Antoine - Software therapistChristmas 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.
It took its time, but Circles just landed in my shop: https://shop.crafting-labs.fr/en/products/circles/
Slightly better (I think) picture :)
It'll land on the shop (https://shop.crafting-labs.fr/en) soon.
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.
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 :)
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.
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 :)
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 :)
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.