Schaltnetzteile-RS-50-5

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Maker Faire Berlin
Mario Lukas • 09/23/2015 at 07:29 • 0 comments

Come and see this clock at Berlins first Maker Faire ( 3. and 4. of October 2015 ) in action!

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