In terms of bringing new life to older hardware and devices, the Raspberry Pi is a great opportunity to restore function with modernized features. Today we’re sharing an amazing Pico Atomic Clock idea that does the exact way to do what. The project was developed through VEEB Projects; the project restores the functionality of a railway station clock by using the Raspberry Pi Pico, which can verify the time is correct using a radio.

VEEB Projects is not a stranger to Pi projects. This Swiss-based developer frequently offers micro-electronics projects. One of the latest examples is that of the Heating-O-Matic. Another Pico-powered project is designed to automate heat control with a temperature sensor and relay. In the video demonstration, the team used the set-up to cook two hamburgers.

As per VEEB Projects, the idea of this project was not just to restore the clock to a functioning condition but also to ensure that it didn’t require an internet connection to function. This resulted in developing a radio-based system that checks the time with the DCF77 signal that has been a European broadcast in operation since 1973. Then, it transmits the current time, as calculated by atomic clocks.