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1Enclosure
Detailed instructions for enclosure (follow the images bellow)
- choose (and mark) a side of the frame to be the top of the clock, clean the smoked plexiglass sheet, put it in the frame;
- place the printed paper sheet and the 3D printed grid;
- drill with 2 mm diameter bit through the plastic grid to make room for the screws in the frame;
- screw the plastic grid;
- mark on the frame the place for holes and lock the frame to the plexiglass support;
- drill the holes with a 2mm diameter bit (enlarge the holes in the support with a 3mm diameter bit, make the coining with a 10mm diameter bit) and screw it all together.
The last two images shows an almost finished enclosure.
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2Electronics
Detailed instructions for electronics (follow the images bellow)
- solder the 3pin connector to the LED Matrix;
- change the order of the red and black wire in the header (it is good to respect some rules for colors used in wirings, so a red color wire for 5v and a black color wire for ground);
- drill a hole in the plexiglass support where the 3pin connector is located and enlarge the hole (with a Dremel for example) to accommodate the 3pin connector;
- make the modules soldering like in images;
- place in the box the modules, the power and the XH wire ends in the plastic box;
- twist and solder together the wire ends; isolate and strengthen the twisted wire ends with 2mm interior heat shrink tubing;
- fix the Led Matrix to the 3D printed plastic grid (with a hot melt glue gun);
- assemble all :)
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3Programming
Step by step instructions:
- download and install the Arduino IDE;
- download the source for the Verbis word clock;
- install in Arduino IDE the ESP support libraries - more here;
- insert the ESP-01 Board in the breadboard adapter and connect the USB to Serial converter to an USB port of the computer;
- open in Files-Examples-ESP8266 the CheckFlashConfig sketch and then make the configuration options in TOOLS like in the image (you will have another COM port eventually);
- open a serial monitor (TOOLS - SERIAL MONITOR), make the configs (Both NL&CR, 115200 baud) and push the RESET switch on the breadboard adapter;
- you will see something like in the image bellow with the 'ready' word on the last line, it means the ESP Board is working and you can find on your phone a new WiFi Access Point;
- to put the ESP board in programming mode, gently push the PROG switch and keep pushing, then push and release the RESET switch, THEN(!) release the PROGRAM switch, in the SERIAL MONITOR you must see a garbled line after the ready line (see image);
- click the UPLOAD button in the Arduino IDE, wait for the sketch to be compiled and uploaded, then verify the SERIAL MONITOR again, if you have a line with 'Flash Chip configuration ok' then the programming options in the Arduino IDE are good. If no, make the necessary changes;
- unzip the sources and open, with the Arduino IDE, the VerbisMain.ino file, put the ESP board in programming mode and upload the program, if everything is good you will see in the SERIAL MONITOR the word clock's initial configuration and a WiFi Access Point on your phone.
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