[Pinky_chi] was looking for a project to make for his girlfriend, and settled on a rather fantastic piece of woodworking — a digital clock, with an iPhone dock for her phone.
He built the enclosure completely out of walnut, which gives it a very refined and polished look; we’re quite impressed with his woodworking skills. The cool thing about this digital clock is that he used individual LEDs to create both the digital 7-segment displays, and a ring of LEDs around it to denote the hour.
On the back are three buttons. One to change the hour, the minute, and a temperature button. By holding down the temperature button, the display will display the current room temperature — he added this because the RTC device (a DS3231) has a built-in thermometer — so why not?
Choosing a favorite LED clock on Hackaday is like picking a favorite child — we love them all — but this Star Gate themed clock from a few years ago is great — check it out!
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Didn’t need a Mega though. Next step – make it with shift registers, therefore moving to Uno (or even Pro Mini) and leaving Mega for more complicated stuff =)
inb4 where’s your own clock
The bacon-aroma-releasing alarm clock is still my favorite
http://hackaday.com/tag/bacon-alarm-clock/
It looks like a bomb.
Then don’t bring it to high school (or an airport)
Matches the turntable nicely.
Ooh, now I want one made out of flipdots.
I feel like this is just asking for a PCB. All those LED connections are a short risk.
As a amateur woodworker myself, I have to say; that walnut is beautiful.