This is beautiful: the presentation, mesmerising machining, minimal and quirky narration, and the level of effort to create something totally and wonderfully useless.
@braydonfisher9273
5 ай бұрын
But hey... It runs doom
@I_am_a_human_not_a_commodity
4 ай бұрын
Art is never useless.
@Tyguy161
4 ай бұрын
The only thing you can make is s - h - i - t
@trevorsmith6216
3 ай бұрын
don't forget about the hot glue
@Stingpie
2 жыл бұрын
I've worked on optimizing serial displays, and I think I see your problem. I think you are sending a lot of overhead with each write. i2c works by sending and address, a command, and data for that command. If you are only writing a single byte at a time, 2/3s of the transmission is completely unrelated to what you actually want to display. Instead of only changing the bits that change per frame, store a frame buffer on the computer's side, and write to the entire display at once. That would change it so that only 2/1027 bytes are overhead, and that should give a decent speed increase.
@gorgpflug6087
2 жыл бұрын
the ssd1306 has no problem with i2c running at about 1mhz....
@Stingpie
2 жыл бұрын
@@gorgpflug6087 I'm not talking about changing the i2c transmission speed, I'm talking about increasing the goodput(ratio of relevant data to irrelevant data) of the bus.
@tamnker8465
2 жыл бұрын
I like your funny words, magic man.
@andreameparishvili5468
2 жыл бұрын
well yeah but as @Görg Pflug mensiond 1darn mhz sooo what u writen there was unneeded
@Stingpie
2 жыл бұрын
@@andreameparishvili5468 the i2c frequency isn't just an arbitrary limit, it's the maximum that mixtela's computer can output through the HDMI connection.
@jrrarglblarg9241
2 жыл бұрын
From the department of “but why would you do this?” comes another amazing creation. Thanks.
@zeroni13
2 жыл бұрын
Could not have said it better!
@autumnrain7626
2 жыл бұрын
I was so happy when you played bad apple on it. Even more when you busted out the midi music box. 11/10 mate.
@jlnrdeep
2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed the obligatory Doom on a tiny screen as demo of it's capabilities. Kudos using every single bit of tools you have.
@big0bad0brad
2 жыл бұрын
That i2c abuse is one of the best backwards uses of a technology I've ever seen. Kudos.
@fffUUUUUU
2 жыл бұрын
that's DDC
@switchmodthree
2 жыл бұрын
@@fffUUUUUU For what it's worth, DDC2B uses the I2C protocol.
@Flowxing
2 жыл бұрын
would have used SPI, might actually have a decent bandwith and the controllers supports it natively
@big0bad0brad
2 жыл бұрын
@@Flowxing I don't think the video card can speak SPI but you're right if this were microcontroller driven
@Flowxing
2 жыл бұрын
@@big0bad0brad oh I didnt know this was directly driven by the gpu, I thought there was a controller inbetween
@triennial9307
2 жыл бұрын
this brings a whole new territory to those tiny oleds people use to display stats or animations on their pcs
@zoidsfan12
5 ай бұрын
Not gonna lie, I actually got emotional hearing and seeing bad apple show up here. Its such a cultural touchstone for so many people and touhou music became such a big part of my life for so many years. Overall it just fills me with joy seeing it used for demonstration purposes. I'm sure the music being in a music box rendition didn't help with the emotions I was feeling either, feeling like the perfect allegory for plunging deep into memory.
@michaelchen2821
3 ай бұрын
Bad Apple is one of the "testing" videos, just like doom. So it shows up everywhere in tech.
@gavin162
2 ай бұрын
what song is this?
@official-obama
26 күн бұрын
@@gavin162 bad apple on a music box
@SianaGearz
2 жыл бұрын
Try blue noise comparison (static) instead of Floyd Steinberg to dither. You can also try 3D blue noise or Nvidia precomputed spatiotemporal blue noise, but given low frame rate, I think static would work better. The problem is that the movement in the dither is obscuring the movement in the picture. With a static dither, maybe you'll be more successful with partial screen updates.
@AryaFairywren
2 жыл бұрын
Seconded, do look into that!
