Confirmation bias struck me and I read this as "Raspberry Pi Nixie Alarm Clock" and now I'm disappointed. I really need an alarm clock and would love to build one out of a pi. I see a ton of blog posts and stuff. Has anyone actually done that and could recommend?
I'm actually starting this right now with my two teenage kids who are interested in going to college for CS. We are using an esp32 instead of a Raspberry Pi, but I'm having them work through all the hardware and software requirements to get sound (I2S) output, display, WiFi, etc.
My end goal is to have them create a backend api server for syncing data to the alarm clock, and then a mobile app so they can change settings remotely. I figure it is a good learning project for them to touch a lot of disciplines (hardware, embedded firmware, circuit design and layout, 3d modeling, web services, mobile apps) to see what they gravitate towards.
