Display the current date on LCD

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Hello!

I am not familiar with Arduino, so I am asking for someone's full-level help. I would like to make a display for my grandmother that displays the current day in Hungarian with letters and the year, month, and day in numbers without wi-fi.

I would like to ask what devices I should get, how to connect them, and what should be the program that controls the whole task? If possible, I would need a setup that can automatically recognize the current day in the event of a power outage.

Thank you very much in advance.

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What does that mean?

The one that you write based in your requirements. The forum will help you, but not write the whole code for you.

You will need a basic Arduino like Nano V3, and a Real Time Clock module. I would recommend one that uses DS3231 chip. For the LCD, a basic 16x2 character display should be sufficient and I recommend to get one with an i2c backpack pre-soldered to the display, for easy connection.

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You will have many suggestions on the internet. For easy reading, I would read about "E-Paper" as the display.

(I like the author's snark: "...you're judging me for the brand and type of pizza I use to make this. Judge away, that's your problem.."

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Welcome! That could be a lot of fun! However, please keep in mind that we are not a free design or code-writing service. We’re more than happy to help with your design or code, but we need you to make an initial attempt. Please design and write your code, then post it along with an explanation of what’s not working properly. There is also a for hire section if you want to pay for it.

Hopefully you have some time, get a copy of the Arduino Cookbook and skim it cover to cover, you will probably find your project as a clock project in there. It will explain how it works etc. It will be a great starting point.

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