Pi Time is a psychedelic clock constructed out of material as well as Neopixels, managed by an Arduino UNO. The clock started out as a quilted Pi symbol. [Chris as well as Jessica] wished to make something a lot more around the Pi as well as added some RGB lights. At the exact same time, they wished to make something useful, that’s when they made a decision to make a clock utilizing Neopixels.
Neopixels, or WS2812Bs, are addressable RGB LEDs , which can be managed individually by a microcontroller, in this case, an Arduino. The material was quilted with a spiral of numbers (3.1415926535…) as well as the actual reading of the time is not exactly how you are utilized to. To checked out the clock you have to recall the visible color spectrum or the rainbow colors, from red to violet. The rainbow starts at the beginning of the sign Pi in the center, so the hours will be either red, yellow, or orange, depending upon exactly how lots of digits are needed to tell the time. For example, when it is 5:09, the 5 is red, as well as the 9 is yellow. When it’s 5:10, the 5 is orange, the very first minute (1) is teal, as well as the second (0) is violet. The pi sign flashes every other second.
There are easier as well as a lot more challenging methods to do the basic task of figuring out what time it is…
We are not sure if the digits are lighted up according to their very first appearance in the Pi sequence or are just random as the video only shows the trippy LEDs, however the impact is quite nice: