From James West via raspberry pi pod:
We’re lucky enough to have two teenage boys in the house. One of them lurks in the gloom of his bedroom listening to loud, raucous music and doing god knows what on his computer until he can be lured out by offers of food. But sometimes the music is so loud, or the headphones so firmly clamped that he doesn’t hear the call of “Tea time!!!” wafting up the stairs. I could go up to his room to get him, but this is the 21st century and there has to be a better way.
That better way is the Tea Time Klaxon.
Now I just need to send a tweet featuring the secret hashtag to trigger flashing lights and a buzzer to alert the eldest that tea is ready.
Actually, I’ve wanted to find an excuse to make something with one of these LED towers for ages, because they just look so cool, and recently they’ve been discounted at Pimoroni which gave me a good excuse to get one. The tower needs 12v DC so you can’t drive it directly from a Raspberry Pi. Instead I bought a power supply from Amazon – this one, I think and a Pimoroni Automation pHat to handle the switching.
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