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Re: LIGHTBARS!
@Josh Doh! Thanks for pointing that out. Not sure why I could see it but it wasn't posted publicly. Should be there now. 😉
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Re: LIGHTBARS!
@Josh Lol yeah you're correct on all points! Thanks for jumping in.
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Re: LIGHTBARS!
@Logan McCain Yes, that's correct. You change the pattern by touching two exposed contacts underneath the tile. As mentioned earlier in this thread, there will be several different types and designs.…
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Re: LIGHTBARS!
@Josh Soon. I need to finish up the code this week and then we're starting to assemble them this week as well.
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Re: 2 Ambulances, A bunch of Brickstuff LEDs!
@Josh Yeah overall it's a great product with a large base of community support.
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Re: LIGHTBARS!
@Josh Using the Arduino IDE.
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Re: New Millennium Falcon # 75192
@Eric Stiff Sweet! Nice job with the modification. So happy you're enjoying the upgrade. 😎
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Re: 2 Ambulances, A bunch of Brickstuff LEDs!
@Josh KiCad was the easiest of the apps I tried. For years I tried to learn Eagle and even Altium, but KiCad turned out to be so much more intuitive for me.…
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Re: LIGHTBARS!
@Josh We design programming headers into our boards with processors and use AVR ISP programmers (basically custom Arduino AVR programmers).
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Re: Light and Sound Kit for the 2020 Creator Expert Ecto-1 (#10274)
@Freakmaster ok now THAT might be the coolest thing we've seen this entire year. BRAVO! When can we expect instructions? 😂
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Re: 2 Ambulances, A bunch of Brickstuff LEDs!
@Josh Thanks, I'm 100% self-taught on PCB design myself-- I use KiCad and taught myself over a vacation at Christmas in 2018 by watching YouTube for like 12 hours non-stop.…
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Re: LIGHTBARS!
@Josh Glad you like 'em! Yeah the prototyping took awhile because the turnaround on the flex PCBs was long. They're assembled by professionals with expensive equipment, not me.…
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Re: LIGHTBARS!
@Josh Here's a photo that may help explain how we've set these up: On the left is the "self-contained" version of the lightbar, with the chip in the center. Only two wires coming out, for power.…
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Re: 2 Ambulances, A bunch of Brickstuff LEDs!
@Josh Nice work! That's very similar to how our gen1 lightbars were built. The drawback for us, when making them at scale, was all the wires and the manual hand-soldering.…
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Re: LIGHTBARS!
@Josh I think we could. We could do either red/white/blue lights with clear tiles on top (the lights make the colors, and could change) or white lights with colored tiles on top.…
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Re: LIGHTBARS!
@Josh Only the 1x6's with the grille piece in the center are self-contained. The others will need an external controller, but only three wires running to the controller,…
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Re: Problem with Lighting Kit for LEGO Creator Ferris Wheel
@Angee Dyer Corso OK, thanks. One more thing to try as you re-connect them: try connecting each directly to the lighting effect controller (bypassing the slip ring) just in case there's something…
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Re: Light and Sound Kit for the 2020 Creator Expert Ecto-1 (#10274)
@Freakmaster Ah this is the challenge I knew you would face when trying to mount with the motor there. One thing to consider: when making the directions,…
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Re: Problem with Lighting Kit for LEGO Creator Ferris Wheel
@Angee Dyer Corso Hmm, ok that's not headed in the right direction. Can you connect everything the way it was before, so that those two orange arms are back to their former place in the chain and…
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Re: Problem with Lighting Kit for LEGO Creator Ferris Wheel
@Angee Dyer Corso When you say none of them work, do you mean everything is broken now, or just that none work when you connect the input to one of those problem orange segments?
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Republic Gunship #75309

OK, so with the release of so many new LEGO sets on August 1, 2021, we've got a lot on our plate to plan for in the coming months. Several people have asked about a light + sound kit for the…
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Re: Light and Sound Kit for the 2020 Creator Expert Ecto-1 (#10274)
@Freakmaster I have been thinking of you and your work to add the light kit + the motor. Very eager to see what creative ideas your mind comes up with. If anyone can do it, you can. :-)
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Re: Problem with Lighting Kit for LEGO Creator Ferris Wheel
Hi Angee, thanks for your message, and sorry to hear about the problem. Can you try something quick as a test: connect the main input coming from the slip ring to each of those two orange spokes…
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Re: LIGHTBARS!
@Logan McCain These have the effect controller inside (under the middle 1x2 grill piece), so there's just one wire, to connect to the power source. Plug it in, turn it on, and it does its thing.…
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Re: LIGHTBARS!
@Logan McCain Yep that's definitely on the list!
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