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Revision as of 15:50, 26 November 2012

Projects
Participants Guido, Wizzup
Skills soldering, coding
Status Active
Niche Electronics
Purpose World domination

Project to LED'ify the outside facing glass 'block' wall. each glass box will be a pixel

The pledge has been funded and the wall has been built

Usage

Plug both power supplies at either side of the wall

The arduino is by the power supply on the left hand side. The computer powering the server is under the retro gaming table.

<insert instructions for starting python script>

Software Implementations

There are currently two implementations. A python based implementation and a javascript node.js version. The Python implementation runs as a daemon on the server to which both the node.js implementation and all other programs can connect using TCP sockets.

Further node.js information can be found in the github

Python documentation (temporary location) http://old.villavu.com/merlijn/lewd

Re-construction

Since we have moved, we now lack a glass-block wall to mount the LED-wall onto. This means it runs the risk of being stuck in a box for infinity unless we .... build a new wall! And with that, let me clear up that building a glass-block wall to mount the LED-wall onto is probably out of the question as glass-blocks easily cost as much as LED-modules..

An alternative approach would be to simply go for an expedit-alike setup with smaller sections; made like a lot of drawer-organizers are made: take slats of MDF (say 5mm thick) and cut slots into them at appropriate intervals till about halfway through; slots should be 5mm wide. Fit segments together by pushing slot A into receptacle B.. etc.. You know the drill.

This'll be cheapish, modular, easy to make, movable.

Any ideas ?

Photos & Videos