Reddit Reddit reviews Toastmasters Timing Light (Timer Not Included)

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Battery Powered, Manually OperatedLED lightsSpeech Timing Guide on back / Clock timer not includedEasy to use control knob3 year limited warranty
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2 Reddit comments about Toastmasters Timing Light (Timer Not Included):

u/offendernz · 2 pointsr/newzealand

I want to build this speech timing light so I don't have to buy this official light

u/funchords · 1 pointr/arduino

It sounds to me like you're planning to manually switch the lights. If you want to build that, maybe copy this design: https://www.amazon.com/Toastmasters-Timing-Light-Timer-Included/dp/B00L44M9FK ... no logic is involved and no Arduino needs to be.

But... this is a perfect Arduino project.

I think I would use an Adafruit Neopixel Ring 12 (it has 12 LEDs that are multicolored). You can use your programming to let it display dim white for all but the last two minutes, change it to green for qualified, yellow during the warning minute, and then red.

You can program it with long button presses

  • short press - start and restart
  • long press - set mode (make lights flash twice), then short presses to select a speech length (2-10), and finally a long press to lock in the setting

    lights


  • dim white lights moving around the circle mean the timer is running
  • green/yellow with a white light moving around the circle means the qualified time
  • red the time goal is reached

    If color blindness was a concern, we can do something with patterns (gentle double blink pulse on yellow)

    Hardware


  • Pushbutton
  • Arduino
  • 5VDC 2A power supply
  • Neopixel Ring 12
  • Some nice craftsmanship to make a nice box to put it in


    If you want to do your own timing and light switching, you can change the usage case in your programming

  • Long press = reset to lights off
  • short press = green
  • short press at green = yellow
  • short press at yellow = red

    Nothing automatic will happen. You don't really need an Arduino for that.