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10 LED Projects for Geeks
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10 LED Projects for Geeks

by John Baichtal
July 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
5h 24m
English
No Starch Press
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4Color-Coded LED Watch by John Baichtal

In this project, you’ll make a watch that displays the time using color.

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With digital clocks found on phones, microwaves, and even coffee makers, you might think making another is redundant. On the other hand, how often have you needed to know the time while on an important phone call, on a hike, or just nowhere near your kitchen? There is still a place for the portable watch, and to modernize it I’ve come up with a solution: a custom digital timepiece featuring an intriguingly cryptic display.

With this project you’ll make your own watch using a pair of eight-dot NeoPixel LED strips to convey the time with ...

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