{"id":13974,"date":"2016-01-04T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T14:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13974"},"modified":"2016-01-04T15:01:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T14:01:29","slug":"word-clock-with-a-raspberry-pi-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13974","title":{"rendered":"Word clock with a Raspberry Pi Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/meanderingpi.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/img_1639.jpg?w=226&#038;h=226&#038;fit=226%2C226&#038;resize=464%2C464\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"464\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Nice to see projects being built with the Zero now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>David Saul set himself a project over Christmas: a &#8216;word clock&#8217;. For this, he used a Raspberry Pi Zero and a\u00a0MAX7219 chip. 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