“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”? How we wonder why you’d resort to singing a ditty to time your handwashing when you can use your social isolation time to build a touch-free electronic handwash timer that the kids - and you - might actually use. We would understand if 2020 is supplying you with enough existential crises, but if not, consider building a clock that counts down the rest of your life expectancy.Ĭontinue reading “Cakeday Countdown Clock Is A Sweet Little Scroller” → Posted in Arduino Hacks Tagged arduino, Arduino Uno, cake, countdown, countdown timer, DS1307 RTC, led matrix, rtc We’ve got the build video cut and plated for you to consume after the break. If for some reason you don’t reddit, then make one anyway and use it to count down to your IRL birthday or something.
We love the uni-body design of the enclosure because it creates a shelf for the Arduino and gives easy access for gluing in the display from the rear. This simple but fun project shouldn’t put too big of a dent in your parts box, since it’s essentially an Arduino, a real-time clock module, and a 32×8 LED matrix to display the text. Both messages are bookended by cute little pixelated cake slices that we would apply liberally to the day-of message if we made one of these. When the big day comes, the message becomes TODAY IS YOUR CAKE DAY. This countdown clock works like you might expect - every day that isn’t your cakeday, a message scrolls by with the number of days remaining until your next one.
But plenty of people forget what their cakeday is and miss out on the fun. The great thing about your cakeday is that you’re almost guaranteed to get some karma for once, especially if you make something cakeday related like ’s cakeday countdown clock. But on your reddit cakeday, aka the day you joined, you’re automatically singled out with the addition of a slice of 8-bit cake next to your username. If you want strangers to give you well wishes on your birthday out in the real world, you have call attention to the occasion by wearing a pointy hat or a button that says ‘today is my birthday, gimme presents’.
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