Can you network multiple boards together to drive larger LED arrays in sync?
Since this runs on ESP8266, could be done easily I think
Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
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Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#22Off topic but I like that his website puts the menu where your thumb on mobile can actually reach it
I wonder why on earth mobile phones usually have controls on top of the screen, but not on the bottom. Phone call app has search bar on top. Call activity tab on top. The default sort behavior, when searching, is to put more relevant results from top to bottom. Why not bottom to top? This design decision is especially annoying on larger screen devices. At least invoking keypad is lower-right corner.
Because on iOS Safari any touch on the lower area reveals the autohidden bottom toolbar, so now the button has moved up, and now you have to click on it again for it to work.
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#23If you want to get a feel for what you can make, you can browse published patterns here: https://electromage.com/patterns/
I was interviewed by embedded.fm about Pixelblaze and some other projects https://www.embedded.fm/episodes/220 Might be interesting to other folks wanting to do something similar, we cover some of the meta around making and selling a DIY thing and learning things along the way. Highly recommend the podcast as well.
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#24Reading the article reminded me that APA has been threatening vendors of the WS2812, claiming that it infringes one of their patents: https://hackaday.com/2018/07/31/are-patent-claims-coming-for...
Another disgusting example of patent abuse.
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#25If you want an interesting side project: spin a string of these addressable LEDs to make a circular display, or sweep a plane of them for a display volume.
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#26If you want an interesting side project: spin a string of these addressable LEDs to make a circular display, or sweep a plane of them for a display volume.
persistence of vision?
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#27This is exactly what I imagined a great LED pattern management system would be, except executed 10 times better than anything I could have built.
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#28Great project! The hardware looks pretty simple, but the software side looks like a lot of work was put in, and it shows. Fantastic job.
Oh, I just noticed it's closed source. Too bad :/
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#29How does this compare to FastLED [1] on the same ESP8266 (and ESP32) platform? FastLED is free and open source, and support almost all LED drivers out there. Writing animations with FastLED might not be as easy as with Pixelblaze, but similarly only requires a few lines of code. [1] https://github.com/FastLED/FastLED
One is a hardware solution with a built in hosted software library, the other is pure software so I don't think you can really compare.
To use the software one you just need a $3 board and to connect three cables. Hardly rocket science.
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#30Curious if it can accept DMX in any form? (Though iirc DMX only goes to 16bit color)