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I made a small LED panel

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154 points Brajeshwar | 4 comments | 09 Oct 25 15:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.02s | source
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stavros ◴[21 Oct 25 02:30 UTC] No.45651814[source]▶
I was about to comment that I also made a small LED panel, but then realized it was me.

Here's the latest LED thing I'm working on (the design isn't mine): https://immich.home.stavros.io/share/oXerU8gnLn-dNHunPOg8lM8...

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MomsAVoxell ◴[21 Oct 25 10:28 UTC] No.45654285[source]▶
Nice work! I've done a few LED thingies too ..

https://magicshifter.net/

.. and, I recycled some old scoreboard display panels to make something similar to your latest project, also:

About the panels: https://metalab.at/wiki/Blinkofant/LED-Display_History

The Blinkophant: https://i.imgur.com/3aPytEp.jpeg

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stavros ◴[21 Oct 25 13:54 UTC] No.45655846[source]▶
I made something close to MagicShifter a while ago, I didn't add an accelerometer, though:

https://www.stavros.io/posts/behold-ledonardo/

I would really like to make it work with an accelerometer, as right now it's a bit fiddly to get the right speed for images, but I don't know if I can make it work.

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MomsAVoxell ◴[21 Oct 25 14:18 UTC] No.45656145[source]▶
Not just accelerometer, but magnetometer too. :)

This means you can basically use the magicshifter3000 as a knob. Or, a slider.

Its very fun with MIDI.

:)

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1. stavros ◴[21 Oct 25 14:34 UTC] No.45656349[source]▶
Oooh fantastic! That's the kind of thing I really like to see.
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2. MomsAVoxell ◴[21 Oct 25 14:44 UTC] No.45656477[source]▶
Perhaps you will understand what this is, then:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syP8_lccIQA

:)

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3. stavros ◴[21 Oct 25 14:54 UTC] No.45656586[source]▶
Haha, amazing! Is it based on the accelerometer, or do you have a microphone connected somehow? I can't tell whether you're tapping the desk they're on.

Then again, the right ones light up more than the left ones, so I think you're tapping on the right edge of the desk. Very cool!

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4. MomsAVoxell ◴[21 Oct 25 16:10 UTC] No.45657536{3}[source]▶
The accelerometer and the desk, being tapped by me offscreen just to be sure things were responding .. alas, they are kind of hard to keep in one big pile, but yes very fun to play with en masse! :)

(This was some years back, note.)