High-Level Project Summary
The Mars 2020 rover, Perseverance, has bravely survived its 7 minutes of terror and landed safely on Mars. What better way to celebrate NASA's latest interplanetary endeavor than a clock that allows you to compare your time of day here on Earth (wherever you are) with the time of day experienced by the elegant feat of engineering that is Percy.The clock features the Mars 2020 logo, enclosing two clocks made from LED rings and powered by an ESP8266 development board. One clock is situated around the Earth, with different glowing colors depicting the hours (blue), minutes (teal) and seconds (cool white) of the time of day for your time zone. The other is situated around Mars, showing the tim
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Detailed Project Description
Great for NASA nerds, rocket scientists (and wannabes), sci-fi geeks, and the merely scientifically curious, the Mars 2020 clock looks fabulous on a desk or bookshelf, hanging on a wall, or displayed proudly on a clean room workbench. The Mars 2020 logo sits on a background of finished birch (with a cherry stain for a color reminiscent of the Martian soil), encased in a black frame.
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