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  • Author Author: beagles
  • Date Created: 6 Jan 2018 11:39 AM Date Created
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Rocket launch themed timer- with visuals and sound

beagles
beagles
6 Jan 2018

Ive been thinking about my next project.

 

Now I have the arduino wave shield basics I would like to get a bit more creative.

 

I want to make a rocket launched themed timer that will count down from a given time.

 

To start I think I will make it 10 minutes but once I get a bit more experience I would like to link it to a smart phone or remote so any number of minutes can be requested.

 

As the timer counts down the visual counting down ill be seen on Seven segments LED displays but the unique part will be the added extra...

 

As it counts down I want the wave shield to play a recording from a launch at a given time... eg 'T3 minutes... check boosters'.

 

Lots to think about...

 

-Getting the recordings

 

-Setting up the LED displays  

 

- Coding the wave shield to play the recordings at given times during the count down.

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  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 7 years ago +2
    Good for you. Another new project. Keep us posted as I am interested in seeing the build toward the final results. John
  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 7 years ago +1
    Further down the line you could perhaps look at triggering the timer using a web API which contains real world launch event data. There are some sites out there that contain launch information but I'm…
  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 7 years ago

    Further down the line you could perhaps look at triggering the timer using a web API which contains real world launch event data.

     

    There are some sites out there that contain launch information but I'm not sure if there are any with web API's, so they may have to be scraped for the data:

    https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

    http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/launch-schedule/

     

    You probably would have to rethink the countdown slightly, as it would probably be more like days to launch as opposed to an actual synchronised launch countdown. However you could perhaps still do something for the scheduled launch window. "Thunderbirds are go..."

     

    Alternatively build your own rocket image

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    beagles over 7 years ago in reply to jw0752

    Thanks for the support John, I'll keep you up to date on how I get on.

    Thanks

    Kaylee

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    jw0752 over 7 years ago

    Good for you. Another new project. Keep us posted as I am interested in seeing the build toward the final results.

     

    John

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