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Show HN: Capacitor Alarm Clock

https://github.com/ArcaEge/capacitor-alarm-clock
30•arcaege•3d ago
I made an alarm clock that blows up capacitors to wake you up.

There are more details on the Github repo but it's made from an esp32-c3 as the microcontroller, with 3 capacitor slots. There are relays on each capacitor slot to put 15v reverse voltage on the capacitor, with 5.1 ohm resistors on each slot for current limiting in case the capacitor shorts out. I also chucked in an SSD1315 OLED to show the time and a menu to configure it, although there's a web UI as well. The esp32 also means you can fetch the time from NTP.

It also functions as a small heater since I used LDOs to step down 15v to 3.3v for the esp32, I was lazy and didn't use a buck converter circuit :)

Comments

kavyanshkh•1d ago
gng thats crazy!
beeforpork•51m ago
That sounds completely safe and healthy! Hmmmm, I love the smell of vaporized electrolyte, particularly when waking up!
fc417fc802•13m ago
I feel like a wire detonator would be safer plus the consumables would be cheaper however even then I doubt vaporized copper or aluminum is good for you. Honestly just roll some firecrackers and use the ESP to light them off.
uberex•39m ago
Based. Unhinged. Don't try this at home.

But it is also art. It represents the waste in our devices that play out over 1-4 years (or say a few weeks for a vape) but in one night.

But yeah. Don't do it. Indoors? wtf!!!!

andai•28m ago
There's a video demonstration about halfway down the GitHub

https://github.com/ArcaEge/capacitor-alarm-clock#Demo

block_dagger•15m ago
How about a flux capacitor clock?
bilsbie•13m ago
What’s happening at the electron level that makes them do this? Anyone know?
adnaahmed•12m ago
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