[Swansea Hackspace] Daily Countdown (but working days not calendar)

[Richard Morgan]

It will track a single event - after that I might programme it for a new
date but it will be one date only.

I would specify the bank holidays to ensure it's counting down the days
accurately.


On Thursday, 28 January 2016, Ceri Clatworthy <ceri.clatworthy at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Are you going to specify bank holidays weekend etc.
>
> If this is a ONE OFF  then it probably is going to be fairly simple.
>
> But if it is for many events. . Bit more code.
> Possibly a windows PC program to generate a data file on SD or simmla
>
> Ceri
> On 28 Jan 2016 08:06, "Richard Morgan" <richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk');>> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>> I want to create a large office display 'countdown' clock to a specific
>> date...but...I want it to countdown 'working days' and not just calendar
>> days!! =:-O
>>
>> I would need to be able to programme in the bank-holidays and weekends so
>> that they can be excluded and the 'days left number' is accurate as the
>> weeks progress...
>>
>> It would need to be a large 3 digit LED display for the days left
>> countdown to be visible across the office.
>>
>> Ideally it would be something that I could run off a re-chargeable
>> battery pack for portability but plugging in would be okay.
>>
>> Would this be a Raspberry Pi project or would you recommend an Arduino?
>>
>> All suggestions very gratefully received...
>>
>>
>> Richard
>>
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Kind regards,

Richard
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