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Robert Lipe edited this page Dec 8, 2023 · 3 revisions

Builds of the NightDriverLED system run on an environment (LINK) and provide a group of EFFECTS that control the blinking. Broadly, they fall into three categories:

  • strips for or or more lines of WS281x-style bulbs.
  • grids that are pre-formed arrays of WS281x-style bulbs that come in shapes like rectangles, squares, circles, or even hexagons.
  • matrix

Strips

Demo

The simplest configuration. This is the "hello, world" of WS281x lights with NightDriverLED. Even if present, this target does not use the OLED, LCD, or anything fancy; it simply drives the first 144 LEDs on each of the eight available channels with a simple rainbow effect to confirm that everything works.

Lantern

A railway-style lantern with concentric rings of light (16+12+8+1)

Laserline

FIXME: I think there's a video on this that's used to show power sag and injection opportunities.

LEDSTRIP

8 channel * 144 LEDs each. I (robertl) think this target exists as a colorserver target to be fed from a colorserver.

Single Insulator

A single glass insulator with a 12-pixel ring and then a 7=pixel "bonus" ring in the middle

Insulators

A set of 5 Hemmingray glass insulators that each have a ring of 12 LEDs. Music reactive to the beat.

Grid

SPECTRUM

// This project is set up as a 48x16 matrix of 16x16 WS2812B panels such as: https://amzn.to/3ABs5DK
// It uses an M5StickCPlus which has a microphone and LCD built in:  https://amzn.to/3CrvCFh
// It displays a spectrum analyzer and music visualizer

TTGO

Variant of Spectrum set up for a TTGO using a MAX4466 microphone on pin27

// This project is set up as a 48x16 matrix of 16x16 WS2812B panels such as: https://amzn.to/3ABs5DK
// It displays a spectrum analyzer and music visualizer

ATOMLIGHT

This is the "Tiki Atomic Fire Lamp" project, which is an LED lamp with 4 arms of 53 LEDs each. Each arm is wired as a separate channel.

UMBRELLA

The "Tiki Fire Umbrella" project, with 8 channels ...but in reality, it's one channel wired to 8 arms. :-/ TODO: Find YT Video Link

MAGICMIRROR

A magic infinity mirror such as: https://amzn.to/3lEZo2D I then replaced the white LEDs with a WS2812B strip and a heltec32 module:

HEXAGON

The comment says it's for Christmas trees. 👎

Fan Set

// An M5 stick that controls the 10 RGB fans in Dave's PC from Pin26.

CUBE

A cube of 5 x 5 x 5 LEDs

Matrix

Mesmerizer

This project uses a HUB75 matrix (standard 64 pixels wide and 32 high), to show a wide range of effects. Its primary target device is the Mesmerizer board designed by Dave Plummer

OTHER MESMERIZER

NEEDS INVESTIGATION

XMASTREE

Treeset (Different than XMASTREE)

CHIEFTAIN - 12 wide? That makes no sense.

BELT

I was asked to wear something sparkly once, so I made an LED belt...