LED Windows Project

From Interlock Rochester Wiki

STATUS: This project is canceled unless we think the windows are more visible from the outside.

Description:

The windows at the temp space and the final space have double pane security glass. Light is diffused but one can imagine the possibilities

Goals:

• Keep costs to a minimum
• Create a system that others can learn to use (not static content)

Ideas:

• Treat each pane as a pixel for pong, tetris, animated gifs, etc
• Spell INTERLOCK in the glass
• Game of Life pattern

Parts

• Rainbowduino Arduino - basic, used to control LEDs and upload new programs
• Multicolor LEDs -
• hot glue gun
• 22 guage wire
• Mounting block

Comments

How many "pixels" do we have to work with? I seem to recall 3 high, maybe 12-16 long with a window interrupting four-ish blocks in the center. Letters are pretty tricky with just three vertical pixels. More abstract light patterns would be really cool though. --Berticus 20:47, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Problem: our windows are obscured by shrubbery. So unless we're lighting them up from the outside for our own enjoyment within the space, this idea may be DOA. --Berticus 19:42, 10 December 2009 (UTC)