Alarm clock ideas?

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I haven’t started a new Home Assistant project in about a month. So I am Jonesing for something else. And the clock next to my bed has started flickering. So:

What are some good alarm clock or bedroom clock ideas that work with home assistant?

I would read about any you are willing to share. I would love some of these features:

  • Something I can read without really walking up. Digital clock that is slightly backlit.
  • Something that can show a status or state from home assistant. This could be something like a display, or neopixels.
  • Something that works with esphome would be great. I love that software. Adding a temperature sensor or a special button would be easier with esphome.

I honestly don’t need a speaker or alarm. My kids wake me up at 6:30 every morning and if I need an alarm, I will use my phone.

It does not need to be durable, but ideally it is at least in a case.

I have a 3D printer.

Anything else interesting that I should consider?

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Something like this:

It could show all sorts of HA information, not just time.

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Hang one of these on your wall. : -

or as you have a 3D printer : -

You say you don’t need an alarm but your title suggests otherwise ???

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They look neat but do they qualify for:

They would seem to be difficult to read when half asleep.

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Very true. If I were to shop for a clock to go on a night stand, I would shop for an alarm clock, and I would just never set the alarm. It seems like an area where language guides design.

That is very cool. I will read this thoroughly.

Those are both very interesting projects. I haven’t seen that second one, and I forgot about the first one.

This post is more just brain storming, or “inspiration finding”. I was hoping those bullets give a good description of what I was expecting, but there’s no reason to limit links to stuff that meets all those needs. Maybe there is a way to combine a few ideas into something that I could use. For example, maybe I would have just a small 7 segment clock on one corner, but still try to spell out different notifications with the letters? IDK.

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Anyone seen AWTRIX? Looks relevant as well for this as well.

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That looks slick. I wonder if I can manage to do it that cleanly :slight_smile:

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This looks pretty slick too. I like the form factor and the mechanical switches:

I would rather it be driven via local wifi, of course. There is a js library that talks to one of these over BT. Maybe I could strap an esp32 and figure out the commands for that.

It is also quite bright.

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Perhaps this is helpful to make custom component for HA https://github.com/Kwintenvdb/homebridge-divoom

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What did you go with?
I’m interested in a projected display that shows some non-time data.
So far I’ve experimented with a SSD1331 controlled with ESPHome and a ‘smart phone projector’.
Current issues are

  • ESPHome has no option to flip the image, at least for this OLED
  • Screen burn, it happens pretty fast
  • Projects small
  • Lense has to be quite far from the screen, part of the projection appeal was having less of a footprint

I’m considering a transparent PMOLED or an optical prism

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Oh man, I didn’t ever post my cyberdeck back here?! Here it is:

It’s running a whole pi and it uses an esphome for the backlight and some buttons.

It isn’t exactly what I was expecting when I started, but it is dim enough to sleep by, and much more powerful.