How To Make A Youtube Subscriber Counter - Under $20

About the project

Here is a link to a video on how to build: https://youtu.be/HfLqPyCKnHM

Project info

Difficulty: Moderate

Platforms: Arduino

Estimated time: 1 day

License: GNU General Public License, version 3 or later (GPL3+)

Items used in this project

Hardware components

Wood (2 by 4) Wood (2 by 4) x 1
Black screws Black screws Find more details in youtube video description x 1
Black acrylic Black acrylic Find more details in youtube video description x 1
Wood Finish Wood Finish Find more details in youtube video description x 1
MAX-7219 MAX-7219 Find more details in youtube video description x 1
ESP32-C3-DevKitM-1 Development Board ESP32-C3-DevKitM-1 Development Board Find more details in youtube video description x 1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Hand Saw Hand Saw x 1
Hand Drill Hand Drill x 1
Jig Saw (Optional) Jig Saw (Optional) Helps cut wood quicker, but all can be done with just a hand saw x 1
Hot Glue Gun Hot Glue Gun x 1
Clamps Clamps x 1
Pencil Pencil x 1
Ruler Ruler x 1
Screwdriver Screwdriver x 1
Predrill bits Predrill bits x 1
Sander Sander x 1

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Story

In this project we build a subscriber counter.

I will take you through the steps of setting up the  ESP32 chip board and the display board. Then we post code to the board using the Arduino IDE and google API. We them build a wooden case (which can be 3D printed) to house all the contents.



If you wondering why you should make one, I will just say it helps me stay motivated to keep on producing more youtube videos every day.

Code

Github repo

Code is in my Git repo

Credits

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