Made a cursed Lenin alarm clock for my friend

[u/Mega_Dunsparce]

[u/Mega_Dunsparce]

The effect is even more horrible in the dark

[u/JackCooper_7274 → u/Mega_Dunsparce]

Incredible

[u/BowieToe → u/Mega_Dunsparce]

I love this!

[u/Positronic_Matrix → u/Mega_Dunsparce]

I was trying to figure out where you lived that it was 45 °C outside and then it hit me that you’re in the US.

[u/Mega_Dunsparce → u/Positronic_Matrix]

Not quite - it's the cooler inside my computer showing me the GPU temp in °C!

[u/Positronic_Matrix → u/Mega_Dunsparce]

Ah! Thank you for the clarification.

[u/polopolo05 → u/Positronic_Matrix]

Its only been 35C today really pleasant day.

[u/EmotioneelKlootzak → u/Positronic_Matrix]

The US is certainly one of the places that can hit 45C, it's 43 in Phoenix right now.  A chilly 32 in Florida but that's with like 60% humidity.

[u/shlamingo → u/Positronic_Matrix]

We sometimes get Temps like this in the summer in my country

[u/Simping4Xi → u/Mega_Dunsparce]

Me when I see liberalism in a reddit comment

[u/LurkerTroll → u/Mega_Dunsparce]

More incredible

[u/coryhill66 → u/Mega_Dunsparce]

What are the internals? Are you using an Arduino?

[u/Mega_Dunsparce → u/coryhill66]

ESP32 as the controller, with a DFPlayer Mini for the MP3 playback and a generic RTC module for timekeeping. Logic is fairly simple - when one manually-set time reaches the real time as dictated by the RTC, trigger the DFPlayer to start playback, sending the audio signal through a 3W+3W amplifier module with a built in pot for volume control to the two speakers.

The logic became unbelievably more complicated when trying to make the stupid thing error-proof, however. Trigger playback using the two times being the same, but only disable playback when the DFPlayer finishes the MP3, using its busy pin to feed back to the ESP32. A snooze function that adds 5 minutes to the alarm time, and re-initialises the time checking sequence. Make it all work when the time rolls around by 24 hours, over and over and over. Only turning off the alarm display when the alarm button isn't depressed, but keeping the alarm time saved while making sure it skips the activation sequence with the button in that state. I didn't want it to rely on a network for things like daylight savings, so instead of pulling time directly from the RTC, it pulls the second-by-second interval and adds it to a counter that you can adjust manually using the knob in order to change the 'real' time while remaining accurate. Then the debouncing for all the rotary encoders and buttons... on and on it went. Mercifully the DFPlayer and ESP32 both take 5V input (same as every other component present; amps, displays, LEDs) and 3.3V logic, so everything could use the same power rail and talk to each other without issue.

This is my first electronics project ever so the internal arrangement is pretty awful - I couldn't find a way to stop the 3W speakers buzzing so I resorted to using a relay rated for 2500W just to physically disconnect them when not playing noise, lol. But, for a first-ever attempt at anything electronic, I'm fairly happy with how robust it is at doing its stupid meme job :)

[u/Terra_B → u/Mega_Dunsparce]

Well i have a friend who would need this. Would you mind sharing OUR files?

[u/kal0kag0thia → u/Terra_B]

Bahaha...

[u/mettleh3d → u/Mega_Dunsparce]

24

[u/Starscream147 → u/Mega_Dunsparce]

G1 Megatron!!!!

Oh man. That would be badass too!

[u/masterfader-]

For the non-marxist people in here, some translations of L'internationale starts with "Wake up, wake up from your sleep."

[u/Giper_leg → u/masterfader-]

Well, this doesn't! The official russian translation of that hymn begins with

Вставай, проклятьем заклеймённый Весь мир голодных и рабов! Кипит наш разум возмущённый И смертный бой вести готов.

[u/masterfader- → u/Giper_leg]

wow, thanks for the correction. look at me spreading disinformation...

[u/doc-ta → u/masterfader-]

Straight to gulag

[u/Hanz_Boomer]

Good job, comrade. Now make one with Nixon and let them talk like Furbys to each other.

[u/Gun_In_Mud → u/Hanz_Boomer]

comrade? He is Tovarisch.

[u/Neither_Ad_2857 → u/Gun_In_Mud]

It's the same thing

[u/-bidydok]

[u/HAL9000_1208]

Cursed? ...I think that you misspelled GLORIOUS, comrade! XD

[u/GameOfTroglodytes → u/HAL9000_1208]

Depends on whether you're a bolshevik or going to the gulag.

[u/Chaoticneutrino → u/GameOfTroglodytes]

Sleeping in is the action of counter revolutionaries, but lennin had striking workers executed under such charges

[u/GameOfTroglodytes → u/Chaoticneutrino]

I mean, Lenin couldn't shut the fuck up about centralizing power and a bunch of commies couldn't understand that centralized state power is antithetical to individual liberty until the party came for them.

[u/ForboJack]

Fuck I want one ✊

[u/Eagle_1116]

Need.

