Time slider
By Ben Everard. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
Last issue, we brought you a clock with digits that slid up and down to display the time; this issue, we’ve discovered a leap forward from this, with grids of black and white squares sliding up and down over a red light source to make digits. It’s powered by an Arduino Mega that controls eight small stepper motors, and there’s a real-time clock module (DS3231) to keep track of time.
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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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