[sudo-discuss] light-up disco dancefloor

[Jake]

there are already, i believe, lightbulbs and gels down there, and the 
wires are all run.. i think all we need are a couple of relay boards 
(which i have) and a controller to sequence the lights.  And if the 
lightbulbs burn out i have a huge box of replacements (if they're normal 
lightbulbs)

i think it would be really expensive to replace all that light with LEDs 
and i would not ask for sudo or omni to put community money toward that if 
we can just play with the free stuff that's already in there.

also, last i bought addressible LED tape it was more like $60 per meter, 
for the sparse stuff.  If you think it's cheaper let's have links.. still, 
it's hard to beat free.

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, hol at gaskill.com wrote:

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> i think the thing to do is pitch a redo with addressable LEDs to the building wg.  would be pretty
> slick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgP15zYd7R4&list=UUF1zA2_6Q5VuXLAkZC-wa7A&index=4
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> i think they're ~$10/m on alibaba and can run off a beagleboard.  rabbit is the wizard.
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> On 2014-10-27 15:45, Jake wrote:
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> I just want to remind everyone that the disco dancefloor can light up, but the controller doesn't exist anymore.  John (the landlord) says that all the li
> ghts in there work, which means all we need is a controller.
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> I have plenty of relay boards we can hook up to that stuff, so anyone who is interested in getting the lightup dancefloor working again should let me know
> , and we can work on it together.  Or at least i can supply you with the parts and materials and help you if you get stuck.
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> -jake