This seems like one of those projects that you think, how hard can it be? Then you commit, start work, and realise that yes, it's considerable more fiddly and time consuming than you imagined. Well done getting it complete and not saying to hell with it and using the parts on another project.
@BeckyStern
Жыл бұрын
Luckily this project doesn't take up very much space so I could take lots of breaks and come back to it!
@user-neo71665
Жыл бұрын
As a mini trucker back in the 90s I got into this when I was 16. It was way harder back then because we had to actually program stuff with things like msdos, The leds back then sucked and we had to build our own strips for our clear lights. You kids are spoiled today.
@maddiemoate
Жыл бұрын
This is so awesome!
@BeckyStern
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Maddie!
@Harko-
Жыл бұрын
Made by yourself always beats shop bought! Thanks for sharing, Becky 🙏🏻
@bytesizedengineering
Жыл бұрын
Awesome work Becky! Just because you can buy something, it doesn't mean it isn't worth making it yourself. I like the look of the one you made better than the one you bought.
@SandyCrack69
Жыл бұрын
Great Video Becky, It’s possible to buy these pixels with 4 wires from china. The forth wire is a common that passes through and has no electrical connection to the leds it runs through. ( the other 3 wire as +be, 0v and data in/out ) The extra common wire is used in projects like your curtain which has a heap of single strings. At the end of each string you connect the data out to the common and then connect the common wire at the first pixel in the string to the data in of the first pixel of the next string ..
@BeckyStern
Жыл бұрын
ooh, nice!
@SandyCrack69
Жыл бұрын
@@BeckyStern- also the spacing can be as small as 15mm between pixels too …
@mattgoodtube
Жыл бұрын
Looks great! 13 year-old me would have lost it over how cool this is.
@BeckyStern
Жыл бұрын
Right?! 😁
@BayYolal
Жыл бұрын
Amazing😊
@JubeiKibagamiFez
Жыл бұрын
Those custom lighting patterns are amazing.
@crvallance
11 ай бұрын
Yes please to reversing of the china version 😁
@zu_alt_fuer2272
Жыл бұрын
beautiful! ... oh no! now me wants one too...
@Giryagirl
Жыл бұрын
Love it!!! And so happy to see a couple @PhaseDock Workbenches in there as well :)
@domesticautomationllc
Жыл бұрын
amazing Becky!
@BeckyStern
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Not.So.WiseGuy
Жыл бұрын
I had this same idea years ago while watching videos on homemade led displays. You're 100% right, they weren't around a few years ago or at least weren't easily searchable. I had planned to put the leds in clear vinyl tubes to protect them and defuse the light a bit. Your idea to attach them to a clear bead curtain was brilliant.
@Sophi1024
8 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@garagemonkeysan
Жыл бұрын
Great video and idea. I have a theory that when you google a term like "LED Curtain" and Google doesn't return a result, they keep that word in a database. That database is sold to China manufacturers and not long after, you see your not found item on Alibaba. Am I crazy? Mahalo for sharing! : )
@NiHaoMike64
Жыл бұрын
There's a project "Internet Noise" that just feeds Google random phrases. Maybe it can invent some new product if what you're describing is true. :)
@TechnoChic
Жыл бұрын
Ahhhhh it looks so cool! It would be fun to add some sensors to make animations triggered by the movement of the beads! I've purchased a few LED curtains from Amazon, but none were neopixel or similar LEDs. I'd love to know if you found one that is easy to hack! 🎇💖🎇
@kevinmcaleer28
Жыл бұрын
Love this Becky! I Made an LED dog coat last year and I’m thinking about upgrading it so it can display movies using a Raspberry Pico W and some smancy code. Inspiring stuff Becky
@cometmace
Жыл бұрын
"attached a secondary power and ground to the end of the last LED strand" -- wish I could see a picture of that.
@BeckyStern
Жыл бұрын
There is a circuit diagram in the tutorial! Link in the description.
@PIXELamPC
Жыл бұрын
you could double the amount of leds by going up again on the same strand like so: ---d---u---d---u---d---u---...
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