Affordable, open source Time Cube - Let's Dudys!

A project in Słupsk, Poland by Michał
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Cheap cube measuring time according to the wall which currently is the top one. Every wall can be other activity - coding, meeting etc.
Backers: 15
Average Pledge Per Backer: $87

Funded: $1,309 of $7,000
Dates: Sep 6th -> Nov 5th (60 days)
Project By: Michał
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Latest News

Let's be realistic

October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, hope you're great today. Looking at our progress - we won't achieve the goal. I did what I could - facebook, twitter, linkedin, reddit, even shoutout from one of the biggest electronics store in Poland - we've got 22% funded. To be honest... (Read More)

BLE + battery test results

September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all! Well, mixing BLE with 1800mAh LiPol battery gave us whooping 29 hours of constant Active Mode! To remind you - last best result was 15 hours using standard Bluetooth serial messaging. I think we can find it as our way to go with developing... (Read More)

It'll take a little more time.. I hope!

September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, I wanted to give you update this morning about last case of LiPol 1800mAh test using BLE, but yeah.. after 22 hours it's still going! Looks good, I'm super happy with BLE. Let me jump to my office and in ~10 hours I'll check again on... (Read More)

New application & BLE tests

September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all! I've managed to rewrite whole PC application to UWP (Universal Windows Platform) for Windows 10 which lets me catch notifications sent by Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Board's software also has been rewritten to pass messages via BLE... (Read More)

BLE introduction

September 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, I'd like to announce little change in the board's soft - we're moving from standard Bluetooth connection to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). It's quite self explainatory - I'd like to save even morenpower in Active Mode and BLE consumes from 50... (Read More)

LOLIN32 Lite wiring diagram

September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Wiring diagram has been updated in Story section of the campaign. It was also commited into Github repository for backers.  Take care! Mike  (Read More)

Even better battery efficiency?

September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, Yesterday I got another board I wanted to test - LOLIN32 Lite. Lolin32 Lite This board has a lot lower power consumption, has everything needed to develop the Cube and, as you can see, has integrated LiPol battery charger which means that... (Read More)

Github repository

September 18th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

LiPol battery tests summary

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, My LiPol battery tests (1800mAh) are finished (for now!). Here are 3 main cases I've checked during last few days. Testing environment - ESP32 in active mode, constantly powering one of the LEDs, reading position from the accelerometer and... (Read More)

Shipping to UK

September 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all! I've just added shipping to the UK for all tiers. Cheers! Mike  (Read More)

Battery tests are nearing the end!

September 14th - via: kickstarter.com
I'd like to give you a little feedback about current battery tests - I think I've found the most efficient configuration for the cube working only on battery - test just beat 13 hours of constant work, sending info through bluetooth and constantly... (Read More)

ON/OFF button

September 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all! I'd like to announce that today I successfully implemented ON/OFF button into the cube.  Electronics with button implemented  What does it do? New button will make ESP32 go into Deep Sleep Mode. When ESP32 is turned on and actively... (Read More)

It's fully wireless!

September 7th - via: kickstarter.com
So, today I got charger module (1$) and LiPo battery (8$) - both components will easily fit into the cube and work perfectly! You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 Tomorrow I'll... (Read More)

Code & STL source

September 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all! I had a question about the part "open source" in my project. Do not worry about this - today I'll get my order with batteries for testing, fitting, checking. A little bit of soldering, 3D modelling and making sure that everything works... (Read More)

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