Raspberry Pi Clock. A fun little Raspberry Pi Project. PiClock goes Digital! Details Created: 10 September 2016 Last Updated: 10 September 2016 One of the most requested features of the #PiClock has been a Digital option rather than the analog clock that is the default. Remember that Raspberry Pi does not have real time clock. So even you are connected to internet have to set the time every time you power on or restart. This is how it works: Type sudo raspi-config in the Raspberry Pi command line. Change raspberry pi ntp.conf file (for auto update date and time).
Great job, Alex! By the powers invested in us, by us, for us, we The Raspberry Pi Community do hereby dub thee A.L.E.X. (A Lot of Electronics eXpertise!:) I fooled around with Nixie tubes back when they were brand-new components after seeing them in a Wang calculator at the Franklin Institute long, long ago in a childhood far away Never mind allowing an electronic clock into school, I’m amazed they allowed a 170-volt power supply through the doors although I suppose that probably no one there besides A.L.E.X. Knows what 170 volts actually means!
I’m really impressed that your program is written in C – we need a LOT more examples like that here and in our other Pi teaching materials. Python is nice, but C puts the iCing on the Cake, CorreCt? Give me a “C”! “C!” What’s that spell? “C!” Nothing like simple and direCt Coding, eh?:DSteve and Sarah – special kudos to you, also, for inspiring such an amazing young actual engineer (no prospective or future about it – he can even write documentation better than most engineers I know!;). Thanks (This is his dad, a.k.a. This is amazing for a 10 year old!
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I built a TTL logic driven nixie clock (from scratch) in 1970 as a college project and it ran for 35 years before it fell victim to a fire. There is just something about the glow of neon in a glass tube that makes a nixie clock so unique. Combining the old tube technology with the latest chip building blocks is a great story. Unlike the unfortunate situation with another young student that brought a clock to school, Alex’s project is an actual creation that took some real creativity beyond just taking apart a clock radio and putting it in a briefcase. He has accomplished something at age 10 which is beyond others that are twice his age. It took me until college to do something like this.
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Well done!!. This should really get more attention. I never liked being called kid so keep it up Alex. The future is bright and exciting! You may not get a trip to the Whitehouse but just know that you have done something truly remarkable and nothing can hold you back!Just like learning a second spoken language, you are at the best age to learn programming.
Most of my knowledge comes from my youth when I could pick up languages and syntax in little time. Today I spend at least twice as much time trying to learn a new language.
Learn everything you can before life gets too busy and let people give you strange looks because your choice reading material is an 800+ page tome about programming. They’ll envy you for it in the future.