@jan_harald
2 жыл бұрын
this seems like a good idea, but would probably need something more, to be worth making a new video about, and given how at first this was like april fools video, and then he made a cool case for it, then now what, fix the dither and...what, use another of those screens, to make a micro model computer with functional screen?
@AryaFairywren
2 жыл бұрын
@@jan_harald Oh I do believe mitxela could figure this out! You're right that it doesn't look easy to build a video about, at a glance. However, I didn't expect this one, either =D What I would do personally is "here how the code was massively improved" - there's def some things that can be added, including partial refreshes (look up micropython SH1106 driver for simple page-based example) to increase FPS. In addition to that... 128x128 could be done with two displays, I suppose! But, AFAIU, mitxela's videos aren't software-focused typically? so I'd understand if this were to be left as exercise to the reader.
@Jimmygarn
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I was bothered that I couldn't remember the name the dither.
@jan_harald
2 жыл бұрын
@@AryaFairywren didn't he just specifically talk about how he made it only send the updates to the screen? both at one point, and then demoing it at the end, how if only the mouse moved, it worked just fine? and rather than bigger resolution, I'd rather take lower resolution over bigger screen size, to make it more legible, lol, right now it's basically just tiny noise, even at a terminal prompt
@AiOinc1
2 жыл бұрын
This and the MIDI synth plug he might wind up with the smallest fully functional recording studio in the world Sometimes I forget that he's a musician.
@dominateeye
2 жыл бұрын
I don't, but then again, Stylobend is essentially the soundtrack to my life.
@saghagg4775
2 жыл бұрын
Wait he was musician? I though he was engineer
@monad_tcp
2 жыл бұрын
@@saghagg4775 I have hope of leaving software engineering and becoming a musician. Music is way harder than software.
@frogz
2 жыл бұрын
im neither a musician or an engineer but i could convince you i was both given a few minutes of time, my skill set is veeeeeeeeeeery diverse and i am the guy people call to repair THEIR setups
@legohexman2858
Жыл бұрын
@@frogz ok
@killerguppy2988
2 жыл бұрын
That Bad Apple bit at the end was perfect. The most useless display has a use!
@ThatOneAnnoyingPubPlayer
2 жыл бұрын
If a display exists, bad apple will be played on it eventually
@gestaltlabart
2 жыл бұрын
Below the chrome should be a copper layer, which - when exposed - would look even more steampunk.
@hexedempyrean2282
2 жыл бұрын
I swear this channel is amazing, you always learn something you didn’t know you want
@MelroyvandenBerg
5 ай бұрын
I subscribed today.
@maff1917
2 жыл бұрын
If M1.4 are the smallest threads you have ever tapped by hand what was the smallest you did not tapped by hand?
@pnpplpnppl
2 жыл бұрын
When that music box started playing I about fell out of my chair. Marvelous dedication to a bit, really lovely work.
@a.bergantini4129
2 жыл бұрын
When This Old Tony meets Marco Reps meets Wintergatan = mitxela! Excellent!!!
@gonun69
2 жыл бұрын
That's the nicest HDMI connector I've ever seen and I want one.
@user-sb8cs3le2j
2 жыл бұрын
This man is going to end up making an hdmi LED
@4.0.4
2 жыл бұрын
That's... Kinda awesome, in a terrible way. 1x1px resolution "OLED".
@mlekotron
2 жыл бұрын
@@4.0.4 OLED being abbreviation of One Light Emitting Diode
@TheLinposterIsSus
Жыл бұрын
wtf,..gay lol led
@SeanHodgins
2 жыл бұрын
Its perfect.
@waldolemmer
2 жыл бұрын
It's
@a51mj12
2 жыл бұрын
@@waldolemmer Is"t
@TheAechBomb
2 жыл бұрын
@@a51mj12 Is'''t''n't
@nightzzmixx
2 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh. That is the most adorable display I've ever seen.
@carson365
2 жыл бұрын
What a coincidence! I was just on a binge of your old content. Great as always, keep up the good work!
@JamieBainbridge
Жыл бұрын
I can't even imagine what it's like to have so much command over software and electronics and physical items. You must feel like an absolute god.
