DIY Project Box">
I was looking for a nice project box for my StripInvaders project. But either the box was ugly, too expensive or too small. Luckily I found this website: http://boxmaker.rahulbotics.com/. Their slogan is:
Give us dimensions, and we'll generate a PDF you ...Read More
This Guide shows you, how to assemble/connect the StripInvaders System. You need:
WS2801 LED Strips
An Arduino Ethernet Board and a USB/Serial Light Adapter to upload the firmware
5 Volt power supply – I use an old ATX Power supply
Optional: Grove - ...Read More
I just released a new project called StripInvaders. It's basically a PixelInvaders in one dimension. StripInvaders drives a 5m long LED strip and display some fancy animation. I use a Arduino Ethernet as driver, so no external hardware is used. ...Read More
I just got a new Arduino Ethernet board and had some troubles uploading the Firmware. After some research I finally found a solution using my BusPirate v3:
Here is the wiring between BusPirate and Arduino Ethernet
BP GND -> Pin 1 (Black)
BP ...Read More
OSC">
PixelController gets better and better and I've even managed to create a Video showing the OSC Gui on my Xoom tablet. I'm using the Control Application by Charlie Roberts in my Video:
[vimeo]32580251[/vimeo]
Oh and if you're asking yourself, where the OSC ...Read More
SSD Disk AGILITY3 on MacBook, Link Speed issues">
I own a Macbook (End 2008, MacBook5,1) and after I updated from Snow Leopard to Lion my System getting slower and slower. Thats why I wanted to replace my old HDD with a fancy new SSD disk. I bought a ...Read More
After I reinstalled my MacBook on my brand new SSD disk, I discovered that maven v3.0.3 was installed with the Java bundle. I tried to build PixelController which was working fine using maven v2.1.x. Of course, compiling failed now ...Read More
PixelController is a real time video/VJ generator and mixer software. Most of the Visuals are generated and mixed in realtime and respond to the environment. I use PixelController to control my PixelInvaders Panels.
PixelController supports well-known industry and OpenSource standards, such ...Read More
3D RGB LED Panels">
After several month of working on my PixelInvaders 3D RGB Panels I finally reached my goal: a huge and easy to assemble RGB LED Panel.
Besides the hardware, the control software was a big task. I created PixelController, a modular software ...Read More
LPD6803 Tutorial, Part 2: Simple VU Meter">
Make sure you read Part 1 of this tutorial.
In this tutorial we use a strand of 20 LPD6803 RGB LED as huge VU Meter. Processing will send serial data to the Arduino which will display it.
The source can be ...Read More
LPD6803 (Intelligent RGB Pixel Module) Tutorial, Part 1: Basics">
An LPD6803 based LED module is an "intelligent" pixel, it can memorize its color and passthrough the data and power connection. This means you can drive a lot (several thousand) intelligent pixels with just 4 cables (2x power and 2x ...Read More
I'm looking for a hosted, nice looking, easy to use and free shop system - but that's easier said than done! I still didn't found THE shop, here is my list
http://www.shopify.com - not free, used as reference
http://www.foxycart.com/ - only free ...Read More