Dilbert Animated Clock

Description

This clock re-purposes an ancient animated Dilbert M&M dispenser by adding a 128x160 TFT clock face to the monitor. A regular digital clock face is too simple. Instead, you have to solve a simple algebra problem to derive the time. The current time problem too hard? Press the mouse button to cheat and show time normally (cheater!)
Along with the time, date, year and temperature are also displayed, and a 1Hz animation crawls around the screen.

Every hour Dilbert comes to life (as much as his 25 year old motor lets him) and pounds his keyboard.

Details

1-minute video

The electronics are fairly standard ESP8266 and a DS3231 clock module. These fit on a hand-wrapped board inside Dilbert’s monitor. The candy hopper is removed to make room. I attached a piezo beeper in case I wanted noise. A MOSFET drives the motor with a jumper to disable in case you need to upload code. A USB cable routes through a small hole on the base.