@shoofle
2 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely stellar. This is my kinda ridiculous! It does make me want a more real gooseneck display for showing chat while I'm streaming...
@secretowo
2 жыл бұрын
What a cool project! Loved the bad apple part, keep on doing what youre doing!
@kttkttkt
2 жыл бұрын
Someone bought a mill! Congrats! Btw, I am sure, you know how the "pinch" knurling holder should be used.
@michaelmiller5566
2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same thing and I figured someone would point it out
@MrHack4never
2 жыл бұрын
I would add a ink-stained microscope slide in front of the screen to protect it and change it away from B/W
@tymekgowacki4280
2 жыл бұрын
I dont know if you can change that, but if the dithering is slowing down the performance, maybe switching to indexed dithering would help. Floyd-Steinberg dithering is acumulating data in an iterative way, while indexed or lookup dithering is done per pixel and way faster. as a bonus you would get a nice retro pixel art vibe
@soundspark
2 жыл бұрын
Indexed can also be readily performed on a pixel shader due to its nature.
@startedtech
2 жыл бұрын
Always happy to see another version of Bad Apple, and always happy to see the Midi music box.
@kasamialt
2 жыл бұрын
That MIDI music box rendition of Bad Apple!! was absolutely beautiful and perfectly complements the beauty of the display itself.
@kasamialt
2 жыл бұрын
Also if you need it for any future projects feel free to use my video edit of bad apple specifically designed for these displays: kzitem.info/news/bejne/mI6f0HenkJRmh34
@furkan9549
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, i use PoH (Power over HDMI) on my monitor.
@309electronics5
2 жыл бұрын
What size? Does the hdmi have enough current?
@furkan9549
2 жыл бұрын
@@309electronics5 It's just a joke about he is not connected anything except HDMI.
@NaddlyC
2 ай бұрын
Well, HDMI does pass 5v so...
@oliverer3
2 ай бұрын
@@NaddlyCOnly at a measly 55mA though. Difficult to power anything much bigger than this 😅
@NaddlyC
2 ай бұрын
@@oliverer3 wow, I didn't know it was that low
@usap091
2 жыл бұрын
You should put a ridiculous fresnel lens in front and make it look like the screens in the movie Brazil
@purplemosasaurus5987
2 жыл бұрын
I really love your videos, they're the sort of videos that I've been looking for.
@zeroni13
2 жыл бұрын
Legendary stuff as usual, bad apple just made this perfect
@bracketkan
2 жыл бұрын
Another amazing Bad Apple rendering
@kartelious
2 жыл бұрын
this is the best video ive watched in a long time from the incredible macro shots to the music absolutely incredible
@canadianman000
2 жыл бұрын
I have not seen a music box mech like that before. With the rotating strikers it looks as though you can actually adjust the sustain of each note by varying the rotation speed. Wicked!
@amyshaw893
2 жыл бұрын
Is this the start of ThisOldAlex? and well done, you made me laugh a lot with that punchline
@Ucfhm
2 жыл бұрын
Sir i just discovered your channel a few months ago, and i have to say that your channel is very special, thank you so much and i wish you all the best
@mikevegeto1101
2 жыл бұрын
Always very exciting when a new mitxela video comes out!
@dash30music
2 жыл бұрын
in case anyone was wondering- the drums in the background track are the default club samples in FL studio
@voltcorp
2 жыл бұрын
every maker on youtube has a level of detailing beyond which they consider it a waste of work. yours is the highest I've seen.
@geraldc.7429
2 жыл бұрын
Wow ... that's an impressive project ! I love all this metal work ;-)
@esotericsean
2 жыл бұрын
Really cool little project, enjoyed it lots!
@anon_y_mousse
2 жыл бұрын
This is so completely awesome. Really gives off vibes of wintergatan and clickspring at the same time. Wish I could give more than one like.
@billybbob18
2 жыл бұрын
That was incredibly well built. I had no idea you could interface hdmi to an ssd oled. Great work!
@wetsackofham5372
Жыл бұрын
This is so awesome! You really nailed the steampunk aesthetic.
@rykerhasyounow
2 жыл бұрын
Great project. I guess precision is key. You can still hear the slight variations in timing when the servos fire.
