Internet Clock using Maker Pi Pico and CircuitPython

Introduction

Hi and Happy New Year for 2022. For this tutorial I use the same hardware setup as the bitcoin price display tutorial, only this time I want to program it to be an internet clock.

Video

Hardware Preparation

This is the list of items used in the video.

• Maker Pi Pico
• ESP8266 ESP-01 WiFi Module
• 4 In 1 MAX7219 Dot Matrix Display Module
• USB Micro B Cable
• (Optional) RIBBA from IKEA

Sample Program

This is CircuitPython sample program. You need to include these libraries in your CIRCUITPY/lib folder. You can download it from CircuitPython Library Bundle.

• adafruit_espatcontrol
• adafruit_max7219
• adafruit_framebuf.mpy
• adafruit_requests.mpy
• simpleio.mpy
• font5x8.bin (in examples folder)

Thank You

References:

• Dot Matrix Clock With NTP Server Using ESP32
• Display BTC price on dot matrix using Maker Pi Pico

Thanks for reading this tutorial. If you have any technical inquiries, please post at Cytron Technical Forum.

"Please be reminded, this tutorial is prepared for you to try and learn.
You are encouraged to improve the code for a better application."