Just about ready to start putting the display together onsite at Selby College!
Just need a new glue gun to stick the Santa figures together (currently looking a bit bare)
Hopefully I will be at college tomorrow afternoon!
Today sees the snowmen get their new insides!
Firstly, removing the old inards. I’ve kept the LED’s, no idea what I will do with them but I couldn’t bring myself to throw them away. Once the original circuitry was removed, I could install the new LED boards made yesterday.
A single CAT5 cable connects two snowmen back to the controller board.
Here they are all glued back together and numbered ready for action!
I’ve also been modifying the snowflakes used in last years display.
Red and Green LED’s are now controllable independently on separate channels.
Santa figures tomorrow!
The building week has started!
Today I have been constructing the LED inards for the Snowmen & Santa figures.
The original inards consist of a single colour changing LED powered by batteries. Looks very pretty, but the LED colours aren’t controllable so it has to go.
The figures have both green & red LED’s each connected to a separate channel on the Olsen 595 board for independent control. The following pictures show the construction of the new inards.
These are the LED’s that go inside each figure, two of each colour are attached to a piece of veroboard with resistors and then one of each colour have longer legs attached so they reach in to the top of the figures to provide more light.
Inards complete! Next, work out how to attach them to the window…..
Welcome to another year of Christmas Lights, work has already begun on this years display. Due to a change in layout at Selby College I am building a brand new display for the ICT corridor. I have made the decission to move away from ICICLE controllers, and so have built a second Olsen 595 board. If your interested, these are the reasons why.
Building begins Sunday 25th November!
Today the new set of lights for the CS Department were finally installed and switched on! Photo’s and video’s to follow soon.
Very pleased to report that the lights are up and running at Selby College. Thank you to everyone who came to see them and say hello. If you spot any problems, do please let me know as I only check on them once a week. Pictures of the display to be added soon, along with videos.
York Lights coming next week!
Due to car troubles I haven’t been able to get to college to install the lights. I will do ASAP.
The lights will be going up at Selby College on the 30th of November, to be switched on at 4:30PM on Thursday the 1st December. Top floor of the academy building!