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I made one of those Word Clocks using an arduino, glass, wood, paint, a couple buttons, and a laser cutter.

I painted a pane of glass white, then black, and created the file for all the letter to say the time as well as happy birthday. Took it to a laser cutter to etch it into the glass.

Made a backing with leds programmed to display correctly the date and time, iterate through colors, modes, etc.

I also made it in Hebrew too. I have the code somewhere if others are interested in making it.

Edit: Here is the code in case anyone else wants to use it https://github.com/imlasky/wordclock



So cool! Got any photos of your build?

I did something similar...

I made a musical automatic Hanukkah Menorah using an Arduino (Seeeduino XIAO SAMD21), MDF, birch veneer, melamine edge banding, a GPS module, tiny speaker, LED strip, and a CNC machine.

Check it out: http://HanuKron.com

My other clocks: https://DigitalHorology.com


Ah - I wish I took more photos. I only have some in-progress photos around. I'll upload them a little later today.

I love the simple wood look of your pieces! Really elegant looking.




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