It’s surprising how hard it can be to find a simple desk clock. This project from Stephen Holdaway on Hackaday.io hits a lot of sweet spots: it is easy to read and gives full time/date, its simple and aesthetically appealing (if your are into the vintage hacker vibe) and best of all it looks like it came straight off the set of “Back to the Future!”
A practical-size, Back to the Future themed digital clock mimicking the “Present Time” portion of the DeLorean’s time circuit displays.
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
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