Arc reactor clock
By Ben Everard. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
We like a Marvel prop, and we like knowing what time it is, so we love this clock built into an Iron Man-style arc reactor. Based heavily on the work of YR3Design, this clock by Jégé l’ingé is a masterpiece of 3D-printed snap-to-fit parts, held together with glue and a bit of decorative copper wire. It’s connected to the internet via an ESP32, and uses an RGB LED ring plus a pair of blue LEDs to light up the clock display in the centre of the ring.
It’ll take power either from a phone charger or from a computer’s USB port, and it flashes every time an hour passes. Marvel-lous!
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Ben is the Editor of HackSpace magazine. When not wrangling words, he enjoys cycling, gardening, and attempting to identify wild mushrooms.
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