Putting Twitter in a VFD clock

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Not content with only knowing the time, [trandi] decided his Vacuum Fluorescent Display clock would be much better if it displayed the weather and a Twitter feed. [trandi] received a Lady Ada Ice Tube clock last month. The kit went together almost too easily. Now he had to, "make it connect to other 'stuff' and display some custom messages." After playing with the firmware to display a Hello … [Read more...]

Ice Tube Clock, meet the ChronoDot

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[Alex] ramped up the precision of his timepiece by adding a ChronoDot to the Ice Tube Clock. These two items are among our favorites; the Ice Tube Clock for its old-style multi-digit display, and the ChronoDot for combining a DS3231, battery, and components into a nice small package. There is a schematic link at the very bottom left of [Alex's] writeup. He mentions that he depopulated the clock … [Read more...]