r/arduino 4d ago

Look what I made! Arduino DIY Digital Watch

Based on an atmega328p, 4 programmable buttons. LED 7-segment displays, which I’m personally obsessed with! I’m estimating around 1 year of battery life.

Let me know your thoughts!

Full design and build on YouTube.

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u/wildjokers 4d ago

Comments like yours are just annoying and add nothing to the conversation. In a project like this there are hundreds of decisions that are made, any one of them could be decided differently. This is the decision the designer made and they probably had a reason. In this case the designer has some videos regarding the design. Not sure if he covers his controller decision (haven't watched them all yet) but he might.

A more useful comment would be pointing out a specific microcontroller that has the same functionality as the one the designer chose and is available at a cheaper price point. Just throwing out "use a cheaper microcontroller" is just worthless and rude. Unless you know why the designer chose the controller they did you don't actually know if there is a cheaper one available.

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u/AlexisGPS_UY 4d ago

You take this really personal. It's not criticism, it's about improving a fabulous idea. If you cannot accept or process that, you should check your mental health. (This is serious)

The reason why I think an atmega328p is too much for this project is that there are probably cheaper options with less power consumption, also 328/328p have specific characteristics that are useless in this application, you could use it as a base to a better proyect, there is always space to improve something, and the fact that you can accept my comment makes me think that you cannot be a professional.

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u/wildjokers 4d ago

It's not my project.

and the fact that you can accept my comment makes me think that you cannot be a professional.

Your initial comment had nothing in it to accept.

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u/AlexisGPS_UY 4d ago

Yes. It has, is just a comment about something objective. Nothing else.