Raspberry Pi · 2021
Unicorn HAT Mini clock
A fork of unicornhatmini-clock with a night mode that drops the LEDs to 2% after dark, and settings that are easy to change.
A clock for the Pimoroni Unicorn HAT Mini on a Raspberry Pi. I forked unicornhatmini-clock and added a night mode that dims the LEDs when it's dark. The HAT gets very bright, and 2% brightness is plenty at night. I also moved the settings into variables at the top of the script, so you can customise the clock without touching the code.
Features
- A blinking colon between the hours and minutes
- Text that changes colour every minute or every hour
- A night mode that dims the lights after dark
- Settings that are easy to change
Settings
| Setting | Default | Options |
|---|---|---|
| Flash the colon between hours and minutes | True | True or False |
| Daytime brightness | 0.10 | 0.02 to 1.00 |
| Night-time brightness | 0.02 | 0.02 to 1.00 |
| Daytime start hour | 8 | 0 to 24 |
| Daytime end hour | 23 | 0 to 24 |
| Enable night mode (with the settings above) | True | True or False |
| Change colour every minute | False | True or False |
| Change colour every hour | True | True or False |