Reviving a Flip Clock from the 70ies (github.com)

Reviving a slave flip clock from the 70ies using an ESP32 and a DC driver.

Such a nice looking object

Wow nice. Love the look and save it from the landfill

The good 'ol split-flap displays. Lots of good maker projects out there on this and some commercial providers as well.

Getting your hands on some of the old train-station split flap units is pretty tough. They can go upwards of $300 a character on ebay...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-flap_display

https://www.oatfoundry.com/split-flap/

While not exactly nostalgia, I can remember the sound of the flips in my bedroom at night from some 50 years ago...

> 70ies

"Seventy-ies"?

That aside, I appreciate the documentation about things that were tried and didn't work during this process. I often find myself adding those kinds of details to documentation to prevent others going down dead ends.

There is good open source cutter plotting software available, but Cricut sues everyone who bypasses their app. I suspect their hardware is being subsidized by these asinine paywalls to monopolize the consumer cutter market.