Dan Maloney@AJ yeah, i guess you could say all of us have done that in the last couple years. You kind of have to be able to work with both types of people in this field. Its really just about keeping it simple and making sure everyone's on the same page. If there's enough money for everyone on the project that def helps. I'd say were relatively happy lol!
@Anonymous - we're in the middle of a Hack CHhat on LED Art. Perhaps someone can help you when we're done in about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, enjoy the chat!
Great being here I gotta Go. Thank you all So much!
@Jake Lampack Very true. I do like how it gives you immediate feedback, though. That's a lot harder with direct coding.
k, i mean ive been trying to hack the game for some time now and i almost have it but when i save the javascript code their servers "change" the values
would like some assistance whenever anyone can offer XD
@AJ if you're trying to do addressable LED stuff, and loop in other fun things, I'd probably start with a Raspberry Pi and the neopixel library
https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixels-on-raspberry-pi/python-usage
NeoPixels on Raspberry Pi
You'll need to install the Adafruit_Blinka library that provides the CircuitPython support in Python. This may also require verifying you are running Python 3. Since each platform is a little different, and Linux changes often, please visit the CircuitPython on Linux guide to get your computer ready!
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@Aaron Oppenheimer Thank you!!!
adafruit has some great tutorials on this stuff, i would just pick one you like and follow it to a T. then maybe do another 1 or 2, then try your own project
Oh, one questions about large-scale wiring for a custom installation project. Are there languages/formats/etc. for doing wiring diagrams that everyone would understand or is it just a wild west?
@AJ I can second Adafruit as an amazing resource for beginning with LEDs. I'm a software engineer who didn't know a single thing about electricity when I started, and Adafruit got me over the hump.
One of my projects
@Aaron Oppenheimer @Soma Holiday Thanks! Yeah, I think my problem is that I thought I need ed my own projects from the get-go, and that just set me up for failure before I even began.
I'm thinking about all the low-voltage DC wiring, plus power injection wiring, plus power supplies, etc.
Question about floura, any plans to add light bands that are beneficial to plant growth. Not something like a full on grow light but a light that stimulates growth of house plants?
I will definitely check those out!
One of my projects, A light Conversation:
@AJ Adafruit has a lot of tutorials on specific project ideas that can be very inspiring and educational
@sander Neat-o!
@sander that looks awesome. love that the phone looks like its hovering. nice mobile app integration too!
When talking about addressing, is there a common spec/protocol? Is it a single network, or multiple networks are used? I can only imagine what would take to control instalations in the 100k+ LEDs, like the tree
@AJ thanks :-)
@Soma Holiday Well, now I know what my weekend is gonna look like. Thanks!
@CopperJockey Light frequencies good for growth of plants depends very much on the plant! And they're still researching it, too. Used to work in a research greenhouse doing automation. Pretty interesting stuff, but a deep well to dive into.
@sander How did you develop the phone app?
@CopperJockey we don't have explicit plans to do that yet, but will look into it! It will be easy to add updates and features software/content side, even after we start selling the product
@Aaron Oppenheimer Thanks! Do you build kinetic art as well or leds an no moving parts?
@Rafael Lawisch With using a single ip network and something like ArtNet or OPC, addressing can be relatively manageable, but it's still a task.
@AJ that's actually a webpage using websockets for realtime communication, oh and it doubles as a wireless doorbell (those old bells inside the phone sound great)
Thanks all for your time. Really enjoyed the chat.
In general, do you have any advice on how to find customers for custom LED art before getting traction? Is focused marketing super important?
How would you do it?
@sander Thanks!
@Steve Pomeroy to answer your question about electronic documentation, we have a more experienced electrical engineer we work with on big projects. She uses EAGLE to do more involved documentation, but a lot of time just does it in google docs. If its clean and clearly labeled everyone can understand it
ive used EAGLE before
Well folks, it's coming up on the top of the hour, and we need to let Aaron, Cate, and Jake get back to building their business. I want to thanks them for dropping by the Hack Chat today, and everyone for some great questions and a lively discussion.
Thanks guys! Best of luck!
Gotcha. I use KiCAD/Eagle for boards, but not for large-scale electrical diagrams. Thanks!
@sander Kinetic art is something we're definitely interested in, but the combination of LEDs and kinetics is quite complicated, both in terms of the electrical system and mapping the LEDs on a moving surface. Safe to say kinetics are something we intend to explore to a greater extent once we've conquered the basic challenges of creating an LED consumer product.
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Thanks so much for doing this chat. Best of luck with Fluora! It's gonna be awesome!
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Thanks for all the answers!
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awesome can someone gimmie some assisance plz, trying to perform a javascript hack
The plant leaves are injection molds?
guys, if you have any follow up questions, feel free to reach out to me via email: aaron@colorandlight.art
Thanks everyone! Next week we're heading into the machine shop with Linux:
https://hackaday.io/event/173261-linux-in-the-machine-shop-hack-chat
Linux in the Machine Shop Hack Chat
Andy Pugh will host the Hack Chat on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at noon Pacific Time. Time zones got you down? Here's a handy time converter! From the time that numeric control started making inroads into machine shops in the middle of the last century until relatively recently, the power of being able to control machine tools with something other than a skilled human hand was evident.
and huge thanks for @Dan Maloney for putting this on! we had a blast!
You're welcome! This was great, thanks so much.
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