In case your Raspberry Pi tasks are boring you to sleep, this Pico-powered alarm clock created by Vernon over at NerdCave is bound to wake you up! Utilizing our favourite microcontroller, it options an LCD display screen, buttons for controlling and setting the clock, is housed inside a custom-designed case and even accepts DC enter for energy.
It really works like an ordinary alarm clock however with 4 buttons for programming the alarm and setting the time. The LCD shows a easy interface for configuring the clock. The far left button is used to set the alarm, the following two add and subtract minutes to find out the alarm time whereas the far proper button confirms the alarm.
This challenge is easy sufficient for inexperienced persons however has loads of room for extra skilled makers so as to add and take away options as they go alongside—very like the opposite challenge shared to his YouTube channel, NerdCave. Vernon makes a speciality of microelectronics tasks and shares all the particulars at NerdCave for anybody who needs to observe together with or modify the tasks to swimsuit their wants at residence. We not too long ago lined his Pico-powered joystick LED challenge which makes use of an analog stick with set off LEDs.
This alarm clock is constructed round a Raspberry Pi Pico and depends on a DS-1302 RTC (Actual Time Clock) module to maintain monitor of the time. A few WS2812B (NeoPixel) LED strips are thrown into the combo as effectively to light up with {custom} colours whereas a buzzer module is used to sound the alarm. It helps DC energy enter and is housed inside a {custom} laser-cut case designed by Vernon with Fusion 360.
The alarm clock capabilities are programmed utilizing MicroPython however you possibly can additionally construct it with C or CircuitPython if that’s extra your pace. On this case, Vernon is utilizing MicroPython together with this LCD Show library to get the output he needs on the 16 x 2 LCD panel.
If you wish to recreate this Raspberry Pi challenge, it is best to try the video shared to NerdCave by Vernon for an up-close look of each the way it works and demo video of the ultimate product. Vernon has additionally shared the supply code used on this challenge at GitHub together with all of his different tasks for anybody thinking about perusing the supplies he’s created. Be sure you observe NerdCave for extra cool tasks and unique Raspberry Pi creations.
