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Merge pull request #2967 from FoamyGuy/adding_cartoon_clock
adding cartoon character clock
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Cartoon_Character_Clock/code.py

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Tim Cocks
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#
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
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"""
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Cartoon Character Clock
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This project features an analog clock face rendered on a round display.
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The art and songs are inspired by an early 20th-century public domain
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cartoon.
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"""
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import os
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import time
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import board
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from adafruit_display_analogclock import AnalogClock
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from adafruit_gc9a01a import GC9A01A
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import rtc
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import socketpool
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import displayio
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from fourwire import FourWire
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import adafruit_ntp
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import wifi
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import audiobusio
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from audiomp3 import MP3Decoder
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# Set the desired offset from UTC time here.
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# US Eastern Standard Time is -5
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# US Eastern Daylight Time is -4
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UTC_OFFSET = -5
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# enable or disable the hourly chime jingle
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HOURLY_CHIME = True
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# Set to a tuple containing hour and minute values to
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# enable the alarm e.g. 13, 25 will play the alarm at
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# 1:25 pm adjusted for the given UTC_OFFSET.
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ALARM_TIME = None
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#ALARM_TIME = (13, 25)
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# WiFi Setup
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# Get wifi AP credentials from a settings.toml file
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wifi_ssid = os.getenv("CIRCUITPY_WIFI_SSID")
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wifi_password = os.getenv("CIRCUITPY_WIFI_PASSWORD")
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if wifi_ssid is None:
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print("WiFi credentials are kept in settings.toml, please add them there!")
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raise ValueError("SSID not found in environment variables")
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try:
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wifi.radio.connect(wifi_ssid, wifi_password)
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except ConnectionError:
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print("Failed to connect to WiFi with provided credentials")
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raise
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# pylint: disable=unsubscriptable-object
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if HOURLY_CHIME or ALARM_TIME is not None:
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# Audio Setup
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audio = audiobusio.I2SOut(board.A2, board.A1, board.A0)
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songs = ["song_1.mp3", "song_2.mp3"]
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mp3 = open(songs[0], "rb")
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decoder = MP3Decoder(mp3)
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# Display Setup
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spi = board.SPI()
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tft_cs = board.TX
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tft_dc = board.RX
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displayio.release_displays()
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display_bus = FourWire(spi, command=tft_dc, chip_select=tft_cs, reset=None)
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display = GC9A01A(display_bus, width=240, height=240)
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display.rotation = 90
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# Sync time from NTP server
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pool = socketpool.SocketPool(wifi.radio)
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ntp = adafruit_ntp.NTP(pool, server="time.nist.gov", tz_offset=0, cache_seconds=3600)
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rtc.RTC().datetime = ntp.datetime
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# Initialize the clock face
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clockface = AnalogClock(
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"clock_short_hand.bmp",
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"clock_long_hand.bmp",
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(120, 120), 106, number_label_scale=2,
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background_color=0x989a97,
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background_img_file="clock_center.bmp",
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background_img_anchor_point=(0.5,0.5),
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background_img_anchored_position=(display.width//2, display.height//2 - 2)
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)
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# set the clockface to show on the display
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display.root_group = clockface
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print(f"current time {time.localtime().tm_hour + UTC_OFFSET}:{time.localtime().tm_min}")
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cur_hour = time.localtime().tm_hour + UTC_OFFSET
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cur_minute = time.localtime().tm_min
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clockface.set_time(cur_hour, cur_minute)
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while True:
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# If we need to update the clock hands
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if cur_hour != time.localtime().tm_hour + UTC_OFFSET or cur_minute != time.localtime().tm_min:
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# store current values to comapre with next iteration
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cur_hour = time.localtime().tm_hour + UTC_OFFSET
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cur_minute = time.localtime().tm_min
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# update the clock face
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clockface.set_time(cur_hour, cur_minute)
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# if the hourly chime is enabled, and it's the top of the hour
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if HOURLY_CHIME and cur_minute == 0:
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# play the hour chime jingle
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audio.play(decoder)
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while audio.playing:
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pass
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# if the alarm is enabled and the current time is what
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# it was set to.
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if ALARM_TIME is not None and \
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cur_hour == ALARM_TIME[0] and cur_minute == ALARM_TIME[1]:
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# open the alarm song file
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decoder.file = open("song_2.mp3", "rb")
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# play the alarm song twice
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for i in range(2):
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audio.play(decoder)
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while audio.playing:
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pass
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time.sleep(0.5)
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# re-open the hourly chime file
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decoder.file = open("song_1.mp3", "rb")
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time.sleep(3)

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