@ifritdiezel
2 жыл бұрын
i never expected to see "steampunk" and "HDMI" in the same sentence
@msx80
2 жыл бұрын
We leave you alone for five minutes and you become ClickSpring. Seriously tho this is legendary
@kornaros96
2 жыл бұрын
Nothing bad with that!
@sigstackfault
2 жыл бұрын
13:01 > hiding your sins Adam Savage would be proud
@pawehektor6633
3 ай бұрын
AWESOME! The Bad Apple Demo at the end - That's what i wanted to see on this display from the very beginning of the movie.
@paulcollins3725
4 ай бұрын
I really do admire this esoteric KZitem channel, absolutely stunning!
@RetroChiZ
2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding work, sir! Derren Brown couldn't make me more hypnotised than watching this video :D
@David.C.Velasquez
2 жыл бұрын
Well done... the last 5 minutes was amazing!
@wardrich
2 жыл бұрын
It's... beautiful. Brings a tear to the eye. Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@finsterhund
4 ай бұрын
Honestly this is pretty close to the sorta shit I'd be coming up with if I had my own workshop. Living vicariously through you right now.
@iGerman
2 жыл бұрын
You did the thing!!! Thank you!!
@betawooper2485
2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! Can't believe you both built this, but also composed the soundtrack for it.
@GrahamCantin
2 жыл бұрын
Uhhh, what? That's a 20+ year old Touhou track, "Bad Apple!!". It's been a meme for these low resolution displays for almost a decade now? Just like Doom. :P
@Bancheis
2 жыл бұрын
@@GrahamCantin Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.
@betawooper2485
2 жыл бұрын
@@GrahamCantin No, you're wrong. Mitxela made Bad Apple.
@nalinux
Жыл бұрын
This is great ! It see your parting tool has as much chatter as mine on my mini lathe :) BTW I just discovered the melting plugin for Kicad, I love it. I made so many pcb in the 90's, using pen/eraser then thin tape bands and letraset pads ...
@Rossv2motion
4 ай бұрын
🛠 The knurled brass HDMI connector looks super sleek. I never thought about customizing connectors like this, but you make it look both fun and doable. Also, the tech details you shared were really insightful. It's amazing how you manage to blend craftsmanship with tech so seamlessly. Can't wait to see what you come up with next!
@andymuzzo8568
2 жыл бұрын
That’s absolutely awesome. Great work
@AgentWest
3 ай бұрын
The proper way to use that style knurling tool is to pinch your part between rollers, using the screw to apply pressure. Doing so puts almost no load on the lathe itself, and therefore won't damage it. A lathe is not really meant to take heavy loads in the direction that a pressed knurling tool generates.
@masoudt7555
6 ай бұрын
I enjoyed your work a lot. An absolute masterpiece.
@josiahfugal5407
2 жыл бұрын
This is beyond describable. You're an absolute legend.
@toonhead85
2 жыл бұрын
The commentary toward was the end was amazing ,(first video if yours I've seen)... a thicker backplate for the screen and a screen protector (thiugh idk if steampunk) would add some polish. Love it!!!
@enif_plays
2 жыл бұрын
Looks awesome! Though I'm surprised you didn't countersink the screws on the front.
@Nate-bd8fg
2 жыл бұрын
I think this works better for the looks
@moconnell663
2 жыл бұрын
@@Nate-bd8fg If steampunk is the look, the screws should be slotted
@dreamerunderpinksky2691
2 жыл бұрын
Thx for the little track at the end Very nice!
@user-mf3sd8om3v
2 жыл бұрын
Best channel ever 👍 please upload more often love your work
@greg4367
2 жыл бұрын
Among all those things that never should have been done in the first place... No one has EVER done it better. Congrats.
@vanopiano
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, and “bad apple” theme in the end is beautiful with this display!
@PCBWay
2 жыл бұрын
What a legendary job you just did! Hats off to you 👍
@gem-squared
2 жыл бұрын
OH SNAP! Is really PCBWay! :U
@PCBWay
Жыл бұрын
@@gem-squared YEAH, The original, the ONLY
@kar27k
2 жыл бұрын
This video has all the good things: music, technology, mill, lathe, brass and fine work.
