ClockSilencer is a simple ESP32 device. It plays recorded chime on certain hours.
The problem is, I've got an antique pendulum clock from 1930s. When it chimes, it chimes all day long, day and night. I just wanted to silence it at night. My first idea was to build a blocking mechanism inside the clock box, but it turns out to be very difficult and I had some doubts about the clock mechanism. Much more elegant solution is having another electronic clock, that plays recorded chime on certain hours.
- ESP32 WROOM
- DFPlayer mini
- micro SD card (a small one will be enough - 8gb or even less)
- MOSFET transistor (it turns out that DFPlayer is power-hungry even if it sleeps, so it's better to cut its power)
- DS3231 RTC
Because it turns out, when in deepsleep, internal RTC becomes inacurrate (like 5 minutes in 12 hours)
- RTClib - runs DS3231 clock
- HardwareSerial - as DFPlayer is driven by Serial port, second serial must be set.
- DFPlayerMini_Fast - driver for DFPlayer Mini, but not from DFRobot :)
- FireTimer (dependency of DFPlayer library)
