Polyhedrone

Projects
Participants	Brainsmoke
Skills	pcb design, Go, maths
Status	Active
Niche	Electronics
Purpose	World domination

Idea: make a quad copter with lots of addressable RGB LEDs

Stage 1: Ledball hardware (completed)

Code to generate pcb shape:

github.com/brainsmoke/dhxdron

Script to generate kicad module from SVG pcb shape

github.com/brainsmoke/pathtokicad

KiCAD PCB design

github.com/brainsmoke/polyhedrone

Bill of materials

quantity	package	part	comment
60x		PCB	ordered 100x 2 layer, 10^2cm max, .6mm, white HASL @ Seeedstudio
300x	SOIC14	WS2801 Led Driver	Ledsee
900x	5050	RGB LED SMD	ordered: 1000x Samsung SPMFCT5606N0S0A1E0 (Nice color balance) @ Ledsee
900x	1206	Resistor 33 Ohm	use 30 Ohm for 20 mA/color (max specced brightness)
300x	0805	100nF Capacitor
12x	SOT223	AMS1117-3V3 voltage regulator	Ledsee
1x		Raspberry Pi B+
1x		200+ Watt (400 Watt) ATX PSU

pictures

Stage 2: Software (completed)

Python software: github.com/brainsmoke/dhxlamp

Rewrite in Go: github.com/brainsmoke/goled