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Reviving a Flip Clock from the 70ies
- jankar 2y agoReviving a slave flip clock from the 70ies using an ESP32 and a DC driver.
- whywhywhywhy 2y agoSuch a nice looking object
- pettycashstash2 2y agoWow nice. Love the look and save it from the landfill
- anonu 2y agoThe good 'ol split-flap displays. Lots of good maker projects out there on this and some commercial providers as well. Getting your hands on some of the old train-station split flap units is pretty tough. They can go upwards of $300 a character on ebay... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-flap_display https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-flap_display https://www.oatfoundry.com/split-flap/ https://www.oatfoundry.com/split-flap/
- every 2y agoWhile not exactly nostalgia, I can remember the sound of the flips in my bedroom at night from some 50 years ago...
- kaashif 2y ago> 70ies "Seventy-ies"? That aside, I appreciate the documentation about things that were tried and didn't work during this process. I often find myself adding those kinds of details to documentation to prevent others going down dead ends.
- deckar01 2y agoThere is good open source cutter plotting software available, but Cricut sues everyone who bypasses their app. I suspect their hardware is being subsidized by these asinine paywalls to monopolize the consumer cutter market.