# Hacking Up the Odominator

DevFeed: [Hacking Up the Odominator](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hacking-up-the-odominator-15670.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/hacking-up-the-odominator>)

Author: Square Engineering

Published: 2013-03-06T17:02:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Arduino](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/arduino.md>), [Microcontroller](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microcontroller.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>), [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [arduino](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/arduino.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dashboards.md>), [display](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/display.md>), [embedded](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embedded.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [experiment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experiment.md>), [hacking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hacking.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [motor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/motor.md>), [prototype](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prototype.md>), [visualization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/visualization.md>)

## AI overview

Square engineers describe building the Odominator during Hack Week, a mechanical counter that displays dollars using motor-driven digits controlled by a website hosted on an embedded Arduino microcontroller.

## Source excerpt

A look at what a few of our engineers did last Hack Week.