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

[Justin Mitchell]

The date handling isnt all that hard that it would dictate the level of
device needed, its just simple integer maths.

my concerns would more be:
a) what is the interface to the display, how much work is required in
driving it ?

b) where do you intend to get the current date from, a RTC module, or
from the internet ?


On Thu, 2016-01-28 at 08:26 +0000, Richard Morgan wrote:
> 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> 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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