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Nice! Thank you very much for building this!
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Hey - could you give us a little more detail on exactly what you're trying to do? I think there's a good chance that there may be a better way to get there than via the header files. Thank you.
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Patrick's idea is definitely the simplest one, but you could also do some more complicated sunrise patterns if you have the strip connected to a computer or a Raspberry Pi. It should be relatively simple to do this with any of the languages that the…
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Hey Roberto, Thanks for writing in. The short answer is that it really depends on your abilities. It's a not easy to add more LEDs - we've made it this length because it's just about the max power draw for one USB port. However, it's _possible_ to…
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OK, no problem! So I believe that you should have what you need (I think that the scripts have been updated to work with Python 3.x at this point...) Basically what you're going to do is open a the command prompt, then navigate to where you install…
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Hey there krazyUSMCnaik - I'm just wondering how familiar you are with running python programs and how far along you are with getting the necessary items installed. Did you have any trouble installing Python on your computer? Also, what type of co…
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Hi Bob - Great point, we are missing a some details about programming and usage. Right now the best resource starts on another thread on the forum here: http://forums.blinkinlabs.com/index.php?p=/discussion/156/bare-metal-blinkytile-lightbuddy-co…
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@Jason - I forgot to say how nice this was when you first posted it...well done!
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Hey - sorry, we just have a lot going on. Maybe talk Tuesday afternoon? I don't do the talky.io so maybe just skype?
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Hey techiechris - hmm, I don't think anyone else has been using this ArduinoDroid setup. Our boards don't have a hardware reset button. I think the best bet here is to start the upload process with the tape unplugged, and then immediately plug the …
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Ok, that can be tricky. Also if there's a short further down the board I think that it may interfere with the reset. Did you get it working again after the LED removal? I assume you just cut between the pads and moved it down by one? That's awes…
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Hmm, I think that we must have broken something when we upgraded. Maybe use a Github "gist?" https://gist.github.com/ Btw - it sounds to me like the program has probably crashed the tape. Have you tried the reset procedure and returning to one of…
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Hey there - where are you stuck? The easiest way to get in trouble is if you make a solder bridge across some of the pads. If you keep running into trouble please email in to [email protected] - we'll see those messages right away.
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Nice one! For some reason that video link doesn't seem to work for me though...
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Claudio - thanks for checking in on this. We're working on a few things recently, but not what you requested. However, we'll take another look and see if we can fit something like this into our next rounds of software development.
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Hey Avatar, I believe that we need a driver for Windows systems. Can you have a look in the Device Manager while the tape is plugged in and see if there's an unrecognized device? Also, I don't think that baud rate is right - I believe that it's 11…
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Hey Avatar, thanks for the heads-up. I'd thought that we'd be able to get a few more tiles going before having to inject power. We'll make sure to update the instructions to reflect this. Macbob -- that would indicate you'll have to inject power.…
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Hey Bob! Thanks for the questions - as you've realized there are a lot of things that we have left to do in the docs, particularly for folks like yourself who got the largest kits. Forgive me if I miss a few questions but let me answer what I ca…
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Cool - glad you got it sorted! Send over any questions you still have.
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Awesome. Things should be coming along and I believe that it should be possible to use FastLED - we'll just have to work out the details. We'll also have additional kits available soon - we'll be making announcements when that happens. Thanks fo…
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Hi Jason, Awesome, glad to hear you're up and running! *I just created the forum category - thanks. *So - we're still working on the details for programming the board itself. It's not directly Arduino-compatible. I believe it is the same chip as…
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Congrats and nice work!
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Hmm, that's quite odd... Which method are you using to change the image? Patternpaint?
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Whoa, thanks for the heads-up on that. The smell should go away but very sorry it's so strong now! Here's what I'd suggest: take them down and bring them to the garage (don't box / bag them up, as we want air to circulate so those smell compounds …
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Just want to say these updates are great - I'm loving the Lego aspect (even if it's not permanent.) Don't forget to share code when you can - I'd love to see some other folks benefit from your hard work as well!
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That should be taken care of now - thanks again for bringing it to our attention.
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If that's the case,of course you'll need to ground it, set it up as a voltage divider or in another scheme - consult general Arduino/electronics docs for that) but you should be able to do everything right in place on the BlinkyTape controller itsel…
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Hi Jon, Cool idea. It all depends on how many different programs you want to have, what type, and if you want to cycle through them in a certain order or switch between them arbitrarily. If you want to cycle through in an order it should actually …
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Super cool! I should try that out here in NYC...
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Hmm, that's strange. How long does it take before they freeze? We've had an issue in some cases where the computer was feeding data to the tape too quickly, which will overrun its buffers and crash the program on the controller, but there should…