Ferris Wheel Kit (colourful rotating LEDs)

[@GrandadsOtherChannel]

They seem very well synchronised for self cycling LEDs 👍👍

[@ceptimus]

There is a test mode that switches all the LEDs on at the same time. Then, they do get out of sync after a second or two. I think the code in the micro that cycles through the patterns has been written so that it never leaves any LED lit for very long (maybe it just briefly switches off a LED every second or so) - that keeps them synced pretty nicely. I'd like to get hold of some of the two-wire RGB LEDs that you can control exactly, by briefly (a few microseconds) removing power from them, and using that method to send them coded messages. But the only way to obtain them seems to be to buy a string of Christmas lights that use them, and harvest them from there - I've not found any online stores that sell packets of those LEDs to build into your own projects. It would be nice to substitute some of those LEDs in a gadget such as this, and reprogram the micro to send the appropriate pulse trains to them. But I don't think I'll do that on this Ferris wheel, even if I can obtain the LEDs - 180 LEDs are too many to solder!

[@GrandadsOtherChannel]

@@ceptimus Yes, that would be quite a challenge and time consuming 👍👍

[@paulandrusyszyn9177]

@@ceptimus I swear youtube is deleting my comments or something. Anyway, you should have access to the files now. Once you get the timing down everything seems to work perfectly every time. I am noticing some differences between my 6 star kits. They don't all run the program at the exact same speed, might need to make some slight adjustments for my final project.

[@ceptimus]

@@paulandrusyszyn9177 Thanks. Yes, I've got all the files now, and I've ordered what I think might be a compatible kit from Ali Express: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005604090511.html Once the kit arrives, I'll investigate further, and probably post a video.

[@Inexpressable]

you should get a brown sofa just like Ashens