Reviving a Flip Clock from the 70ies
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Reviving a Flip Clock from the 70ies
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Re: Reviving a Flip Clock from the 70ies
#2Reviving a slave flip clock from the 70ies using an ESP32 and a DC driver.
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#3Such a nice looking object
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#4Wow nice. Love the look and save it from the landfill
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#5The good 'ol split-flap displays. Lots of good maker projects out there on this and some commercial providers as well.
Getting your hands on some of the old train-station split flap units is pretty tough. They can go upwards of $300 a character on ebay...
Re: Reviving a Flip Clock from the 70ies
#6While not exactly nostalgia, I can remember the sound of the flips in my bedroom at night from some 50 years ago...
Re: Reviving a Flip Clock from the 70ies
#7> 70ies
"Seventy-ies"?
That aside, I appreciate the documentation about things that were tried and didn't work during this process. I often find myself adding those kinds of details to documentation to prevent others going down dead ends.
Re: Reviving a Flip Clock from the 70ies
#8There is good open source cutter plotting software available, but Cricut sues everyone who bypasses their app. I suspect their hardware is being subsidized by these asinine paywalls to monopolize the consumer cutter market.