Raspberry Pi Pico Desktop Clock with Round LCD

A little desktop clock with round display for Raspberry Pi Pico, or could be coded to do and be anything you want.

• Acquires current time from NTP
• Customisable alarms with snooze feature
• Buzzer to play musical alarms

Latest

• 9 Feb 2023 - Added boot script to record last known time, update the buzzer and musical tones
• 21 Jan 2023 - Version 2 - new design, added buttons, buzzer and alarms
• 20 Jan 2023 - Moved the star movement to core1, added simple alarms, a night mode ready for a light sensor, ASCII art and got the AI to write some comments for me.
• 30 Dec 2022 - Fixed some time and code issues

Version 2

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/46349796/213926866-4d1f6632-3ad6-42b0-ba31-92c4016c5022.mp4

Hardare requirements:

• Raspberry Pi Pico-W
• 1.3" SPI Round LCD Screen (240x240)
• 2 x momentary push buttons (Omron type B3F with long extension)
• Buzzer

Round LCD 1.3" SPI

https://thepihut.com/products/1-3-spi-colour-round-lcd-240x240-breakout

Pico W

https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-pico-w

LCD Wiring

• 3-5V to any 5V or 3V pin
• CS to GP17
• SCK to GP18
• MOSI to GP19
• DC to GP16
• BL to GP20
• GND to any ground pin

Button Wiring

• Button 1 to GP0
• Button 2 to GP1
• GND to any ground pin (3)

Buzzer Wiring

• Positive to GP15
• Negative to any ground pin (18)

Python MModules

Installed MicroPython with Pimoroni graphics via Thonny

https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/tree/main/micropython/modules/picographics

Printing

Printed on an Ender 3 Neo v2 with standard settings and PLA filament. (Nasty top layer)

Bugs

• Multicore seems to crash alot, especially with the IRQ buttons.. Freeware - use as you wish