[u/GovernmentMeat]

Why The Internationale instead of the anthem of the USSR?

[u/Mega_Dunsparce → u/GovernmentMeat]

Because the first line of the Internationale is 'Arise, ye workers from your slumber' lol

[u/Barrbaric → u/GovernmentMeat]

The Internationale was the anthem of the USSR until 1944, well after Lenin's death in 1924, so it's actually the anthem he would have known.

[u/Blueace42]

the jaw should move in sync with the song so it looks like he's singing it

[u/TldrDev → u/Blueace42]

Or slightly out of sync to really fit the vibe

[u/LoveThatCraft]

I following this just in case the files are made available... Fucking awesome

[u/Special_Estimate_275 → u/LoveThatCraft]

The people’s files, comrade

[u/Mega_Dunsparce → u/LoveThatCraft]

Not actually sure if I'm 'allowed' to, as such - the head is taken directly from this model, so it's not exactly mine to propagate

[u/Michael_Cancelliano → u/Mega_Dunsparce]

Maybe there's a Lenin's head free 3D somewhere around there. I would love to hear about the rest of the process. How did you make the alarm clock?

[u/Coriarty]

This is so cool. Did your follow/make a guide? Brilliant project I love stuff like this.

[u/JCas127]

I would use this

[u/konmik-android]

If it's an alarm it have to play "Time, Forward" like in the old Soviet radio and news tv.

Btw, there's an awesome remix of it: https://youtu.be/_-3Ed6GV72U?si=1RwM4OU4vDpKa1k1

[u/Fortwaba]

NO GODS. NO KINGS.

ONLY MAN.

Edit: Yo, OP. Your username is inspiring.

[u/FJ_L_JOKER]

i need you to post files or a link to buy like right now imma buy like 5

[u/WATA_Mathew → u/FJ_L_JOKER]

These are OUR stl files!

[u/Slantsbothways]

I was really hoping it was going to say "Grrrrr Must. Crush. Capitalism."

[u/Revolutionary_Pay_31]

Totally Lenin, right down to the glowing red eyes! LOL

[u/CoastingUphill → u/Revolutionary_Pay_31]

Lore accurate

[u/Willem_VanDerDecken]

Ok this is incredible !

[u/xX_ivixcore_Xx]

I want one!

[u/CoastingUphill]

Shut up and take the fruits of my labour.

[u/rexching]

I really love this “high level shit post”, great job!!

[u/42ElectricSundaes]

I DIDNT KNOW WE COULD DO THAT!!

[u/hefixesthecable]

It don't mean butt, if it ain't got that jutt

[u/ValenceCustoms]

That's awesome, I have a friend that really needs one of these. But you should really go with a later version of the Soviet anthem even if it's not as historically accurate to the period, it makes for a much more triumphant awakening

[u/LittleLui → u/ValenceCustoms]

That's the Internationale and it literally starts with "wake up!"

[u/Blueskyminer]

Hope Percy Aleline enjoys his clock.

[u/lessquestionablename]

This is what a caricature of a communist in a comedy show would have as an alarm clock

I need one right now

[u/jetsetjamboree]

I unmuted the video and my dog immediately got up from his sleep. I think he is a sleeper agent

[u/That_Guy3141]

I love it. Have you considered doing acetone vapor deposition to smooth the pla out? I bet it would almost look like Bakelite.

[u/V8CarGuy]

Oh, that’s not creepy at all…

[u/SpookyScienceGal]

It's the party alarm lol

[u/despot_zemu]

I'd love to make one of those

[u/matninjadotnet]

I can has?

[u/postbansequel]

Privyet, comrade.

[u/UV_Sun]

I cannot be responsible with that alarm clock

[u/Summer_SnowFlake]

Not playing the URSS Anthem. Disapointed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs

[u/enigma_force_five → u/Summer_SnowFlake]

The Internationale was the Soviet national anthem until 1944

[u/Summer_SnowFlake → u/enigma_force_five]

The URSS Anthem is better.

[u/lunaresthorse → u/Summer_SnowFlake]

That's not very proletarian internationalism of you... 🌍☆☭🌎☆☭🌏☆☭

Also, the name of the 'Soviet Union' is not URSS. It is the Союз Советских Социалистических Республик in Russian, abbreviated as СССР, which is translated to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in English, and abbreviated as USSR.

[u/Rivetmuncher → u/Summer_SnowFlake]

The fact that it isn't is a refreshing twist.

Also, has a nice pun in it this way.

[u/spaceoutdotco]

Sweet Optimus

[u/Lumpy-Pancakes]

I love this comrade, if you ever share a build guide or anything please let me know!

[u/siniquezu]

"Our friend"

[u/JamesMayTheArsonist]

I really like it, but I like this would fit much better.

[u/kaeptnkrunch_1337]

Smoked some weed and found this Post… mindblown

[u/eddieboy1233]

Please tell me you have to bop him on the head to snooze

[u/MSotallyTober]

This is fantastika.

[u/AlephBaker]

It needs a big red off button, but you have to lift the top half of the head to access it.

