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hexagonal neopixel tiles | revived for congress 38C3

2024-12-24 20:53:45

We needed some decorations for congress and I remembered that I have these PCBs flying around somewhere. Too bad I couldn't find all 50 PCBs, so I came up with making some with LED strings as well - with folding the strip carefully, you just have to solder the cable on.

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/9991561735069971805.png

LEDodecahedron | silly idea

2024-09-24 14:36:37

since the IS31FL3733 is not recommended for new designs, why not redesign the LED PCBs with the IS31FL3741. gotta research that - would mean more LEDs (117 instead of 64).

According to my table, I would get 2 more rows around the cube with 106 LEDs. 

There's only one ADDR pin here, so you can have a maximum of 4 panel adresses, but definitely managable to address half a cube with the RP2040 that has two I2C channels. 

LEDodecahedron | silly idea

2024-09-24 14:36:37

since the IS31FL3733 is not recommended for new designs, why not redesign the LED PCBs with the IS31FL3741. gotta research that - would mean more LEDs (117 instead of 64).

According to my table, I would get 2 more rows around the cube with 106 LEDs. 

There's only one ADDR pin here, so you can have a maximum of 4 panel adresses, but definitely managable to address half a cube with the RP2040 that has two I2C channels. 

LEDodecahedron | silly idea

2024-09-24 14:36:37

since the IS31FL3733 is not recommended for new designs, why not redesign the LED PCBs with the IS31FL3741. gotta research that - would mean more LEDs (117 instead of 64).

According to my table, I would get 2 more rows around the cube with 106 LEDs. 

There's only one ADDR pin here, so you can have a maximum of 4 panel adresses, but definitely managable to address half a cube with the RP2040 that has two I2C channels. 

LEDodecahedron | silly idea

2024-09-24 14:36:37

since the IS31FL3733 is not recommended for new designs, why not redesign the LED PCBs with the IS31FL3741. gotta research that - would mean more LEDs (117 instead of 64).

According to my table, I would get 2 more rows around the cube with 106 LEDs. 

There's only one ADDR pin here, so you can have a maximum of 4 panel adresses, but definitely managable to address half a cube with the RP2040 that has two I2C channels. 

LEDodecahedron | silly idea

2024-09-24 14:36:37

since the IS31FL3733 is not recommended for new designs, why not redesign the LED PCBs with the IS31FL3741. gotta research that - would mean more LEDs (117 instead of 64).

According to my table, I would get 2 more rows around the cube with 106 LEDs. 

There's only one ADDR pin here, so you can have a maximum of 4 panel adresses, but definitely managable to address half a cube with the RP2040 that has two I2C channels. 

COVID-19 | SAO Simple Add-on | #37C3 - Congress

2023-12-26 00:00:55

First off all, I am very sorry for giving you a bag with freely flying resistors in it and that you have to read the value in the darkness of Congress! In parts this is @Alex 's fault, he once gave me bags of 0805 resistors and I recycled them in this projects, as I only want to use 0603 parts most of the time.

Anywho, there might be a 330k resistor in there instead of a 390k resistor, so according to this fine website, it should blink 3 times per second, instead of 2 times.

https://www.digikey.de/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-555-timer


Here's the parts list:


The 555 timer has a chamfer to indicate the side of the first pin.


Btw checkout Berlin's very fine sewage report:

https://data.lageso.de/lageso/corona/corona.html#abwasser

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/2316261672411636240.jpg
https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/410181672408401589.jpg

COVID-19 | SAO Simple Add-on | #37C3 - Congress

2023-12-26 00:00:55

First off all, I am very sorry for giving you a bag with freely flying resistors in it and that you have to read the value in the darkness of Congress! In parts this is @Alex 's fault, he once gave me bags of 0805 resistors and I recycled them in this projects, as I only want to use 0603 parts most of the time.

Anywho, there might be a 330k resistor in there instead of a 390k resistor, so according to this fine website, it should blink 3 times per second, instead of 2 times.

https://www.digikey.de/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-555-timer


Here's the parts list:


The 555 timer has a chamfer to indicate the side of the first pin.


Btw checkout Berlin's very fine sewage report:

https://data.lageso.de/lageso/corona/corona.html#abwasser

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/2316261672411636240.jpg
https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/410181672408401589.jpg

COVID-19 | SAO Simple Add-on | #37C3 - Congress

2023-12-26 00:00:55

First off all, I am very sorry for giving you a bag with freely flying resistors in it and that you have to read the value in the darkness of Congress! In parts this is @Alex 's fault, he once gave me bags of 0805 resistors and I recycled them in this projects, as I only want to use 0603 parts most of the time.

Anywho, there might be a 330k resistor in there instead of a 390k resistor, so according to this fine website, it should blink 3 times per second, instead of 2 times.

https://www.digikey.de/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-555-timer


Here's the parts list:


The 555 timer has a chamfer to indicate the side of the first pin.


Btw checkout Berlin's very fine sewage report:

https://data.lageso.de/lageso/corona/corona.html#abwasser

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/2316261672411636240.jpg
https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/410181672408401589.jpg

COVID-19 | SAO Simple Add-on | #37C3 - Congress

2023-12-26 00:00:55

First off all, I am very sorry for giving you a bag with freely flying resistors in it and that you have to read the value in the darkness of Congress! In parts this is @Alex 's fault, he once gave me bags of 0805 resistors and I recycled them in this projects, as I only want to use 0603 parts most of the time.

Anywho, there might be a 330k resistor in there instead of a 390k resistor, so according to this fine website, it should blink 3 times per second, instead of 2 times.

https://www.digikey.de/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-555-timer


Here's the parts list:


The 555 timer has a chamfer to indicate the side of the first pin.


