LED Projects

Pattern Generation Code for Our Interactive LED Lamp

March 18, 2016

When the lamp we built a while back got some attention on Hackaday recently, someone in the comments would’ve liked to see the code that generated the light patterns. We thought it could be cool to publish the code, so…

More light! Embedded-desk here we come

January 27, 2016

Gunnar Ranøyen Homb

LED Projects

In this post we explain what we did to light up our “embedded”-desk. As everything, it started with a need for light. And not a small amount. Enough to work well. Enough to see what you are doing. Enough to do what…

Gravity Pong

November 4, 2015

Gunnar Ranøyen Homb

LED Projects, Raspberry Pi Projects, Woodworking Projects

Gravity Pong is a 4.5 meter high ball bouncing RGB-LED game. It contains, among other things, 1792 individual controllable LEDs, that together can draw up to almost 108 Amps! Continue reading to find out how we took this into account when we built this game. Introduction Gravity…

Reaction Game – Technical Insights

September 24, 2015

Gunnar Ranøyen Homb

LED Projects, Raspberry Pi Projects

Before this year’s Maker Faire in Trondheim we in NC wanted to make an interactive installation to our stand. With a short deadline, we didn’t have time to order everything we needed. So we searched through what we had laying…

A Behind the Scenes Look at the Building Process of Our Interactive LED Lamp

June 24, 2015

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, LED Projects, Raspberry Pi Projects

Click here for a short intro post about this project or here for a more detailed post about how we designed and built the lamp.

Designing and Building an Interactive LED Lamp – Technical Insights

June 10, 2015

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, LED Projects, Raspberry Pi Projects

Be sure to also read the short intro post of this project here and you can watch a behind-the-scenes video here! Sometimes, when we need to learn how to do something, we create a project out of it. This was one of…

Our Interactive LED Lamp – An Intro

May 20, 2015

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, LED Projects, Raspberry Pi Projects

We’ve had a lamp hanging from the ceiling over our heads the last few months. This is a lamp we have made ourselves containing 512 individually controllable LEDs, a bunch of 3D-printed pieces and lots of cotton. It is of…

Making an Interactive Multimedia Installation for Technoport – Pt. 2: The Building Phase

April 9, 2015

Mads Aasvik

Arduino Projects, LED Projects, Raspberry Pi Projects

Be sure to read part 1 where we talk about the design phase of this installation! Mechanical and Structural The new CNC mill in our Makerspace proved vital when building this installation. Milling the parts (they had to be…

Making an Interactive Multimedia Installation for Technoport – Pt. 1: The Design Phase

March 26, 2015

Mads Aasvik

Arduino Projects, LED Projects, Raspberry Pi Projects

For Technoport 2015 we were tasked to create an installation which would be displayed in the lobby at the event. Its main task would be to work as a gathering point and an ice-breaker for the attendees. We wanted it…

Making the LED Installation at Visit Trondheim

June 4, 2014

Gunnar Ranøyen Homb

LED Projects

NICE and Bjørke Arkitektur had this awesome idea on how to create a really mesmerizing entrance at Trondheim’s new tourist information, named Visit Trondheim. It should among other things include a moss coated interactive LED installation. As you may know, LEDs is…

Creating a mini-Impressor

September 16, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

LED Projects

“An Impressor is something that impresses, mostly by flashing, making noise, smelling, or slamming. It has has strong roots in the Omega association and is required for Phaestum and other Omega festivities.” Each year, Omega Workshop holds a building course where a…

Wood Block Clock

April 10, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

LED Projects, Woodworking Projects

Inspired by a clock at IKEA with a 7-segment dispaly behind a solid wood front , I wanted to build something like that myself. And with a led matrix from ebay, a microcontroller and a few more components this sort…

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