Stargrave and other random stuff
Complete
I had one final construction job to do and that was to make the view screen. I found this LED light string thing, which is used for car trim, and gave that a go.
The first image shows what it should look like and my initial idea was to place it behind the screen and allow the glow to come through. There is not as much glow as I wanted and it would work when it was very dark it didnt suit here, so I placed it around the edge and stuck a print out of the scene from the first image on plasticard oval.
If you notice that the light panel behind Blake at the bottom isnt working in image 6, I had to resolder the connections as I had used solid core wire and every time I bent it the connections would break. I fixed it in the end by getting some multicore wire.
I am going to try and link a video of the new LED panel with a test program installed on the Arduino
Using the new LED matrix I reprogrammed it to work like this:
Here are some videos of the whole thing including the crew, I used Warren’s basing idea with a hole punch and an acetate sheet.
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