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Electronics => Projects, Designs, and Technical Stuff => Topic started by: safarir on August 04, 2012, 02:29:43 am

Title: RGB LEDs Top Hat
Post by: safarir on August 04, 2012, 02:29:43 am

Hi Everyone,

This is not a "real electronic" project but I still want to show you a small project I am working on, it still not completed, but I want to show it to you guys. Soo there are some video:

EDIT: NEW VIDEO

Animations (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWtAasxjNNQ#ws)

LED Top Hat - 190 LEDs on 400 ... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoNAjBToB9U#ws)
In this video, the link between strip 3 & 4 had a cool joint, that why there is a big difference of color.
LEDs Top Hat Software (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzX7KbN5nFE#ws)
Led hat in progress (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI4e3sBgwI8#ws)

I am currently making a video explaining how I build it and another showing differents effects. But there is some specs for you:

400 RGB led
11400 mah battery
NXP mBed LPC1768 controller
Bost Buck Converter

Title: Re: RGB LEDs Top Hat
Post by: PeterG on August 04, 2012, 03:39:27 am

Nice project..:)

Regards

Title: Re: RGB LEDs Top Hat
Post by: David_AVD on August 04, 2012, 04:23:16 am

Nice.  What programming language did you use to write the software?

Title: Re: RGB LEDs Top Hat
Post by: safarir on August 04, 2012, 05:09:32 am

Quote from: David_AVD on August 04, 2012, 04:23:16 am

Nice.  What programming language did you use to write the software?

Hi David,

Both the software and the firmware are wrote in C++. For the software, I used the qt framework. I gonna publish the source a soon as I have the time to clean them up a little.

Title: Re: RGB LEDs Top Hat
Post by: safarir on August 04, 2012, 05:46:15 am

I just made a new video:

Animations (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWtAasxjNNQ#ws)