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We have some important news to share about HackSpace: Issue 81 was the last issue of HackSpace as a standalone magazine, and HackSpace has become part of The MagPi, the official Raspberry Pi magazine. Starting with issue 145, We’ll be adding pages to The MagPi to make room for the stories and tutorials you’ve come to expect from HackSpace.

Progress bar

By Ben Everard. Posted

Here’s one for the minimalists: a progress bar for your day. It’s a simple, intuitive display that displays a line of light that grows from left to right as the working day inches by. And because it’s connected to the internet via a Raspberry Pi Pico W and the magic of MicroPython, it can grab data from your Google Calendar and display when your day’s events are. Other than the Pico W, the components are simple: just a strip of RGB LEDs, a frame to hold them (angled aluminium from your local DIY shop would work), plus a strip of opaque plastic to work as a diffuser.

Ben Everard

Ben is the editor of HackSpace magazine. He plays with electronics and grows mushrooms, but hasn't yet combined the two.

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