WordClock

Font and german layout based on https://www.mikrocontroller.net/articles/Word_Clock

Requirements

Healthcheck

• FastLED

WordClock

• FastLED
• NTPClient
• WifiManager
• ArduinoJson

Assemble

Customizations

Modify user_config.h to change config

Key	Values	Comment
GRID_ROWS	10 11	count of rows
GRID_COLS	11	count of cols
GRID_FIRST	0: top-left 1: top-right 2: buttom-left 3: buttom-right	position of first led
GRID_LANGUAGE	de_DE: german de_DE_alt: german alternative	langauge
GRID_SINGLE_MINUTES	0: before 1: after	position of minutes leds

Installation

Make your Arduino ready for Wemos D1 mini e.g. https://makesmart.net/esp8266-d1-mini-programmieren/

• Change the grid settings in the wordclock/user_config.h.
• Upload the sketch wordclock/wordclock.ino to your Wemos D1 mini (or other ESP8266).
• Enjoy

Usage

The WordClock creates a WiFi-Hotspot with the name "WordClock". Connect e.g. your smartphone to the hotspot and you will be forwared to the config page, where you can set the WiFi credentials. Check in your router what IP-adress your WordClock got. Open a webbrowser and go to http://[YOUR_WORDCLOCK_IP]. For (example) the IP-adress 192.168.178.20 go to http://192.168.178.20.

Functions

Set color

You can set a foreground and background color on your clock.

Set time offset

You can set a time offset to specify your timezone.

Set DND

You can set a time span in which the clock should be switched off.

PWA

You can use the webbrowser function "Add to start screen" to install the webinterface as an app to your android (and possibly ios) smartphone.

Create own grid-layout

To create your own grid-layout visit the Wiki: Create Grid-Layout

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