{"id":16289,"date":"2017-01-25T12:32:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T11:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16289"},"modified":"2017-01-25T12:32:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T11:32:11","slug":"harry-potter-inspired-map-clock-using-a-raspberry-pi-and-arduino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16289","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter-inspired map-clock using a Raspberry Pi and Arduino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/marauders_clock.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16290\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/marauders_clock.jpg?resize=560%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/marauders_clock.jpg?w=1149&amp;ssl=1 1149w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/marauders_clock.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/marauders_clock.jpg?resize=768%2C475&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/marauders_clock.jpg?resize=1024%2C634&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/marauders_clock.jpg?resize=560%2C347&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/marauders_clock.jpg?resize=260%2C161&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/marauders_clock.jpg?resize=160%2C99&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mruktechreviews\" target=\"_blank\">Spencer Organ<\/a> has been putting his making skills to use with this Harry Potter-inspired build. Taking his cue from both the <a href=\"http:\/\/harrypotter.wikia.com\/wiki\/Weasley_Clock\" target=\"_blank\">Weasley Clock<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/harrypotter.wikia.com\/wiki\/Marauder's_Map\" target=\"_blank\">Marauders&#8217; Map<\/a>, he&#8217;s taken a Raspberry Pi, an <a href=\"https:\/\/thepihut.com\/products\/explorer-hat-pro\" target=\"_blank\">Explorer HAT<\/a>, an Arduino, some servos and some relays and put the electronics behind a recreation of the Map. The Pi reads, via wi-fi, the presence of devices with known MAC addresses and then activates the arms of the clock to point to the relevant person\/position accordingly. 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Taking his cue from both the Weasley Clock and the Marauders&#8217; Map, he&#8217;s taken a Raspberry Pi, an Explorer HAT, an Arduino, some servos and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16289\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55,80,22,20,25,26,50,33],"tags":[153,165],"class_list":["post-16289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arduino","category-blinkies","category-geeky-techiness","category-gpio-boards","category-home-automation","category-internet-of-things","category-making","category-networking","tag-clock","tag-harry-potter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Harry Potter-inspired map-clock using a Raspberry Pi and Arduino - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16289\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Harry Potter-inspired map-clock using a Raspberry Pi and Arduino - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spencer Organ has been putting his making skills to use with this Harry Potter-inspired build. 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