News Raspberry Pi Pico Powers Nixie LCD Clock

[Admin]

Yakroo is at it again, this time with a Raspberry Pi Pico-powered Nixie LCD clock—complete with a custom PCB.

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[bit_user]

I always wanted a red LED clock that did NTP sync over wifi. I've found some NTP clocks, but they cost way more than I wanted to spend. So, I wonder if you could do that (i.e. wifi + NTP stack) with just a Pico? Otherwise, a Pi Zero would be fine, but it seems way overkill to run a full-blown OS for just a clock.

A bonus of having a clock with wifi is that you could set & customize alarms via your phone or PC.

P.S. nothing beats the retro vibe of true Nixie tubes. Maybe I should've bought one of those clocks while you still could.

 

[1_rick]

A web search found mention last year of an NTP library for the ESP32, so it's probably workable on other MCUs as well.

NTP for ESP32