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Christmas is near \o/. If you're planning to gift one of my #LedClock for Christmas, now is the right time to place your order.
You should be fine up to November 12th, after you'll be at risk to not get it in time.

https://shop.crafting-labs.fr/en/

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Picture of a clock that give time in a binary format where bits are represented by on/off coloured leds.
The case is made of lasercut wood.
It displays 13:39:55

Picture of clocks displaying 3:35:10
The clock case is made of laser cut wood and displays time using 72 leds.
Leds are arranged in 12 groups. Each group has one in the middle and 5 around.
The 12 groups are arranged in a circle.

Picture of a clock using colored triangles (lit by leds) to display time
The case is made of lasercut wood.
It displays 16:13

Picture of a clock displaying time like a traditional digital clock (with readable numbers) but what are usually segments are hexagon and each number as a different color.
It dispays 16:46:07

It took its time, but Circles just landed in my shop: https://shop.crafting-labs.fr/en/products/circles/

#shop #LedClock #LaserCut

Slightly better (I think) picture :)

It'll land on the shop (https://shop.crafting-labs.fr/en) soon.

#LedClock #esp8266 #LaserCut #ws2812b

A picture of the clock from the front.
It displays 3:35:10

A picture of the clock from a 3/4 right
It displays 3:35:36

A close up picture of the clock, it shows the top left segments.

A picture of the clock from back. An engraved text read : "Circles by @avernois 1/32"
There is a blue usb cord connected to the clock.
The time is not visible.

I made the missing cuts yesterday and finished the assembly today.
Circles 1/32 is up and running.

I still need to figure out the correct lighting to take better pictures, but that'll wait tomorrow.

#LedClock #esp8266 #ws2812b

A new build of the clock described in that thread.
It displays 18:32:06

I managed to cut 6 layers (of 9) before running out of ice to cool down the cutter.
I'll do the rest this evening or tomorrow depending on how fast the freezer works :)

#LedClock #LaserCut

6 layers of laser cut plywood (3mm thick) on a black cutting mat.
Wood show light burn marks as it was not cleaned/sanded.

I realised I never cut the final version of Circles. So I'm fixing that oversight now :)
Well, because of the weather and my limited stock of ice, it might take a few days to make the cut.

#LedClock #LaserCut

A laser cut piece of plywood still on the workbed of the laser cuter.
'Circles by @avernois 1/32" is engraved in the bottom

Did I spend my evening designing that board, placing and routing 129 leds by hand?

Yup, I absolutely did :)

I kinda like that kind of repetitive job, I find it to be a good relaxing time (once every 6 months, I would definitely learn how to automate it if I had to do that every day :)

#LedClock #pcb #kicad

A screen capture of KiCad pcb editor showing the design of a pcb matching the design in the previous vector graphics.

Well, just for curiosity, I quickly put the outline in kicad, uploard the result in @aislerhq tool and it's not complaining.

So, this might work?

I guess I have to finish the pcb design to find out :)

#LedClock #pcb

Well, technically it worked. The laser cut can go through the pcb (if there is no copper).
But the process is very slow, and the result badly burnt. I'll have to figure out something else.

I think I started working on the design of a linear clock in 2016. Over the years, I made at least 5 different designs, and countless color pattern experiments. I guess the next version can wait a little longer :)

#LedClock #LaserCut #pcb #fail

A very close up picture of a green pcb.
There is two 5x5mm square holes. The side of the holes are charred, and there are burn marks one the pcb.

It took an hour and 2kg of ice to cool the laser cutter to operating temperature, but it went there \o/
So I managed to cut the two previous design. The cut failed at some points, but it's just to get an idea, so I did not even try to make it work :)

I like the 'wavy' one (on top).

And I still have to figure out where the controller board will go.

#LedClock #LaserCut

A picture of 2 imperfectly laser cut pieces of wood, matching the design of the previous two posts.

I think I'm onto something, but I'm not there yet.

I need to keep playing with the idea. Also figure out where to put the controller board :)

#svg #LedClock

A black on white vector graphic.
13 vertical rounded rectangles, evenly spaced across the width and vertically centered. One on 3 is taller than the other 2.
60 small squares with the size of the width of the rectangle, evenly spaced. 1 every 5 squares perfectly overlap one of the vertical rectangle (hence, there are 4 squares between two rectangles)

Good thing, matrix has 60 columns so I can make some test.
And I like it :)
Definitely needs a 61 columns to get a symmetry.

#LedClock #LedMatrix #ws2812b #esp8266

A horizontal 60x11 leds matrix.
Starting on the first colum, centered on the fifth line, 3 leds are lit every 5 colums (so 12 groups of 3, separated by 4 colums).
The first two groups are cyan, the 3rd is yellow, the others are purple.
On the 5th line, from the 2nd colum, 30 leds are lit blue (overriding the middle led of the first 7 3leds groups).

For the last months I spent my free time renovating a 100+ years old house.

But with today's heat that's not an option, so I'm back working on clocks :)

The plan is to apply what I learned building matrix (see this thread https://piaille.fr/@avernois/113391752318110644) to make a smaller version of my linear clocks (https://gitlab.com/avernois/clocks/-/tree/main/linear?ref_type=heads)

#LedClock #ws2812b #esp8266

I had some free time this sunday to solder the last two board I had, but not enough to test them.
So I did it this evening.
1 led in the wrong direction (on 1296 hand placed leds), and 2 with bad connections. All fix, and the board are running fine now \o/

I have no idea of what I'm gonna do with them. But I'll find out :)

#LedClock #ws2812b #esp8266

One is on the foreground, occupying 2/3 of the image, we see a close up of part of a led matrix ( around 17 columns of 11 rows of leds are visible). They are mostly lit in green, except the right columns which are light blue.
Behind, we see a part of another matrix (32 columns, 5 rows are visible). They are lit with a color gradient: red on the left, to green in the middle and blue on the right.

The two matrixes (60x11 leds each) sit on a black cutting mat.
They are both lit with a color gradient from red to yellow, green, cyan, blue, magenta and red again.

The two matrixes display time (20:36:20)

Humm, I guess I found why it's not working.

Can you? :)

#SpotTheDifference #ws2812b #LedClock #WrongDirection

Close up of a green pcb. About 20 leds are visible, they are align in a grid with a label above each one.
On each led, there is a green dot on its right.
Except one where the dot is on the left. Also, that led has burn mark :(

Hey Fedifriends ! What's the minimal css framework cool kids are using nowadays ?
I finally decided to write a UI for the configuration of my clocks :)

edit 2: maybe 'framework' is the wrong term. I'm looking for a css thing to make my page 'pretty' and consistent.
I can do (mostly) css, but I'm bad at pretty :)

edit: even if you don't consider yourself a "cool kid", you are to me and I'd like to hear the small css framework you use :)

#css #LedClock

I cut another grid on a better plywood and no more visible leaks \o/
There is still one, but in a place I'm not really using, so that's ok (for now).

I'll have to find a better way to make those kind of grid. Maybe 3d printing?

#LedMatrix #ws2812b #LedClock #LaserCut