To start off, thanks to the video sponsor: JLCPCB for sponsoring this project. JLCPCB Prototype for $2 (Any Color): https://jlcpcb.com A Hackaday article covering one of my first projects was published in back in 2012. It was an early project I made, thrown together on a breadboard. It was more practice than finished project. I always regretted never finishing and giving it the polish it deserved. So in this video we rectify that by assembling and testing a board fresh from the jlcpcb oven. I've thrown a little more effort into the user interface as well along with soft power management. If you want to build your own head over to the hackaday.io page here for the design files as well as a writeup with some more design detail (https://hackaday.io/project/176369-digital-magic-8-ball-mk2) And last but not least, I sincerely wish everyone happy holidays and a happy new year!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I've posted a link for Ebay purchase referrals. If you use the link below then I get a small kickback from your purchase (it will cost you nothing, I just get paid for referring customers). https://ebay.to/2G1OY6v Special thanks to Eric Skiff for freely providing the music used in this video off his album Resistor Anthems. His music can be found at http://ericskiff.com/music/ Visit my site: www.diytronics.blogspot.com My RGB Gameboy Backlight Controller is now available at www.roarkesretrocorner.com!!! Use the code SJM (all caps) to receive 10% off of your order! ICStation Affiliate Link: http://www.icstation.com/index.php?aid=212 Code: sjmics Discount Amount: 15% off Max Use: 1 (one for per user) Amount Limit: 300 Consider supporting me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sjm4306 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaAn08bs_lQ

To start off, thanks to JLCPCB for sponsoring this video as well as providing pcbs to get the ball rolling on this project. JLCPCB Prototype for $2 (Any Color): https://jlcpcb.com I've seen word clocks of various sizes and components floating around so I wanted to take my own shot at it. To makes things easier I thought I'd leverage this video's sponsor to get some fancy pcbs made to form the actual lettering mask. But nothing ever goes smoothly for me so let's see what silly mistakes I've made in my first prototype ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I've posted a link for Ebay purchase referrals. If you use the link below then I get a small kickback from your purchase (it will cost you nothing, I just get paid for referring customers). https://ebay.to/2G1OY6v Special thanks to Eric Skiff for freely providing the music used in this video off his album Resistor Anthems. His music can be found at http://ericskiff.com/music/ Visit my site: www.diytronics.blogspot.com My RGB Gameboy Backlight Controller is now available at www.roarkesretrocorner.com!!! Use the code SJM (all caps) to receive 10% off of your order! ICStation Affiliate Link: http://www.icstation.com/index.php?aid=212 Code: sjmics Discount Amount: 15% off Max Use: 1 (one for per user) Amount Limit: 300 Consider supporting me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sjm4306 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qoT9BF62E8