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How's the kit?

cstanton
cstanton 9 days ago

I'm seeing a lot of photo's showing the inside of boxes, and screenshots of software, how're you finding the kit, what do you think about it so far? Is it what you expected?

I'm interested in seeing some discussions and opinions, and hearing any difficulties anyone's having (or finding it surprisingly manageable!)

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  • Gough Lui
    Gough Lui 9 days ago +2
    The Wurth Elektronik WL-ICLEDs in the 5050-size are probably the easiest to work with given the breakouts supplied - getting them working on a breadboard is not too difficult if you can master the SMD…
  • JoBatcliffe🦇
    JoBatcliffe🦇 5 days ago in reply to arvindsa +2
    Yes we are extending the final deadline to midnight UK time on Sunday 16th November to give everyone extra time with the kit, receive additional parts they have ordered, and make their final updates
  • Anthocyanina
    Anthocyanina 9 days ago +1
    very comprehensive kit. quite difficult to work with with universal prototyping boards(for the smallest ones), and no tests yet with custom PCBs. I wish the examples Würth provided in their Github were…
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    arvindsa 5 days ago

    Things are going pretty good. I did have issues driving the LEDs via STM32 as the FAST LED's support for stm32 was not there. But managed to get it working via Neopixel and Dotstar libraries. But i am looking for some extension in the deadline. Say 15 days. I hope other participants also join in the request.

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    JoBatcliffe🦇 5 days ago in reply to arvindsa

    Yes we are extending the final deadline to midnight UK time on Sunday 16th November to give everyone extra time with the kit, receive additional parts they have ordered, and make their final updates Slight smile

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    JoBatcliffe🦇 5 days ago in reply to arvindsa

    Yes we are extending the final deadline to midnight UK time on Sunday 16th November to give everyone extra time with the kit, receive additional parts they have ordered, and make their final updates Slight smile

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