This is what happens when you’re volunteered to do a prop build for your daughter’s dance team, and you just happen to dabble with electronics, lasers, and 3D printing 🙂 The purpose of the prop was for usage in a Disney “Villains” dance, where it could be rolled around on […]
Shelby Merrick
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What is it? The ESPixelStick V3 is a WiFi Pixel and DMX single output controller built around the ESP8266 platform. It utilizes industry standard E1.31 sACN and DDP protocols for control of up to 680 WS2811 pixels (4 Universes) or 63 GECE Pixels. It also supports DMX and Renard devices […]
The latest ESPixelStick V2 Assembly and Usage Manual can be downloaded here: ESPixelstick V2 Assembly and Usage
This post has been updated for the first round of 2017 Group Buys. This buy will last 3 weeks, ending on February 10th and I expect to start shipping boards out the week of March 13th. All orders for the group buy must be placed and paid for by midnight […]
The ESPixelStick Group Buy is here! Details can be found on diychristmas.org and doityourselfchristmas.com. Everything you want to know about the ESPixelStick can be found at forkineye.com/ESPixelStick. The group buy ends on 8/23, so get it in quick!
ESPixelStick V1 – An E1.31 WiFi Pixel Controller What is it? A cost effective solution for driving a universe of pixels via E1.31 over WiFi. The controller itself fits in 1″ thin wall PVC to enable embedding with the fixture its controlling. From a hardware perspective, the ESPixelStick is a pixel […]
Want pure hardware generation of a WS2811 signal? No funky buffers that take CPU time to setup or tricks to bend SPI to your will? Here’s a straight pure hardware way to generate a WS2811 stream with minimal CPU time on a Xmega8E5 by taking advantage of the XCL (XMEGA Custom […]
Here’s how to quickly and easily get your Atmel AVR XMEGA running at a very stable 32MHz without a crystal. This will enable both the 32Khz and 32MHz internal oscillators, using the 32KHz oscillator for DFLL calibration and switch the XMEGA to the 32MHz clock. I’ve used the USART at […]
Here’s a few details on the flood light system I designed for our Halloween display this year. This is the first real project I’ve ever done from scratch with a micro of any kind. I’ve dabbled with AVRs on breadboards and built my fair share of kits, but had never […]