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Word Clock

MAKERS: Thomaz COUNTRY: Brazil

Tell Time Using Words > A Word Clock customized for Portuguese-BR, helps children to keep track of time while teaching them to read the hours.

The Purpose

Helps children to keep track of time while teaching them to read the hours.

The Technology

The Clock uses 64 5mm Blue LED`s driven by an array of 2 74HC595N shift register controled by and arduino pro mini and a cell phone recharger as power supply. The enclosure was designed in a CAD program taking this (https://plus.google.com/photos/+lu%C3%ADsbarreto/albums/5927191335171801073) as reference and cutted in a Laser cutter The firmware was first made in English (Word_clock_RBK by Rakshith B K > https://codebender.cc/sketch:132456 ) and changed for portuguese.

Additional Details

It`s an old idea but you can`t see many in other languages.

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