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About LPD8806 based RGB LED strips
The LPD8806 IC provides a simple way to offload the pulse width modulation (PWM) control of 6 separate LED channels (2 x RGB LED pixels) with 7 bit brightness resolution per channel. With 21 bits per...
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Physical layout and wiring of the LED strips
Our wonderful industrial designers came up with a neat concept of having a cube, with a tunnel through the centre. This provided us with 8 surfaces for LEDs, and diffuse light washing out in all...
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Power considerations
(photo credit – Adafruit) Something easy to forget when building you own electronics it the importance of a good power supply. Equally important is power distribution (wiring). The LPD8806 LED strip...
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The Olimex OLinuXino Micro & Maxi, Raspberry Pi, and hardware modifications
We have used (at least) three different Linux controller boards during development of our prototypes, and if you are building your own unit then you can choose any of these – or with some extra work,...
View ArticleGetting your (micro)SD card boot image ready
Here is what you want to do to get an SD card booting on your controller board. After your initial boot, the first thing you’ll probably want to configure is networking, so that you can then do the...
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Adding an I2C based accelerometer
The Freescale MMA7660FC is not a chip you want to be soldering by hand, it has 10 “pins” but is only 3mmx3mm is size, and in fact the pins aren’t even pins – is is what is called a lead-less chip. So...
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Make a Light!
You’ve probably noticed Kean posting article after article, detailing every step in making a Light. The series is complete enough that we encourage you to take a stab at it. Click on ‘Make Your...
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Prototype hardware design files published
On the Schematics page, we’ve just published the hardware design files for the latest prototype, along with some additional details. Keep in mind this is a work in progress. And although this means...
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Holiday hardware at a glance
We’ve just announced Holiday by MooresCloud, our casual lighting solution for the Christmas Tree or anywhere else you want some fun, beautiful, connected, programmable lights — with a full REST API!...
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Holiday Hardware is Open Source
The Holiday controller is an open source hardware design, originally inspired by the Olimex OlinuXino (https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/iMX233/) – a Freescale iMX233 based embedded linux...
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