6 comments

  • duiker101 2 days ago

    Ah! Fantastic! I have been wanting to do this exact same project. I have been held back by trying to choose a screen. I want something REALLY dim at night.

    In the end, I created a custom watchface for an amazfit band 7 that I had lying around and that worked decently, actually.

      stavros 2 days ago

      You can dim this screen all the way down to where it's hard to read in the dark. I recommend it if you still want to do it.

  • detectivestory 2 days ago

    Looks like a fun little project. Is it possible to program an alarm on that device? Does it have a speaker?

      stavros 2 days ago

      It doesn't, but since it uses a whole ESP8266 module, it's really easy to add one. I'm going to add a light sensor soon, as the time-based brightness is more annoying than I expected.

      I haven't tried with ESPhome, but I think it would be easy to add some alarm code. There's no touch screen or other interface, though, so you'd have to set the alarm via Wifi.

  • haebom 2 days ago

    This is Cool. If this were on Kickstarter, I'd probably buy it.

      stavros 2 days ago

      You can buy it from Ali (or wherever) and just flash it though USB, but it won't be as plug and play as a finished product.