@maximillionboi
2 жыл бұрын
that tool that applies the high grip surface blew my mind
@txikitofandango
2 жыл бұрын
i appreciate the hefty knurl on this thing. lovely net-like pattern, like a knurl network...
@pete3897
2 жыл бұрын
Bravo :) That screen would make a great little CPU activity monitor on the side of your laptop!
@CodingWithBen
2 жыл бұрын
Super cool! Well done.
@simon4510
2 жыл бұрын
Insane. Absolutely love it
@user-mf3sd8om3v
2 жыл бұрын
What a missed opportunity at the end to Rick roll us 😂😂😂
@mickslikker4739
2 жыл бұрын
this is amazing! subscribed!
@speakerbasstester1639
Жыл бұрын
Best video out there!! Love the music box !
@chaos.corner
2 жыл бұрын
One dither you could try would be a simple error propagation You start a line probably with something like 50%. If the first pixel is brighter than that 50%, you set white (100) otherwise black (0). Now subtract what you used from what you were seeking and that is the next value to compare against. Continue this across the line.This makes text illegible but grayscale pictures translate quite well. By removing randomness, you'll keep the same output for (some) static parts of the screen. I found that random combined with error propagation gave the most "accurate" representation of the original image but simple error propagation gave a more "clean" looking image at the loss of a little fidelity. (this was for printing images to a black and white thermal printer).
@izzy-mew
Жыл бұрын
omg its so coooooooooolllll!!!!! I love all things steam punk!!!! eeee keep up the amazing work also love the break in the music for an explanation also if you mark your work as ASMR you may get more views if you havent already
@zokushatech
2 жыл бұрын
“A weight off my solder” is such a beautiful song, i had to go back and listen multiple times. Wow.
@HolgerBarske
2 жыл бұрын
So useless and beautiful. Thank you very much, you never fail to amaze me.
@EZCarnivore
Жыл бұрын
Watched this from my feed just because I was curious, but you got a like and a new sub for Bad Apple at the end. Awesome!
@hydrogencyanide4999
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Although I'd say the white version of these OLEDs would've fit the aesthetic better than blue.
@bur1t0
2 жыл бұрын
Looks like white to me. The colour on those things isn't that great to begin with. I didn't know there was a blue version.
@ENDESGA
2 жыл бұрын
I was not expecting the Bad Apple ending hahahaha
@KeritechElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
Damn great mechanical fabrication facilities and skill! Cool HDMI plug enclosure. You could make thousands off audiophiles, LOL - even though hot snot ain't high end at all. Loved the piano version of 2001 Space Odyssey theme :) Doom works. That counts.
@olivianava5422
4 ай бұрын
The performance of Thus Spake Zarathustra on the piano makes this ending just so much better.
@paulcastleton8813
2 ай бұрын
Beautiful! There's always a backup income stream for knurled brass connectors then.
@tinyguyandfriends6536
Жыл бұрын
It is sooo impressive to see people work with that small stuff
@PantsuMann
2 жыл бұрын
The Bad Apple remix and display made this worthwhile. Got really nostalgic here. Great job!
@ichirotaniguchi
3 ай бұрын
those connector covers are freaking gorgeous.. if you made cables with this and sold them i'd honestly buy them
@yokowan
2 жыл бұрын
of all the videos to end with a touhou meme.....
2 жыл бұрын
I'm just glad I found this awesome channel before it hits millions of subscribers.
@tonywharton5220
2 жыл бұрын
Very clever. I love the design.
@RFC3514
5 ай бұрын
For the next generation, you can just do what nVidia did, add frame interpolation to the driver, claim it now runs at "twice the FPS", and double the price. Or get one step ahead of them and do what I'm sure they will for the _next_ generation: add _three_ interpolated frames between real ones and claim it runs at four times the FPS.
@keeb__
2 жыл бұрын
I love the video!! I would like to mention though, that it was a bit of a sensory overload for me from the audio perspective.
@sinom
2 жыл бұрын
Have you watched junferno recently by any chance?
@MercuryTheWhite
4 ай бұрын
amazing. And holy crap that music box demo at the end
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