How to build a circular LCD clock
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How to build a circular LCD clock
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Re: How to build a circular LCD clock
#2The cartoony clock looks a bit weird in terms of typography when the time is 10:29, the font kind of squeezes and becomes hard to read
Re: How to build a circular LCD clock
#3you can also do this with an esp32 as long as you don't insist using a browser to draw a clock
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#4> White USB-A to USB-C cable
> White HDMI to micro HDMI cable
Why do they need to be ...white :)
Oh i see the cables now and cant unsee them.
I guess next step is to 3D print a back case mount that encloses the RPi and plugs into a wall socket for power.
Re: How to build a circular LCD clock
#5$159 quite expensive for the LCD
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#6> I also tried with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2, but 512 MB of RAM were too little to run a modern browser, sadly.
I found that the surf browser was efficient enough to run fine on my Raspberry Pi Zero W. YMMV with animations and such, but it's much better than any chromium alternative in my experience.
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#7$159 quite expensive for the LCD
It's an unconventional shape, and not subsidised by ads, etc..
Re: How to build a circular LCD clock
#8How to build a circular LCD clock, step 1: buy a circular LCD that looks like a clock.
I'm not kidding, that's the extent of the build. They simply connect that display to a computer over HDMI. The only hacking here is browser-based JS for clock animations.
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#9$159 quite expensive for the LCD
There's a multitouch function
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