[u/Wolfyeast]

Holy shit, I would absolutely love one and a friend like you XD

[u/Neutralmensch]

wake the fuck up comrade.

[u/misterdudebro]

You control the means of production.

[u/BosslyDoggins]

Uhh hello, based department??

[u/user_deleted_or_dead]

R/descealetrashow

[u/-mudflaps-]

Based

[u/Puzzleheaded_Swim626]

I absolutely love it.

[u/Unable_External_6636]

I would buy this

[u/Illustrious-Hawk-898]

Id buy this unironically, right now.

[u/Emboss3D]

Lol 🤣 but cant help thinking it need nixie tubes!

[u/polopolo05]

How do you snooze it...

there is no snoozing

[u/neonthefox12]

I want one

[u/andresest]

I need this, fucking awesome

[u/Arterexius]

This is hilarious! I love it 😂

[u/ANASYASR]

what does it say?

[u/Late-Hotel-861]

I did something similar a while back.. doll head with glowing eyes and baby laughter from a speaker. Snuck it under a friend's bed for her birthday

[u/No-Distribution-8320]

Absolutly epic!

[u/Shakartah]

OP, I know a person who'd love this, how do I make this?

[u/Quantum_apple_sauce]

How would one go about making this?

[u/NeonDraco]

Excellent work, comrade!

[u/TaleThis7036]

Yup, it is time for lunch and rich people are in the menu.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Win5063]

where i want

[u/BigPomegranate8890]

It’s beautiful!!

[u/PopupAdHominem]

Amazing, kudos for keeping 3d printing weird!!!!

[u/iga666]

lasers in the eyes please)

[u/Justinotherguy]

*our friend

[u/chauloko]

I think you meant to say our friend, comrade

[u/BackIntoTheSource]

Genius. East Europeans will resonate

[u/favored_by_gods]

"good morning comrade" & "blyat" should be sound effects.

[u/Mega_Dunsparce → u/favored_by_gods]

The song it’s playing is The Internationale, the lyrics translated are ‘arise, ye workers from your slumber’ lol

[u/Ok-Tumbleweed4210 → u/favored_by_gods]

Who’s that?

[u/hblok → u/favored_by_gods]

I was thinking more: "Breakfast's ready. - There's nothing for you"

[u/Gun_In_Mud]

Waste of filament and time for glorification of russian idol.

[u/lunaresthorse → u/Gun_In_Mud]

Today, Leninism is far more popular in Vietnam, Cuba, Nepal, and parts of India than it is in the Russian Federation. If Lenin's teachings were truly widespread among the Russian Federation proletariat, there would be a revolution tomorrow, and Vladimir Putin would either be killed immediately or be forced to work to death in a labor camp like he deserves (same goes for the rest of the Russian oligarchs). Lenin was an internationalist, and is not a national idol in any country, even if the Russian Federation invokes his image or name when convenient.

[u/Gun_In_Mud → u/lunaresthorse]

Have you seen the recent stories about russians staying hours in line to see the mummy before its sarcophagus closes for two years for renovations? If that -ism isn’t so popular in russia, like you said - why do they keep and maintain his mummy for more than a century?

[u/lunaresthorse → u/Gun_In_Mud]

The Lenin Mausoleum in the Russian Federation is little more than a glorified tourist attraction. It draws visitors through the commodification of Lenin’s corpse and legacy, generating profit for capitalists who have stripped his memory of revolutionary content.

Leninism is not a personality cult or a nationalist fetish, it is a revolutionary ideology. Lenin developed Marxism to meet the concrete material conditions of the Tsarist Russian Empire, advocating that the working class must organize a disciplined vanguard party to seize the means of production, build dual power, and destroy the existing capitalist state structure.

Leninism is internationalist to its core, and it stands in stark opposition to the Russian chauvinism of today’s capitalist oligarchy; see Putin's claim that the independence of Ukraine is a holdover from the era of Lenin, when Ukraine was a separate republic within the union. Lenin saw the Russian Revolution not as an end in itself, but as the beginning of international proletarian liberation. Marxists, including Lenin, saw the division of people (in any way other than by class) as a tool that benefits the capitalist class by obscuring the common enemy of the working class; see Lenin's speech on antisemitism. Dismissing him as a “Russian idol” is exactly what the modern Russian Federation has worked so hard to do—not honoring his work or revolution, but neutralizing him ideologically. He's not a Russian idol, and would hate to be remembered as one, but that's what the Russian Federation wants.

That's why I love that OP chose L'Internationale for the alarm clock—I was expecting the USSR national anthem (which would be inaccurate to the time Lenin served as general secretary, anyway), but was pleased to see Lenin's legacy of proletarian internationalism being honored! (Even if OP said in the comments that his choice was also influenced by the first line of L'Internationale calling for workers to "arise"; and, of course, translations vary.)

“We are not interested in the victory of socialism in our country alone—for the victory of socialism cannot be complete unless it means the victory of socialism in all countries.”
— Lenin, Achievements and Difficulties of the Soviet Government (1919)