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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Bill's 2023 Christmas lights
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Bill.b Senior Member Joined: 25/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 226 |
Hi all. My Christmas lights for this year. 2023 Lights Most of the LED strip lights are controlled by Picomites. The tall tree has 8 strips of 130 WS2812 LEDs, The waterfall star in the gum tree has 6 strip of 240 WS2812 LEDS and the front arches has 4 strip of 150 WS2812 LEDs each individual strip is controlled by a separate bitbbang ws2912 commands. The control circuits for the carnival use Picaxe chips. If anyone is interested I can post the code I have used. Bill In the interests of the environment, this post has been constructed entirely from recycled electrons. |
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OA47 Guru Joined: 11/04/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 926 |
Bill that is amazing, they just get better year after year. 0A47 |
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Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9307 |
Excellent. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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LeoNicolas Guru Joined: 07/10/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 479 |
Pretty nice Bill. Thank you for sharing the video with us. |
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PeteCotton Guru Joined: 13/08/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 368 |
Very cool! Thanks for sharing |
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Revlac Guru Joined: 31/12/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1024 |
Thats great Bill, thanks for sharing. Have to ask, what size Railway is that? Cheers Aaron Off The Grid |
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vegipete Guru Joined: 29/01/2013 Location: CanadaPosts: 1109 |
Nice. So sparkly! Christmas time and shorts seems odd to a Canadian. ;-) How do you get power (and data?) through the various rotating axes? Visit Vegipete's *Mite Library for cool programs. |
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Bill.b Senior Member Joined: 25/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 226 |
I have not a clue. Just one of the Christmas train sets for around the Christmas tree. I 3D printed several carrages. In the interests of the environment, this post has been constructed entirely from recycled electrons. |
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bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Excellent work Bill, I can only dream of doing something like that I hope Santa brings you a nice toy for being a good boy Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6797 |
Excellent work, Bill. The final result is beautiful. :) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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RonnS Senior Member Joined: 16/07/2015 Location: GermanyPosts: 120 |
great as always my big christmas star is still alive (posted here a few years ago) link Edited 2023-12-06 21:39 by RonnS |
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Colin Ames Newbie Joined: 04/12/2023 Location: United StatesPosts: 8 |
Outstanding! Colin Ames |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6797 |
Hi Colin, and welcome to the 'shed. :) This is a coincidence. You share the same name as my youngest brother, here in the UK. :) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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Bill.b Senior Member Joined: 25/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 226 |
How do you get power (and data?) through the various rotating axes? Hi vegipete, I use a simple slipring and carbon brushes. Generally I use a piece of blank printed circuit board on the rotation section. On some unites where data is transferred I scribe several sections on the disc and use serval brushes. The data is generally ON/OFF Bits. This is the underside of the cup rides rotor. The outer side if the disk is +12V the shaft is the negative and the inner disk is the control bit to start and stop the motor. the two pic32mx 170 boards have been replaced with picomites to drive the LEDs. Bill Edited 2023-12-07 11:16 by Bill.b In the interests of the environment, this post has been constructed entirely from recycled electrons. |
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lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3150 |
Thanks for showing us the underside of your brilliant handiwork. Outstanding. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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javavi Senior Member Joined: 01/10/2023 Location: UkrainePosts: 216 |
Option ANGLE DEGREES FRAMEBUFFER CREATE FRAMEBUFFER WRITE F RX=MM.HRes: RY=MM.VRes: CX=RX/2: CY=RY/2 Umin=-180: Umax=180: Ustep=15 Vmin= -90: Vmax= 90: Vstep=15 SCALE=CY-CY/10 Do For S=0 To 12 Step 3 CLS For V= Vmin To Vmax Step Vstep For U= Umin To Umax Step Ustep U=U+S X=Cos(U)*Cos(V) Y=Sin(U)*Cos(V) Z=Sin(V) U=U-S C=Rnd*&hFFFFFF Plot_XY If Inkey$ <> "" Then End Next U: Next V FRAMEBUFFER COPY F,N,B Next S Loop Sub Plot_XY X=SCALE*X: Y=SCALE*Y: Z=SCALE*Z Y=Y/4 X1=X-Y+CX: Y1=Z-Y+CY If y<0 Then Circle X1,Y1,2,,,C,C Else Pixel X1,Y1 EndIf End Sub |
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Colin Ames Newbie Joined: 04/12/2023 Location: United StatesPosts: 8 |
Thanks. Also a coincidence is that I am also from the UK, Coventry to be precise. Lived there from 1950 until 1988, when I moved to the US. Colin Ames |
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bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Hi Bill, I see you are using a few of my MuPs PCBs there! I am flattered. Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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Bill.b Senior Member Joined: 25/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 226 |
Hi Mick That photo is approx 2 years old. The Mups have been replaced with picomites in the current version of the cup ride. Bill In the interests of the environment, this post has been constructed entirely from recycled electrons. |
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