Btw checkout Berlin's very fine sewage report:

https://data.lageso.de/lageso/corona/corona.html#abwasser

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/2316261672411636240.jpg
https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/410181672408401589.jpg

COVID-19 | SAO Simple Add-on | #37C3 - Congress

2023-12-26 00:00:55

First off all, I am very sorry for giving you a bag with freely flying resistors in it and that you have to read the value in the darkness of Congress! In parts this is @Alex 's fault, he once gave me bags of 0805 resistors and I recycled them in this projects, as I only want to use 0603 parts most of the time.

Anywho, there might be a 330k resistor in there instead of a 390k resistor, so according to this fine website, it should blink 3 times per second, instead of 2 times.

https://www.digikey.de/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-555-timer


Here's the parts list:


The 555 timer has a chamfer to indicate the side of the first pin.


Btw checkout Berlin's very fine sewage report:

https://data.lageso.de/lageso/corona/corona.html#abwasser

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/2316261672411636240.jpg
https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/410181672408401589.jpg

COVID-19 | SAO Simple Add-on | #37C3 - Congress

2023-12-26 00:00:55

First off all, I am very sorry for giving you a bag with freely flying resistors in it and that you have to read the value in the darkness of Congress! In parts this is @Alex 's fault, he once gave me bags of 0805 resistors and I recycled them in this projects, as I only want to use 0603 parts most of the time.

Anywho, there might be a 330k resistor in there instead of a 390k resistor, so according to this fine website, it should blink 3 times per second, instead of 2 times.

https://www.digikey.de/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-555-timer


Here's the parts list:


The 555 timer has a chamfer to indicate the side of the first pin.


Btw checkout Berlin's very fine sewage report:

https://data.lageso.de/lageso/corona/corona.html#abwasser

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/2316261672411636240.jpg
https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/410181672408401589.jpg

COVID-19 | SAO Simple Add-on | #37C3 - Congress

2023-12-26 00:00:55

First off all, I am very sorry for giving you a bag with freely flying resistors in it and that you have to read the value in the darkness of Congress! In parts this is @Alex 's fault, he once gave me bags of 0805 resistors and I recycled them in this projects, as I only want to use 0603 parts most of the time.

Anywho, there might be a 330k resistor in there instead of a 390k resistor, so according to this fine website, it should blink 3 times per second, instead of 2 times.

https://www.digikey.de/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-555-timer


Here's the parts list:


The 555 timer has a chamfer to indicate the side of the first pin.


Btw checkout Berlin's very fine sewage report:

https://data.lageso.de/lageso/corona/corona.html#abwasser

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/2316261672411636240.jpg
https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/410181672408401589.jpg

COVID-19 | SAO Simple Add-on | #37C3 - Congress

2023-12-26 00:00:55

First off all, I am very sorry for giving you a bag with freely flying resistors in it and that you have to read the value in the darkness of Congress! In parts this is @Alex 's fault, he once gave me bags of 0805 resistors and I recycled them in this projects, as I only want to use 0603 parts most of the time.

Anywho, there might be a 330k resistor in there instead of a 390k resistor, so according to this fine website, it should blink 3 times per second, instead of 2 times.

https://www.digikey.de/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-555-timer


Here's the parts list:


The 555 timer has a chamfer to indicate the side of the first pin.


Btw checkout Berlin's very fine sewage report:

https://data.lageso.de/lageso/corona/corona.html#abwasser

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/2316261672411636240.jpg
https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/410181672408401589.jpg

COVID-19 | SAO Simple Add-on | #37C3 - Congress

2023-12-26 00:00:55

First off all, I am very sorry for giving you a bag with freely flying resistors in it and that you have to read the value in the darkness of Congress! In parts this is @Alex 's fault, he once gave me bags of 0805 resistors and I recycled them in this projects, as I only want to use 0603 parts most of the time.

Anywho, there might be a 330k resistor in there instead of a 390k resistor, so according to this fine website, it should blink 3 times per second, instead of 2 times.

https://www.digikey.de/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-555-timer


Here's the parts list:


The 555 timer has a chamfer to indicate the side of the first pin.


Btw checkout Berlin's very fine sewage report:

https://data.lageso.de/lageso/corona/corona.html#abwasser

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/2316261672411636240.jpg
https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/410181672408401589.jpg

New PCB For Calculator Watch | rev1

2023-11-16 18:27:20

The first version was doomed from the beginning, since I had no diodes on the keys. I also swapped the USB micro socket with a JST-SH socket and made a small adapter board instead. Let's see how far I get this time. 

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/6995871700155584044.png

New PCB For Calculator Watch | rev1

2023-11-16 18:27:20

The first version was doomed from the beginning, since I had no diodes on the keys. I also swapped the USB micro socket with a JST-SH socket and made a small adapter board instead. Let's see how far I get this time. 

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/6995871700155584044.png

New PCB For Calculator Watch | rev1

2023-11-16 18:27:20

The first version was doomed from the beginning, since I had no diodes on the keys. I also swapped the USB micro socket with a JST-SH socket and made a small adapter board instead. Let's see how far I get this time. 

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/6995871700155584044.png

New PCB For Calculator Watch | rev1

2023-11-16 18:27:20

The first version was doomed from the beginning, since I had no diodes on the keys. I also swapped the USB micro socket with a JST-SH socket and made a small adapter board instead. Let's see how far I get this time. 

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/6995871700155584044.png

New PCB For Calculator Watch | rev1

2023-11-16 18:27:20

The first version was doomed from the beginning, since I had no diodes on the keys. I also swapped the USB micro socket with a JST-SH socket and made a small adapter board instead. Let's see how far I get this time. 

https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/6995871700155584044.png