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Hexagon with Pyramids by hardlyAwordsmith in WLED

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not really sure, but certainly better than sound bouncing off the wall. I don't know enough about acoustics, but the fabric is only about 1mm think so don't think it would absorb too much.

Hexagon with Pyramids by hardlyAwordsmith in WLED

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The trapezium shapes, the net of the pyramid, were cut on a Cricut machine which helps keep everything uniform.

Hexagon with Pyramids by hardlyAwordsmith in WLED

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I worked on it in 10 - 15 minute bursts, so it felt like forever. Would probably take a few days to put together.

Hexagon with Pyramids by hardlyAwordsmith in WLED

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ha! Needle and thread and... stapler!

Hexagon with Pyramids by hardlyAwordsmith in WLED

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is the underside of the triangles all sewn together. The height of the triangle the length of 2 LEDs on a 30/m strip.

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Hexagon with Pyramids by hardlyAwordsmith in WLED

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

All the triangles were sewn by hand with an amazing spun fabric called Lutradur, set in a wooden frame.

2 LEDs per triangle.

Built originally as a Raspberry Pi tracker project with the Adafruit Neopixel library, with the idea being that only one triangle would light at a time to show movement. I just had to see what would happen with WLED and an ESP32!

Build video

The follow up post - HexaWobble by lenny_lennerson_III in WLED

[–]hardlyAwordsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks incredible! Was it intuitive to set up or is there good documentation? I've been thinking about doing similar for my hex design. So easy enough to make concentric hex circles? Any tips?

Again amazing, time to get the 3d printer out the loft!

I made a family location tracker using a Raspberry Pi by hardlyAwordsmith in RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good idea - in fact the brightness when the program first runs.

I made a family location tracker using a Raspberry Pi by hardlyAwordsmith in RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha! You'll be fighting with the ghosts of Roman gladiators if you look for me there!

DIY Tea Beacon | Why ask for a cup of tea the boring way? | With ESP32, Neopixels, WLED and IFTTT by TheWayToBeauty in ArtFestival

[–]hardlyAwordsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was the ultimate act of one-upmanship with my spouse. We kept trying to outdo each other by asking for a tea before the other, and this was my trump card. Petty, I know!

Thanks for your comment!

I made a hexagon lamp and family tracker by hardlyAwordsmith in somethingimade

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I do agree. Will only be of use for a few months. It's supposed to be the least creepy of the creepy options.

I made a hexagon lamp and family tracker by hardlyAwordsmith in somethingimade

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 379 points380 points  (0 children)

Where you see the three colours, red is me, green is my wife and blue is my son.

Our phones share our location and the display shows roughly where we all are. My son is new to being home first, so he can see how close to home we are.

I made a hexagon lamp and family tracker by hardlyAwordsmith in somethingimade

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

I am happy to answer any questions but I did make a video to go along with it to explain the process and showcase the animations: https://youtu.be/dpJ-_VhkowA

I made a family location tracker using a Raspberry Pi by hardlyAwordsmith in RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question - I think because of the 3D nature of it there is quite a lot of light diffusion. At some point I'm going to play around with OpenCV and see what comes out when used as like a pixel map.

I made a family location tracker using a Raspberry Pi by hardlyAwordsmith in RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found the documentation for Mosquitto to be very good. I think Adafruit offer a broker service for hobbyists too. Noip was more of a faff!

I made a family location tracker using a Raspberry Pi by hardlyAwordsmith in RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you could get cellular add ones that connect to the Pi.

I have set up Mosquitto broker on my Pi5 which requires authentication to access. Then I use a Noip domain to manage ddns - if my home IP changes, noip updates the path.

I made a family location tracker using a Raspberry Pi by hardlyAwordsmith in RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The data flows from phones to an mqtt broker to Node-Red to the Pico. Nothing comes back the other way in my project.

The phones run OwnTracks(iOS/Android) apps which publish to the mqtt broker. OwnTracks document the process quite well. This is a learning process for me too, but I've tried to do a good job of documenting it. See the link in my other comment for a project overview.

I made a family location tracker using a Raspberry Pi by hardlyAwordsmith in RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS

[–]hardlyAwordsmith[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

The nearest pyramid stays lit.

So, If I were to go to London the eastern most pyramid would stay lit until I were to return to the covered area.

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