diff --git a/content/posts/led-circle.md b/content/posts/led-circle.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..89af260 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/led-circle.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +title: "Building a animated RGB-LED Thingy" +date: 2019-12-01T16:53:22+01:00 +draft: true +summary: "quick and dirty diy-christmas present(s)" +images: [/static/img/led-cricle-rainbow.png] +--- + +This year for chrismas i set myself the challange to not buy anything new to give away as presents. +Better for the enviroment and forces me to get creative[^1] with the stuff i already have lying around. +I ended up desgning something with my 3D-Printer and the fillament techincaly did lie around... not sure if that count tho ;) + + +Anyways this is what i came up with: + +{{< figure src="img/led-cricle-rainbow.png">}} + +Its a 3D-Printed enclosure with some paper glued to as a diffuser for LED lights. The Brains is an ESP32 running micropython (which i praised in my last [post]({{< ref "/posts/dabbling-micropython.md" >}})). +Right now it just plays 2 "animations" which you can switch with a button on the bottom side of the case. A secound button changes the brightness. +Thats all for the functionality at the moment. *BUT* when there is the inevitable beak between meals on christmas i plan to build some more nice animations and try to expose a REST-Interface to be able to change animation and brighntess over the network. + +I put the design files[^2], the code and some basic instructions on [github](https://github.com/schnilz/led-circle). So feel to make your own ;) + + +[^1]: at least that is what i thought ;) ... My GF isnt realy impressed with RGB-LEDs anymore ^^ +[^2]: all created with FreeCAD <3 (im still learning that software so the design is probably realy badly made) diff --git a/static/img/led-cricle-rainbow.png b/static/img/led-cricle-rainbow.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2539d15 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/led-cricle-rainbow.png differ