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Re: Guess I haven't posted pics here of the National Mall @MS Glad you have an interest. Much has happened over the past couple of years. Here are some of my favorite photos. I'm putting lights back inside the buildings along with adding exterior lights to…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- 3 yrs ago
- Your Creations
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Re: LEGO Creator Back To The Future DeLorean Set (#10300) Hmm, Rick's list of suggestions made me wonder. When creating light / sound kits for models, does Brickstuff need to be aware of (and work around) copyright issues? Never considered that before.…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- 3 yrs ago
- What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Do / Don't Do
Last night's lesson: you can't just decide to reverse the placement of the power source after the circuit has been wired.
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And so it begins.
The first section of six that comprise the center portion (the grassy areas) of the National Mall from 14th Street to Union Square at the foot of Capitol Hill.…
- WRTyler
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Re: Making Longer Sections of LED Filament Paper clips and a Precision power meter. The workshop has all contingencies covered. [grin]
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- 3 yrs ago
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- General DIY
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Beware of the VERY DEEP rabbit hole called BrickPixels!
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Lub-dub Ooops, forgot to include the code for this effect. //Heartbeat LED for BrickPixel // elCalvoMike 12-6-2008 // modified by Wayne R. Tyler 2021'11'09 // library for controlling the BrickPixel hardware…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- 3 yrs ago
- BrickPixel Lighting System
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Lub-dub
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- 3 yrs ago
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How to translate Arduino demos into BrickPixel demos
When looking for examples of lighting control using the Arduino, you will usually find code that uses the on-board LED as the light. The control logic in the code is what's needed,…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: NaMaLiCS Tutorial Part 8, H_Flicker_OnOff 2022 is the year I've been planning to come east for a show. I'll need to take a look at the dates for Brickfest.
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- 3 yrs ago
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- BrickPixel Lighting System
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NaMaLiCS Tutorial Part 8, H_Flicker_OnOff
YAY! This is the last of the NaMaLiCS tutorials. Now that the core control of the system is working, loop(), and there is a template for pixel effects, cranking this out was easy.…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
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Re: NaMaLiCS Tutorial Part 8, G_Fade_OnOff Thanks! It means a lot coming from someone who knows about what goes on behind-the-scenes. All this work, which looks good in the testbed, has to look good in the actual MOC.…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- 3 yrs ago
- BrickPixel Lighting System
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NaMaLiCS Tutorial Part 8, G_Fade_OnOff
Well...it's been an interesting week of development for NaMaLiCS. When I added the fade effects, the wheels fell off and I've had to rethink, redesign and recode core parts of the program.…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- updated 3 yrs ago
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NaMaLiCS, Getting ahead of myself
But...I couldn't resist. The video is a little small, but if you look closely you can see the light animation occurring across two sections connected by the BrickPixel magnetic connector.…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- 3 yrs ago
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NaMaLiCS Tutorial Part 7, F_Toggle_OnOff
The full code for this lesson [A_NaMaLiCS_WorkingCode_01.ino] is attached as a zip file. This time we're adding the toggle effect. It is similar to the blink effect in that a pixel's brightness is…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- updated 3 yrs ago
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NaMaLiCS Chaser Lights
Bwahahaha! The NaMaLiCS program I posted in Tutorial Supplement 3 CAN!! do chaser lights, unlike what I thought when I wrote Tutorial Part 6, E_BLINK. Ya just have to get the numbers right. See...…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- updated 3 yrs ago
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NaMaLiCS Tutorial Supplement 3, a working version for blinking lights
Since I've been discussing the code by inserting bits of tutorial between code snippets, it might be a little difficult to tell what is actually in the program.…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- updated 3 yrs ago
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NaMaLiCS Tutorial Part 6, E_BLINK
The Prologue: If you've made it this far in the tutorial series…CONGRATULATIONS!! and…I apologize. The thought struck me today that the audience I've been writing for is…me…or at least folks like me.…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- updated 3 yrs ago
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Re: NaMaLiCS Tutorial Supplement 2, pixelState (or...are we there yet?) @Rob Klingberg (😈)...ya make me laugh!
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- 3 yrs ago
- BrickPixel Lighting System
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Re: NaMaLiCS Tutorial Supplement 2, pixelState (or...are we there yet?) @Rob Klingberg at some point when we meet up again...and you have the time...you'll have to tell me how you got from being an English major to running a company that specializes in miniature…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- 3 yrs ago
- BrickPixel Lighting System
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NaMaLiCS Tutorial Supplement 2, pixelState (or...are we there yet?)
This is an updated version of the B_GLOBALS tab. Sorry, no pictures or video this discussion, just dry text. // = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = // NOTE:…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
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NaMaLiCS Tutorial Part 5, D_LOOP
This the control center for the NaMaLiCS program. There are two sections in the loop. The first controls how the lights initially turn on (toggle, fade or flicker) and the second controls what…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
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NaMaLiCS Tutorial Supplement 1, Magnetic Connectors
When switching from programming the BrickPixel 9-LED testbed to verifying the program with the larger National Mall testbed, I have to swap what the BrickPixel shield is connected to.…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
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Re: I've failed utterly, but it still looks great. @Josh Yet another concept I haven't run across. I'll go see how protothreading works. And a BIG thanks for the pointer!
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- 3 yrs ago
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- BrickPixel Lighting System
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Are there / will there ever be...
in Brickstuff Merchandise, a t-shirt with the Brickstuff logo? I would love to have one or two to wear at LEGO events. You could even have some catchy /goofy quips go with it,…
- WRTyler
- -the National Mall guy-
- wrTyler
- updated 3 yrs ago
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