Progress bar
By Ben Everard. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
Here’s one for the minimalists: a progress bar for your day. It’s a simple, intuitive display that displays a line of light that grows from left to right as the working day inches by. And because it’s connected to the internet via a Raspberry Pi Pico W and the magic of MicroPython, it can grab data from your Google Calendar and display when your day’s events are. Other than the Pico W, the components are simple: just a strip of RGB LEDs, a frame to hold them (angled aluminium from your local DIY shop would work), plus a strip of opaque plastic to work as a diffuser.
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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