@AnnyJoe @wizard unfortunately not for sale

@n1xnx @wizard Thank you, great idea! Already tried a pair of eyes, but resolution limits the effect. I have to play with orientation and tracking.

@dx Thank you, that's a great idea 💡!

@arisummerland @wizard Thank you, and yes, it does attract a lot.

@mav @wizard Thank you, appreciated!

@wizard as always, it wouldn't look half as good without the Pixelblaze! Especially the sensor board rocks for this project!

@wow_elec_tron Thank you!

@jasoncoon @wizard Thank you Jason, means a lot!

@benjohn @wizard Thanks! These are standard WS2812.

@tschundler Thank you!

@vextaur @wizard yes, ws2812

@nomis @wizard no, it's totally okay, already used it for hours without any issues.

@theunixman @wizard I would say not too much! Because of the high density you can run the LEDs with relatively low brightness. So 5W max in a non-sunny environment. It runs out of a small USB power bank mount under the top of the hat.

I made an LED hat by weaving LED pebble strings with poly rattan. Pure braiding, no glue involved. 475 LEDs in total, controlled by a @wizard Pixelblaze. More pictures 👇🧵

@stellth @wizard Thank you! I've just worn the hat at a concert. Running audio reactive patterns. It was a blast. But unfortunately I wasn't able to take photos. So I will try to take some next time.

@alexschnapper @wizard Thank you! It's a bit early for good instructions because this hat was more a proof of concept which went better than expected. I started with my head size and worked me through the process. Never did any braiding before. So I will adapt the process for the next version. Because the spacing of the LEDs is fixed and it needs an odd number of LEDs per round, I have to calculate the possible hat sizes and adapt the support tools I used.

@wizard some pictures from the build process, even though it looks like ribbon cable, it is poly rattan

@wizard close-up shot of the LED weaving

I made an LED hat by weaving LED pebble strings with poly rattan. Pure braiding, no glue involved. 475 LEDs in total, controlled by a @wizard Pixelblaze. More pictures 👇🧵

Baby oscilloscope! 💖
@benhencke brought their tiny SAOScope to the #Teardown2025 party at #PDX #hackersapce Ctrl-H last night! It can do 1 Ms/s at 12 bit. The knobs work including trigger! #Portland #Badgelife