{"id":18928,"date":"2018-06-12T14:35:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T13:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18928"},"modified":"2018-06-12T14:35:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T13:35:40","slug":"raspberry-pi-powered-google-calendar-aware-clock-with-added-neopixels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18928","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi-powered, Google Calendar-aware clock with added NeoPixels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cal-clock-800.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18929\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cal-clock-800.png?resize=560%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cal-clock-800.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cal-clock-800.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cal-clock-800.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cal-clock-800.png?resize=560%2C372&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cal-clock-800.png?resize=260%2C173&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cal-clock-800.png?resize=160%2C106&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam VanHook has created this lovely Google Calendar-aware clock out of some birch plywood and then added diffused Neopixels. These Neopixels are lit up by a Raspberry Pi Zero W when Sam has appointments in his Google Calendar. He&#8217;s used a CNC router to cut the clock face (although I guess you could do it by hand or with a laser cutter) and the whole build has a lovely feel to it. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/CalClock-Simply-See-Your-Schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read how he created CalClock over on this Instructable<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam VanHook has created this lovely Google Calendar-aware clock out of some birch plywood and then added diffused Neopixels. These Neopixels are lit up by a Raspberry Pi Zero W when Sam has appointments in his Google Calendar. 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