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I was about to comment that I also made a small LED panel, but then realized it was me. Here's the latest LED thing I'm working on (the design isn't mine): htt

I was about to comment that I also made a small LED panel, but then realized it was me. Here's the latest LED thing I'm working on (the design isn't mine): https://immich.home.stavros.io/share/oXerU8gnLn-dNHunPOg8lM8jmQLbPqfYgCLWEiqmCUjifQlF_R0L4R0dgf1CKGAxTag https://immich.home.stavros.io/share/oXerU8gnLn-dNHunPOg8lM8...

Forgeties79 1y ago
spidermanspointing.jpg Jokes aside this is super cool. I always find LED panels really interesting to look at under the hood. I’m so picky about the ones I like to use almost purely based on vibes when filming. They’re just one of those things that you immediately know you’re going to love or hate in post the moment they hit your subject
- stavros 1y ago
  What can I say, I'm addicted to LEDs. I tried so hard to not make that cube above, but I failed.
  - Forgeties79 1y ago
    Pretty cool way to fail
    - stavros 1y ago
      All credit goes to https://www.printables.com/model/337027-cubled-led-cube-8x8-matrix-384-leds https://www.printables.com/model/337027-cubled-led-cube-8x8-...
  - MomsAVoxell 1y ago
    Did you ever try to use LED's as an input device? My next LED cube project will be oriented towards trying to do that.
    - stavros 1y ago
      How do you mean? Like the magnetometer above? LEDs are outputs, no?
      - MomsAVoxell 1y ago
        Not always, they can be configured to behave as photodiodes, too: https://www.codrey.com/electronics/the-led-photodiode-trick/ https://www.codrey.com/electronics/the-led-photodiode-trick/ This is also in my "TODO" list, maybe with the next magicShifter revision, or possible once I get the current new design booted and refactored, a bit .. https://www.instructables.com/LEDs-as-light-sensors/ https://www.instructables.com/LEDs-as-light-sensors/
        stavros 1y ago
        Ahh ok, you don't mean WS2812s then, just plain LEDs. I don't really have any ideas for what to do with a photodiode, but I have some of those straight LEDs and I really want to make something with those. What kind of thing would you want to make with LEDs as inputs?
        MomsAVoxell 1y ago
        MIDI things. :)
Lerc 1y ago
Do you know if the panels can be bodged to be non square? There shouldn't be a lot of fancy wiring to screw up if it's all WS2812. Can you (delicately) chop a few LEDs out and bridge the connections? (hoping I have seeded this idea, so I'm not the first one to attempt this)
- stavros 1y ago
  Sure, you can connect the LEDs together however you like (am I misunderstanding the question?).
  - Lerc 1y ago
    Theoretically you can. It's whether it all goes pear shaped when you take a Dremel to the board to make it OO OOOO OO OO OOOO OO OO OOOO OO O OOOOOO O O OOOOOO O O OOOOOO O OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO And how fiddly it is to stitch up the edges. I shall find out in a couple of days when the panels arrive.
    - stavros 1y ago
      Oh that's what you mean! Yes, you can, but you'd have to bridge all the data connections by hand. Much easier to just leave those LEDs off in software.
- tiku 1y ago
  Perhaps a stupid question but why not just not use those LEDs? Shut down in the software..
  - bombcar 1y ago
    Because you want the panel to fit a non-square shape, with no room for "leftovers" - think making it round to fit in a doorknob hole or oval to go in place of a car brand badge, etc.
    - 1y ago
phil42 1y ago
How did you connect the individual smaller LED panels together? I guess the cool color patterns and the individual addressing comes from WLED then?
- stavros 1y ago
  There's a photo of the panels connected to each other, each panel has three input and three output pads, and you solder those together. The software just sees one long strip, and you configure the shape of it so it corresponds to what you have in reality.
MomsAVoxell 1y ago
Nice work! I've done a few LED thingies too .. https://magicshifter.net/ https://magicshifter.net/ .. and, I recycled some old scoreboard display panels to make something similar to your latest project, also: About the panels: https://metalab.at/wiki/Blinkofant/LED-Display_History https://metalab.at/wiki/Blinkofant/LED-Display_History The Blinkophant: https://i.imgur.com/3aPytEp.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/3aPytEp.jpeg
- stavros 1y ago
  This is great! Your TLS cert is invalid, though, so the site doesn't load properly, I think.
  - MomsAVoxell 1y ago
    Yeah, expired a while ago, its a pretty old site and we have to get the old gang back together to fix it. Thanks for checking out the magicShifter3000! I've got a new one designed, currently in prototyping stages .. a bit more powerful and a lot more oriented towards audio/synthesis. Same form-factor, and probably MS3000 and midiShifter will have an ecosystem ..
    - stavros 1y ago
      If you have the site on GitHub, you can deploy it to Cloudflare Pages with a few clicks, and it will take care of all of that stuff for you. Also, a few friends and I have a maker Discord server and you'd fit right in, I can send an invitation if you like! My email is in my profile.
      - MomsAVoxell 1y ago
        Server: not my department. :) But yeah, we'll probably reboot magicShifter soon ..
- tecleandor 1y ago
  Where did you get the scoreboards? eBay?

