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Building your own OHM2013 lantern with WS2812 Neopixel strip and any controller f.e. Arduino
 
Building your own OHM2013 lantern with WS2812 Neopixel strip and any controller f.e. Arduino
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= Auto stereoscopic Rainbow glowing TechInc logo Steering wheel =
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== In house ==
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* Wooden steering wheel
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* 60x 5mm RGB LEDs
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== Ordered ==
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== Need ==
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* Wires, lamps, resistors, controller, etc
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* Something to mount it on
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* Ideas for function
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== Things to make and do ==
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This project has several parts: '''backlit''' the wheel, '''mount''' the wheel to the wall or on some stand, and make the wheel '''control''' something. It would be nice to be able to unmount the wheel and take it somewhere else, e.g. to display it at events like OHM.
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=== Painting ===
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Who: [[Narya]]
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* NO color painting!
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* I will fix the scratched parts with varnish
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=== Backlit ===
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Who: [[Narya]] and [[User:Brainsmoke | Brainsmoke]]
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* RGB LEDs are in (playing with arduino now to see how it works, code is on [https://github.com/Narya/RGB Git])
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** I can change the colors now
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** Next, attach potentiometers: one for changing the color, one for changing the intensity
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* Info about colors on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV Wikipedia]
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* [https://github.com/l3kn/RGBlink RGBlink Arduino library]
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* Design a simple circuit board for the components with [http://www.kicad-pcb.org/ KiCad]
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* Make a plan for controlling the lights, ideas:
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** No rotation: colors of logo
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** <s>Rotation: full color [http://www.ladyada.net/make/spokepov/index.html SpokePOV] ([http://janpaulposma.nl/pimpmybike-biking-at-night-with-style PimpMyBike blog])</s> - based on comments: maybe not such a good idea, since wheel has to spin fast
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** Change colors remotely
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** Change colors by turning the wheel
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=== Mount ===
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Who: you?
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* Location: on the wall near the door? Other suggestions?
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=== Control ===
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Who: you?
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Random ideas, feel free to add your ideas below and add your name if you like to work on it
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* Make something that registers when the wheel is turned
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* Let it control X when the wheel is turned (don't know what "X" should be, ideas are welcome)
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* No function, just let it rotate

Revision as of 13:20, 17 September 2013

Projects
RGB strip lights.jpg
Participants Einstein
Skills Basic electronics, Programming, Arduino
Status Active
Niche Electronics
Purpose Fun

Building your own OHM2013 lantern with WS2812 Neopixel strip and any controller f.e. Arduino

Auto stereoscopic Rainbow glowing TechInc logo Steering wheel

In house

  • Wooden steering wheel
  • 60x 5mm RGB LEDs

Ordered

Need

  • Wires, lamps, resistors, controller, etc
  • Something to mount it on
  • Ideas for function

Things to make and do

This project has several parts: backlit the wheel, mount the wheel to the wall or on some stand, and make the wheel control something. It would be nice to be able to unmount the wheel and take it somewhere else, e.g. to display it at events like OHM.

Painting

Who: Narya

  • NO color painting!
  • I will fix the scratched parts with varnish

Backlit

Who: Narya and Brainsmoke

  • RGB LEDs are in (playing with arduino now to see how it works, code is on Git)
    • I can change the colors now
    • Next, attach potentiometers: one for changing the color, one for changing the intensity
  • Info about colors on Wikipedia
  • RGBlink Arduino library
  • Design a simple circuit board for the components with KiCad
  • Make a plan for controlling the lights, ideas:
    • No rotation: colors of logo
    • Rotation: full color SpokePOV (PimpMyBike blog) - based on comments: maybe not such a good idea, since wheel has to spin fast
    • Change colors remotely
    • Change colors by turning the wheel

Mount

Who: you?

  • Location: on the wall near the door? Other suggestions?

Control

Who: you?

Random ideas, feel free to add your ideas below and add your name if you like to work on it

  • Make something that registers when the wheel is turned
  • Let it control X when the wheel is turned (don't know what "X" should be, ideas are welcome)
  • No function, just let it rotate