<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Projects - All Comments</title><link>/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects</link><description>Project Submissions for Light Up Your Life</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Desk LED Towers - The Demo - RGB for RadiantGoofyBulbs</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/desk-led-towers---the-demo---rgb-for-radiantgoofybulbs-792937076</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:20:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:5c7f1d29-efc2-42be-9171-be6112c06bb6</guid><dc:creator>me_Cris</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Good diffuse material.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29360&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: RGBMATRIX and Light Up Your Life Design Challenge ---- Final Blog</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/rgbmatrix-and-light-up-your-life-design-challenge------final-blog</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:20:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:2ad8c1da-10d2-47d1-9b8a-6ddd9591b8a7</guid><dc:creator>me_Cris</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#39;s a quite good looking PCB. [emoticon:c0a12e93d274496e82c557ae460d6b0f][emoticon:c0a12e93d274496e82c557ae460d6b0f]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29351&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: A Better Microscope &amp;amp; PCB Macro Photography Ring Light</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/a-better-microscope-pcb-macro-photography-ring-light</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:11:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c372e86e-05e8-4cdc-a1ce-ff02a338e9b3</guid><dc:creator>me_Cris</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;The PCBs are quite nice. [emoticon:c0a12e93d274496e82c557ae460d6b0f][emoticon:c0a12e93d274496e82c557ae460d6b0f]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29356&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: AuraAlert - Lighting up Every Sound</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/auraalert---lighting-up-every-sound</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:08:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1a899c46-9e33-4d57-a272-492f4493e487</guid><dc:creator>me_Cris</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m also planning to build honey combs with LEDs but I don&amp;#39;t know if I&amp;#39;ll get the visual effect I want. But what I do know is that it&amp;#39;s a lot of work. [emoticon:4b473fb4671244b2a5887318abe9e44a]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29361&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: RGB LED Strip Diagnostics Tool</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/rgb-led-strip-diagnostics-tool</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:06:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1a0b4e74-2320-449d-b625-40f16fa7b42f</guid><dc:creator>Sabriella03</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Great project! Testing long strips can be such a pain when you have to lug around a full power supply and a breadboarded Arduino. Having a dedicated &amp;#39;all-in-one&amp;#39; tester like this is a massive time-saver for the workbench.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29362&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: A Better Microscope &amp;amp; PCB Macro Photography Ring Light</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/a-better-microscope-pcb-macro-photography-ring-light</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:21:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c372e86e-05e8-4cdc-a1ce-ff02a338e9b3</guid><dc:creator>Lacovara</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Really quite nice. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29356&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: A Better Microscope &amp;amp; PCB Macro Photography Ring Light</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/a-better-microscope-pcb-macro-photography-ring-light</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:03:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c372e86e-05e8-4cdc-a1ce-ff02a338e9b3</guid><dc:creator>DAB</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Excellent finish Gough.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Very informative and fun read.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29356&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Desk LED Towers - The Demo - RGB for RadiantGoofyBulbs</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/desk-led-towers---the-demo---rgb-for-radiantgoofybulbs-792937076</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:44:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:5c7f1d29-efc2-42be-9171-be6112c06bb6</guid><dc:creator>DAB</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Nice work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29360&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: AuraAlert - Lighting up Every Sound</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/auraalert---lighting-up-every-sound</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:42:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1a899c46-9e33-4d57-a272-492f4493e487</guid><dc:creator>DAB</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Nice finish.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Great board work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29361&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: RGB LED Strip Diagnostics Tool</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/rgb-led-strip-diagnostics-tool</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:35:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1a0b4e74-2320-449d-b625-40f16fa7b42f</guid><dc:creator>DAB</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Nice finish.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These LED&amp;#39;s just keep getting more complicated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29362&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: A Better Microscope &amp;amp; PCB Macro Photography Ring Light</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/a-better-microscope-pcb-macro-photography-ring-light</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:47:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c372e86e-05e8-4cdc-a1ce-ff02a338e9b3</guid><dc:creator>dougw</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Spectacular project.&amp;nbsp;[emoticon:69249d9061a649aaac5a56e1336f7d30][emoticon:3f69514325e241e3b14f0aece4338c34][emoticon:f33944d131254ed4bf5012308dd08ad4][emoticon:3f69514325e241e3b14f0aece4338c34][emoticon:69249d9061a649aaac5a56e1336f7d30]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29356&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: A Better Microscope &amp;amp; PCB Macro Photography Ring Light</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/a-better-microscope-pcb-macro-photography-ring-light</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:08:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c372e86e-05e8-4cdc-a1ce-ff02a338e9b3</guid><dc:creator>beacon_dave</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Excellent results.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have you tried getting the light ring closer to the subject ? Usually having the key light around 30 to 45 degrees to the subject gives good 3D results.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Another feature might be to have the ability to control multiple key lights. If you have components that are oriented 90 degrees to each other, then you may find a second key light useful for picking out both orientations without going to the 90deg of arc. Perhaps that is &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;scope creep&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; though [emoticon:c4563cd7d5574777a71c318021cbbcc8]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29356&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: A Better Microscope &amp;amp; PCB Macro Photography Ring Light</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/a-better-microscope-pcb-macro-photography-ring-light</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 18:33:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c372e86e-05e8-4cdc-a1ce-ff02a338e9b3</guid><dc:creator>genebren</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Absolutely brilliant!&amp;nbsp; I really like the addition of the background light level used when only some of the LEDs are on in full intensity.&amp;nbsp; I may have to revisit my custom microscope light and update it with some of the features that you added here.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When you mention having multiple light angles, you might be able to achieve this by having some of the LEDs mounted on spacers, raising them from others on the PCB.&amp;nbsp; Another approach might be a have gimble like device that would allow the PCB to tilt slightly inside the light mount assembly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Great work!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29356&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: A Better Microscope &amp;amp; PCB Macro Photography Ring Light</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/a-better-microscope-pcb-macro-photography-ring-light</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 12:59:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c372e86e-05e8-4cdc-a1ce-ff02a338e9b3</guid><dc:creator>balajivan1995</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Cross section looks like landscape from &amp;quot;The Thing&amp;quot; movie. The gif image with LED light orbiting around looks cool as well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much for remembering the request!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And I hope the LED gods look the other way as well!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29356&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Smart car chamber Submission-- Smart Car Ambient Lighting Control System Project</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/light-up-your-life/b/projects/posts/smart-car-chamber-submission---smart-car-ambient-lighting-control-system-project</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:39:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:fa4913b5-b3ac-40cc-9304-b7b4c12a133a</guid><dc:creator>DAB</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Nice update.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29348&amp;AppID=461&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>