If you are undecided about your clock’s features, leave at least some space in the case of the clock, so you can easily add more things later. Including these things later in the project might not be easy. Also think about all the features (like standby, other displays, etc.) you want to include NOW. you) can set the time of the clock and if it is possible to turn it off or not. You should also think about how a user (e.g. My second thought was to make a compact and light clock that doesn’t occupy a lot of space on a wall, but is still easily readable. I decided to go for a clock sized 26 by 27 cm (this is the size of the front panel, but there is an extra 1 cm on each side for the frame, so the total width is 28cm and the height is 29cm) instead. Why did I choose this format? Well mostly because it fits perfectly onto a sheet of A4 paper, which makes printing it out and aligning it on the front cover way easier. What size do you want it to be when it’s finished? I wanted a rather compact one, so I decided to go for 26 by 27 cm (this is the size of the front panel, but there is an extra 1 cm on each side for the frame, so the total width is 28cm and the height is 29cm). I ended up with the black and white design (see figure 3), which I printed out later and used it as a template for the letters on the front panel of the finished clock: Figure 3: Template for the front panel of the clockĪfter these very basic things are out of the way, you have to think about the size of the clock. I resized the letters and reduced the space between the lines. So I started up Photoshop and just copy-pasted in the text, you see in figure 2. They are gibberish only, so they do not need to be translated, but you can exchange them with other letter, if you want to. As you can see, I used a monospace font, however the layout I created was too high, so I needed to create an image that can later be used in the manufacturing process of the front plate. The other letters, which can light up, but don’t form any words, are displayed in black. The layout I’ll use is in german, but it should not be a problem to exchange the important words with their english counterparts. I came up with the layout seen in figure 2. To be honest, I simply wrote some letters into an empty text document and added each of the twelve numbers and other phrases to it. Figure 2Īfter I decided to go for certain materials, I had to think about the layout for the letters on the front. The front of the case will be made of a polycarbonate piece with the letters printed on.
I want mine to be modern looking with a stylish finish, so I decided to go for a case made out of wood. This article will be a description of the steps needed to create such a thing, so you can build your own one at home!īefore even starting to do anything else, you have to think about the materials you want to use. Three of them will be given to two friends of mine and one is for me. For everyone else: It’s one of these clever clocks that do not display the exact time, but display a sentence, approximating the time instead, composed from different words that light up: Figure 1: A word clockĪs these clocks can be pretty expensive, I decided to build some cheap ones myself. And today I decided to finally build it! I’m pretty sure almost everyone of you has already seen a world clock, even if most of you have just seen them on pictures.
DIY WORD CLOCK INSTALL
You can use the webbrowser function "Add to start screen" to install the webinterface as an app to your android (and possibly ios) smartphone.In this article I have something stylish for you: It’s a project idea, I had for a while. You can set a time span in which the clock should be switched off. You can set a time offset to specify your timezone. You can set a foreground and background color on your clock. Open a webbrowser and go to For (example) the IP-adress 192.168.178.20 go to. your smartphone to the hotspot and you will be forwared to the config page, where you can set the WiFi credentials.Ĭheck in your router what IP-adress your WordClock got. The WordClock creates a WiFi-Hotspot with the name "WordClock".
Make your Arduino ready for Wemos D1 mini e.g. Font and german layout based on Requirements HealthcheckĬustomizations Modify user_config.h to change config Key
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