[sudo-discuss] light-up disco dancefloor
Patrik D'haeseleer
patrikd at gmail.com
Tue Oct 28 03:32:00 PDT 2014
Hm - adafruit sells addressible 30 LED/meter strips for only $16.95:
http://www.adafruit.com/products/1376
http://www.adafruit.com/products/1460
Which probably means you can buy cheap Chinese versions for quite a bit
less than that...
Patrik
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 2:53 AM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
> 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:
>
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> i think they're ~$10/m on alibaba and can run off a beagleboard. rabbit
>> is the wizard.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2014-10-27 15:45, Jake wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> -jake
>
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