babelmonk, 8 months ago

@revk Undomesticated equines could not drag me away from finding out more about this project.

revk, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

372 WS2812B 1x1mm RGB LEDs.

#Stargate

Obviously I cannot make the symbols spin, so some creative licence. I can make the rings of 117 LEDs "spin", and light up the symbols, and even do a slight "lock" on the chevrons. But won't know for sure what looks right until I get these.

I also don't really know then current demand for actual use, as not all LEDs full white, obviously. Hopefully within a typical USB charger lead.

The "fun" bit so far is the C code to make LED rings in #KiCad pcb files.

cmb, 7 months ago

@revk there's a create array function in KiCad that will create a circular array. It's on the right click menu under 'create from selection'

revk, 7 months ago

@cmb yeh, and the tracks and so on…

cmb, 7 months ago

@revk ah yes. I suspect you could sort that with clever use of zone fills...

revk, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago)

@cmb Give the levels of fine tuning to my C code, I suspect it would not quite do what I want, but nice to know it is there.

I have special cases for "tightly packed" LEDs and less so in terms of where vias will fit and so on. All good fun.

simon_greenwood, 8 months ago

@revk pip install python-stargateapi

FenTiger, 8 months ago

@revk Stargate? My first thought was "it's an alethiometer".

ahnlak, 8 months ago

@revk do you have enough space for acuators so that the chevrons can 'lock' properly?

(or is this a Pegasus gate?)

revk, 8 months ago

@ahnlak I think this has to be milky way, and I'll see what I can do...