EdChamberlain

They really turned out a lot better than expected! They make film nights or late night gaming much more enjoyable! Im about to order a second batch of boards to make some more!

Thats the IP of the raspberry pi! You can access the settings for the individual lights at the wemos IP.

Thanks! Im glad you liked it!

Hi Daniel!Im glad you liked the project! I saw your project just after posting mine and really like what you've done with the app.I really like the Wemos boards, they’re really versatile and so small but they dont support bluetooth on their own so you're right that you would need to have a bluetooth module to go with it. I would imagine that your bluetooth module would work with the Wemos and it should be pretty straightforward to port your code since they are also programmed in the Arduino IDE but I haven't tried it. Unless you are going to make use of the wifi capabilities I would stick with the Nano for simplicity. While the ESP based wemos board look similar to the nano there are some caveats when it comes to using the GPIO pins which makes it a little more tricky than the nano. If yo…

Hi Daniel!Im glad you liked the project! I saw your project just after posting mine and really like what you've done with the app.I really like the Wemos boards, they’re really versatile and so small but they dont support bluetooth on their own so you're right that you would need to have a bluetooth module to go with it. I would imagine that your bluetooth module would work with the Wemos and it should be pretty straightforward to port your code since they are also programmed in the Arduino IDE but I haven't tried it. Unless you are going to make use of the wifi capabilities I would stick with the Nano for simplicity. While the ESP based wemos board look similar to the nano there are some caveats when it comes to using the GPIO pins which makes it a little more tricky than the nano. If youre looking for a slightly larger board with more GPIO you could also have a look at the NodeMCU which I have used before with a lot of success!I went down the route of using the Wemos as I was set on using wifi instead of bluetooth since you get a slightly better range and can control it from the network which opens it up to Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant and control anywhere in the world! The other advantage I see is you could do away with your RTC module and collect time from a time server so you wouldn't have to worry about the clock drift at all!Let me know how you get on!

Great instructabale. I like the "Pink Floyd” inspired design!

Hi! I built this supply several years ago and am looking to use it again for a new project (since its so great!) Im looking to use SMD parts to make it a bit smaller but am concerned about the voltage rating for some of the resistors. It seems that both R15 and R36 will both need to be rated for high voltages - will a 200 V rating be sufficient?

They sure are! If you give them a go let me know how they go!

Yep! I wanted to keep the printer buildable from parts that you can source without a machine shop so limited myself to extrusions, printed parts, and off the shelf parts.Ive heard a lot of people are happy with the Mega-X. It amazes me how budget printers are improving at such a rate. 5 years ago we didn’t have any options that good at that price point!

I have made a set of these using LED bulbs before and they are great at giving the same effect in a much more energy efficient way! In my instructable I suggest an LED variant from amazon which I think looks really nice thanks to the spiralling ‘filament’.

They sure are! Its great to see LED variants of the bulbs going on sale now as well.

There should be plenty of space to add a layer of cork and a pin. If you try it out let me know how it goes!

Thanks!There should be enough space for a push pin inside the frame but I’m not sure how you would fix it in place as the backboard is very tough! You could try trimming it and fixing it in place with some glue?

Completely unintentional! Good catch, thanks. I'm glad you like the project :)

Thanks! I'm glad you like them!