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I have never watched anything so relatable as the several minutes of struggle to fit the foldable LED sheets and diffuser into the 3D printed mounts. Thank you for not editing those out 😄

I know it can cause the lights to appear a bit dimmer, but I LOVE the look of a diffuse film applied directly to the surface of the LEDs, and then a second panel about a centimeter or half-inch away from that. Really softens the glow in a beautiful way, and sometimes I've swapped the diffusing films for the diffraction films used inside flatscreen TVs and monitors, since it's super easy and cheap (or free) to get a broken screen and harvest the films from it.

@atomic14

2 ай бұрын

Yes - I think multiple layers would work really well for this lamp. At the moment you can still see the pixels.

hah! Yes, we must always make a sacrifice to the PCB gods... it's nice when they accept a mislabeling rather than demand a short circuit. The flame lamp is mighty nice. cheers

Your camera shutter is likely running at the same refresh rate at the screen.

Well that was a bright Idea! It does look great in that shade.

@atomic14

2 ай бұрын

Yeah - it’s a nice lamp shade. Was keen to try and reuse it.

Regadring the CBR (Cost/Benefit Ratio)... also the classic Plasma lamps, that made the movie THE GOONIES so interesting in the 80ies, is way ahead. JMHO.

I remember at the end of last century... I spent hours in finding solutions for colorful lights... at a reasonable cost.And dreamed of having the possibilty to choose any arbitrayry color... these days the worst I can think of is rainbow flashing lights... LOL³ But the LED advancements are really great esp. if you ever coded a PWM for an RGB led yourself. I did that for a Teensy based MIDI controller... RGB workd fine... just that it would distort the ADCs for the MIDI signals... BUMMER!!!

Thumb up.👍

Gorgeous. Well done. 👍

8:55 I think your 5v power injection should connect directly to all the pos/neg wires on the panels rather than feeding all the current to boards 2, 3 & 4 via board 1?

@atomic14

2 ай бұрын

Yes, I think you’re right. I was just being a bit lazy there. I need to redo all the wires on the panels anyway as I’m not sure how good the wires are.

I like your project... but have to say... it cannot beat the magic of a classic LAVA-LAMP that was so popular in the nineties... just some additional THC... and it was more interesting than any TV show... (>_

A bit off topic but was wondering if you have a video on logging data to an SD card with the ESP32. I'm in the middle of a project to make a data logger for my friend's race car. Logging braking force (g force when on the brakes), brake disc temperature and brake fluid temp and pressure. I'm using SD_MMC in 4 bit mode (arduino ide by the way) and it works fine, but I'm not sure if there's a faster way. Pretty sure that you have a much greater understanding on this subject than me so if you've done a video (or fancy doing one) I'd be very interested in studying. Thanks for all your other great videos. They've been a big help 😊 Cheers Matt

"not sure how youtube works anymore" neither do youtube 🤣🤣 I wonder if some tie wraps around the tube might help make it more cylindrical, and manageable. nice light 2x. 👍

@atomic14

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I was thinking of 3D printing some rings and then putting an elastic band on the outside.

@adamaglionby7438

2 ай бұрын

​@@atomic14 bend them in the long axis , 4 x 8 vertically, 3d print internal ring

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Hi, looks like a really good project. What did you use for the diffuser?

@atomic14

26 күн бұрын

Went to the local art shop and got some plastic sheeting that is used for windows in architectural models.

@Tex1961

26 күн бұрын

@@atomic14 Thank you

What kind of plastic are you using as diffuser?

@atomic14

2 ай бұрын

I think I got it from an art shop - it's the kind of thing they use in architectural models for windows.

Where did you get the frosted acrylic sheet?

@atomic14

2 ай бұрын

I think I got it from an art shop - it's the kind of thing they use in architectural models for windows.

@l3xis24

2 ай бұрын

@@atomic14 Gotcha ya, thanks!

Chris, I sent a message on discord about the raspberry pi pico power supply issue. Can you suggest anything on it?

@atomic14

2 ай бұрын

Check your messages :)

@socialbug1130

2 ай бұрын

@@atomic14 ♥️

Can you try TLEDS ? 🤩🙏

@atomic14

2 ай бұрын

What are TLEDS?

@TheTurmanDreams

2 ай бұрын

@@atomic14 I am making my own version of WLED, specific to LED matrix and playing gifs.

@atomic14

2 ай бұрын

Drop a link in a comment and I’ll approve it (links normally get blocked due to spam)

Can you make an LED Lava Lamp?

@atomic14

2 ай бұрын

This would do that as well, just need to find the right pattern in WLED.

@adamaglionby7438

2 ай бұрын

Blobs 😄

I bought one of those square matrix, like 16x16 and it has never done anything but take up room, i could never get anything to run it or anything. I bought it to have 2 round red circle eyes that would go back and forth and maybe even follow a motion for my robot, just money wasted, zero online anywhere, the story of chinese electronics, never anything to help.

@atomic14

2 ай бұрын

What's the model number?