Forgeties79 1y ago

spidermanspointing.jpg Jokes aside this is super cool. I always find LED panels really interesting to look at under the hood. I’m so picky about the ones I like to use almost purely based on vibes when filming. They’re just one of those things that you immediately know you’re going to love or hate in post the moment they hit your subject

stavros 1y ago
What can I say, I'm addicted to LEDs. I tried so hard to not make that cube above, but I failed.
- Forgeties79 1y ago
  Pretty cool way to fail
  - stavros 1y ago
    All credit goes to https://www.printables.com/model/337027-cubled-led-cube-8x8-matrix-384-leds https://www.printables.com/model/337027-cubled-led-cube-8x8-...
- MomsAVoxell 1y ago
  Did you ever try to use LED's as an input device? My next LED cube project will be oriented towards trying to do that.
  - stavros 1y ago
    How do you mean? Like the magnetometer above? LEDs are outputs, no?
    - MomsAVoxell 1y ago
      Not always, they can be configured to behave as photodiodes, too: https://www.codrey.com/electronics/the-led-photodiode-trick/ https://www.codrey.com/electronics/the-led-photodiode-trick/ This is also in my "TODO" list, maybe with the next magicShifter revision, or possible once I get the current new design booted and refactored, a bit .. https://www.instructables.com/LEDs-as-light-sensors/ https://www.instructables.com/LEDs-as-light-sensors/
      - stavros 1y ago
        Ahh ok, you don't mean WS2812s then, just plain LEDs. I don't really have any ideas for what to do with a photodiode, but I have some of those straight LEDs and I really want to make something with those. What kind of thing would you want to make with LEDs as inputs?
        MomsAVoxell 1y ago
        MIDI things. :)

Lerc 1y ago

Do you know if the panels can be bodged to be non square? There shouldn't be a lot of fancy wiring to screw up if it's all WS2812. Can you (delicately) chop a few LEDs out and bridge the connections? (hoping I have seeded this idea, so I'm not the first one to attempt this)

stavros 1y ago
Sure, you can connect the LEDs together however you like (am I misunderstanding the question?).
- Lerc 1y ago
  Theoretically you can. It's whether it all goes pear shaped when you take a Dremel to the board to make it OO OOOO OO OO OOOO OO OO OOOO OO O OOOOOO O O OOOOOO O O OOOOOO O OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO And how fiddly it is to stitch up the edges. I shall find out in a couple of days when the panels arrive.
  - stavros 1y ago
    Oh that's what you mean! Yes, you can, but you'd have to bridge all the data connections by hand. Much easier to just leave those LEDs off in software.
tiku 1y ago
Perhaps a stupid question but why not just not use those LEDs? Shut down in the software..
- bombcar 1y ago
  Because you want the panel to fit a non-square shape, with no room for "leftovers" - think making it round to fit in a doorknob hole or oval to go in place of a car brand badge, etc.
  - 1y ago

phil42 1y ago

How did you connect the individual smaller LED panels together? I guess the cool color patterns and the individual addressing comes from WLED then?

stavros 1y ago
There's a photo of the panels connected to each other, each panel has three input and three output pads, and you solder those together. The software just sees one long strip, and you configure the shape of it so it corresponds to what you have in reality.

MomsAVoxell 1y ago

Nice work! I've done a few LED thingies too .. https://magicshifter.net/ https://magicshifter.net/ .. and, I recycled some old scoreboard display panels to make something similar to your latest project, also: About the panels: https://metalab.at/wiki/Blinkofant/LED-Display_History https://metalab.at/wiki/Blinkofant/LED-Display_History The Blinkophant: https://i.imgur.com/3aPytEp.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/3aPytEp.jpeg

stavros 1y ago
This is great! Your TLS cert is invalid, though, so the site doesn't load properly, I think.
- MomsAVoxell 1y ago
  Yeah, expired a while ago, its a pretty old site and we have to get the old gang back together to fix it. Thanks for checking out the magicShifter3000! I've got a new one designed, currently in prototyping stages .. a bit more powerful and a lot more oriented towards audio/synthesis. Same form-factor, and probably MS3000 and midiShifter will have an ecosystem ..
  - stavros 1y ago
    If you have the site on GitHub, you can deploy it to Cloudflare Pages with a few clicks, and it will take care of all of that stuff for you. Also, a few friends and I have a maker Discord server and you'd fit right in, I can send an invitation if you like! My email is in my profile.
    - MomsAVoxell 1y ago
      Server: not my department. :) But yeah, we'll probably reboot magicShifter soon ..
tecleandor 1y ago
Where did you get the scoreboards? eBay?