# A clock that shows the time in words

**URL:** <https://community.aisler.net/t/a-clock-that-shows-the-time-in-words/241>\
**Category:** Great Projects\
**Tags:** wordclock\
**Created:** [February 2, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.aisler.net/t/a-clock-that-shows-the-time-in-words/241 "2022-02-02T18:45:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yannick-from-aisler](https://community-cdn.aisler.net/user_avatar/community.aisler.net/yannick-from-aisler/32/47_2.png) [@Yannick-from-aisler](https://community.aisler.net/u/Yannick-from-aisler)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.aisler.net/t/a-clock-that-shows-the-time-in-words/241/1 "2022-02-02T18:45:32Z")

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**1. Why I started with this project?**

i had the idea of a word clock and started googling and saw that there is already a manufacturer who sells the clocks at an extremely high price. furthermore, there were already a lot of self-made versions online and i thought to myself that it can’t be that difficult and i want to have one.

**2. What I love about electronics?**  
i am completely inexperienced with electronics. the only circuits i have built were normal lamps i made myself out of wood and concrete. plugs, switches, sockets…that’s it. but i am very interested in it and i try to get to know it and have fun with it, even if it’s just changing the battery of my iphone or… the word clock

**3. Which PCB Design Tool I use and why?**  
for the word clock, the first time i actually got into using fritzing. for me, it seemed like it was the easiest tool for complete beginners.

**4. What’s my greatest fail with the project?**  
the biggest fail is that we tried 5 different microcontrollers before we finally ended up with a raspberry pi because we didn’t have to work with c++ there. i can’t program myself anyway so i was a bit tied to my friend who is a software developer and he wasn’t an expert in c++ either. we got the clock to work every time but there were always serious bugs. we’ve been at it for more than 3 years and now my friend doesn’t want to do it that much anymore. the list of fails is endless.

**5. What’s my greatest win in the project?**  
every evening we spent with the project was very cool. i gained a lot of experience and worked for the first time with an arduino, raspberry pi, esp8266 and leds that can be controlled individually. besides, i never had so much insight into code and even if i don’t understand much at first glance, you can see through the logic very quickly and that’s fun.

**6. What’s my most favorite feature AISLER?**  
the team

**7. Photos**

 ![Picture 1](https://community.aisler.net/uploads/default/original/1X/a631266ccda9309d4d2c3e589f71b045b6329a72.jpeg)  
first setup with a real time clock

 ![Picture 2](https://community.aisler.net/uploads/default/original/1X/dd0ca90555f1e094fc43934f7e83869fdf1fe199.jpeg)  
first prototype

 ![Picture 3](https://community.aisler.net/uploads/default/original/1X/46e5e6b4e5a27b51a7af84d50ce6d436b2feb31f.jpeg)  
stainless steel front panel 😊 ![Picture 4|666x500]

 ![wortuhr 4](https://community.aisler.net/uploads/default/original/1X/c5f3da86caf3ce1731e97f632fdbb37541658721.jpeg)  
the ikea frame happened to fit exactly 🙂

**8. GitHub**

> **[GitHub - Felix-Seip/ArduinoWordClock: A code repository for an arduino word...](https://github.com/Felix-Seip/ArduinoWordClock)**
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> A code repository for an arduino word clock. Contribute to Felix-Seip/ArduinoWordClock development by creating an account on GitHub.