“A nice large clock display, the only problem being it was too bright to have next to the bed at night - but it's user programmable, so I downloaded the software from the Waveshare wiki to a Raspberry Pi, and added a 3rd lower auto dimming level - I can now sleep with it on! I also made the number 7 look nicer, and google translated all the comments from Chinese to English. My version of the software is on github under druck13/Pico-Clock-Green.”
“Excellent kit - simple to setup and use, but really versatile. Has a lot of sensors and displays available, so it can be used for all sorts of things, not just as a clock. The example code is a little hard to follow (comments are all in Chinese, and it's a bit spaghetti) but it does give a complete, out of the box usable device if that's what you're looking for.
4/5 - but would be 5/5 if the documentation / sample code was a little better. But if you're happy enough to get stuck in yourself, it's a great piece of kit.”
“Great little clock. I got as a bedside clock, and really happy with it. It took a little of knowledge to set up, and some trial and error, but eventually, I realised it was easier than I thought. The documentation from Waveshare, is thorough, but not particularly beginner friendly.”
“Nice piece of hardware, with moderately functional software. A superb project for learning to take hardware along with the schematics and then to write code to get a clock to work in the way you want. The board parallels up all the PICO pins via a strip of sockets so that it's easy to plug in wires for any extra modules that might make the clock more versatile.”
“Excellent quality, easy to assemble, however, the programming instructions I found on-line leave a lot to be desired. I've not yet managed to get it installed, I keep getting obscure exception messages at every step.”
“It's good good solid unit, well built. Assembles nicely. Though, there's no micro python provided by the manufacturer. Time keeping is accurate, though any custom setting don't persist after a power cycle. Unless you're proficient in C tweaking things to you liking is challenging. Well packaged, with the trademark fast delivery, from the PiHut.”
“This is an attractive clock with large figures (abut 5cm high), based on a green LED matrix (I think 7x22 pixels). There are also LED indicators with the day name, C/F temperature marker etc. To make it work, you just need to install a Pico in the socket and then load the Pico with the clock code (a binary is available for easy installation). A nice feature is that microUSB socket that powers the clock also exposes the TX/RX pins, such that you can reprogram the Pico even after the case is assembled.
Source code for the clock is available (it's in C++). I haven't installed the toolchain yet, but I'm looking forward to tweaking the clock code and adding my own features.”
