Clock and Kitchen timer

Description
This is an easy to operate clock and kitchen timer based on standard available compoments.

The basic function is the kitchen timer. This timer is activated by pressing the rotary knob once, then you adjust the time by this rotary knob, or keep as is. Push the knob again. This saves the selected time and starts the kitchen timer to count down. When the time is elapsed the alarm goes off.

The second goal was to find out if it was 'easy' to create the case by using Autodesk Fusion 360, which is free for non-commercial usage. I found the amount of info on the internet related to the usage of Fusion 360 and the quality of this software extremely good. Thus, yes, it was easy to create the case, very nice feature is the ability to 'join' the parts together and model the PCBs to see if it all fits. I'm definately a fan of this tool. See the diagram above.

The software of the Clock / Kitchen timer includes also several other features, such as:
- An alarm time
- Stopwatch
- Dark mode
- Ability to show messages
- Ability to show birthday wishes (etc....)

The software is included in the ZIP file, which you can download by one of the links below.

Feel free to adapt it to your needs. Ideas:
- Extend it with a Bluetooth or WiFi module to be able to send messages to the clock display.
- Extend it with an LDR and tune the LDC.
- Extend it with speech.
- Extend it with better quality audio (telephone quality ringones).


Download
The components are the 3d printed plastics, the CPU, RTC and other hardware required to build the clock. Further it contains information about the Arduino IDE, the configuration and how to program the software into the CPU board. You find also a user manual of the operation of the clock and details about the hardware boards (or shields) in this document.

Content:
- Build manual
- Operating manual
- 3d-print STL file: Bottom plate
- 3d-print STL file: Cover plate
- 3d-print STL file: Front plate
- 3d-print STL file: Rotary knob
- Software: Source code, Arduino project including all required sources (copies of libraries), no dependencies on external code.

You can downoad this as a zip file from this location:
HBDEVLAB.etsy.com




Contact information
If you find something to improve on, please let me know. See the 'Contact' page.