Neonite_clock
Neonite Clock Design
Media Assets to show:
- Renders:
- Renders of the LED PCB
- Renders of the full assembly
- Render of the dial
- Videos of the section cutaway thing
- Picture of a miniature print, possibly mounted, fitted with LED strip
- Small Neonite Clock logo
Components:
- LED PCB
- Clock motor
- Shell
- Window
- Clock hands
- Power supply
- Code
Design Principles:
Inspired by Jay Simmons and his love for Norman Bel Geddes. Mesmerizing and evokes feeling of intelligent design
Principles:
- Inspiring
- Proportionally correct
- Mesmerizing
- Clean
- Realized, delivered.
LED PCB
The design process:
The LED PCB was split into six pieces (60 degrees each). WS2812Bs were used. Also known as Neopixels. Neopixels are individually addressable.
Designed in Fusion 360, which allows for cool version control/pingpong features for working between Fusion and Eagle.
Clock Motor:
- Dimensions, how it’s mounted, why the specific clock motor was chosen, etc
Shell:
Client wanted a more sleek, modern rendition
Window:
- Laser cut acrylic or polycarbonate
Clock Hands:
- Show ones I chose, show other potential suppliers.
Power supply:
Talk about how to calculate power needs of a system.
Explain wiring.
Code:
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Used Arduino on an Uno, could use for example an ESP32.
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Explain marquee animation
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Could talk about how WLED could be used
Blog Article Offshoot Ideas:
Could create blog article about different kinds of plastics for lasercutting/milling
Could create blog articles about Fusion and Eagle.
Could create blog article about using WLED to modify Neonite Clock
Could create blog article about how MQTT could be used to drive a light show or program a LED lighting animation.
Could create a blog article about the advent of digital/manufactured duals.
Could create blog article about Bel Geddes
Could create blog article about Louis Sullivan’s system of ornamentation, and about how designers can design by observing nature.
Could create blog article about Phenakistiscopes.
Could create a blog article about how to create a BOM and prepare it in Octopart
Could create a blog article about how to set up Octoprint
Could create a blog article about the What How Why learning sequence.
Create a blog article about how to go from a sketch to a DFM design to a rapid prototype to a production order