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LED Road Test - Dodecahedron Light Fixture  Blog 3 Nov12

dougw
dougw
12 Nov 2015

I finally managed to scrounge enough apparatus together to run a full demonstration of the BLE LED module from TI. I have not had much time to explore the TI BLE Multitool App, but there is a first look at it here. This first demonstration provides insight into use of 3D printed light fixtures to make unique interactive coffee table centrepieces that are fun to play with. The people here who have seen me messing around with it have been quite impressed. (They are used to me doing crazy projects, so it takes something special for them to really notice what I am doing)

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Here is a quick tutorial on how to create a light fixture for 3D printing from a solid object using 123D Design:

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The LED Road Test page is here:

http://www.element14.com/community/roadTests/1481


The Lighting Group page is here:

Lighting


Here are links to my other blog entries for this road test:

LED Road Test - Proposal - Blog 0 Jan 1, 2016

Light Emitting Diodes Road Test - Blog 1 Nov 1

LED Road Test - 3D Printed Housings - blog 2 Nov 10

LED Road Test - Dodecahedron Light Fixture  Blog 3 Nov12

LED Road Test - Wearable Interactive Lights - Blog 4 - Nov 13

LED Road Test - Interactive Trophy - Blog 5 Nov 16

LED Road Test - Making Household Objects Interactive - Blog 6 Nov 22

LED Road Test - Power LEDs - Up & Running - Blog 7 Nov 24

LED Road Test - Star Wars - The Force Awakens - Blog 8 Nov 28

LED Road Test - Selfie Phenomenon - Blog 9 Nov 29

LED Road Test - MSP EXP430FR4133 Launchpad IDE - Blog 10 Dec 6

LED Road Test - Vehicle Situational Awareness System Blog 11 Dec 14

LED Road Test - Vehicle Situational Awareness System Indoor Demo - Blog 12 Dec 20

LED Road Test - Maple Leaf Christmas Decoration - Blog 13 Dec 24

LED Road Test - Vehicle Situational Awareness System - Detecting the Borg in the Driveway - Blog 14 Dec 26

LED Road Test - Reflow Soldering Power LEDs - Blog 15 Jan 10

LED Road Test - Induction Heating Reflow Soldering - Blog 16 Jan12

LED Road Test - Summary - Blog 17 Jan 15

 

Associated Video Links

LED Road Test Unboxing

MSP-EXP430FR4133 Demo

BLE LED Power On Test

BLE LED 3D Printed Housings 2

Dodecahedron Light Fixture

Creating a Light Fixture using 123D Design

Wearable Interactive Arc Reactor

Interactive Trophy

Interactive Illuminated Household Objects

Power LEDs Thermal Discussion

LED Ring Light

Star Wars - Let The Force Be With The Light

CCS Cloud Basics

UltrasonicDistanceMeter-Boot

VSAS Indoor Demo

Maple Leaf BLE LED Decoration

Maple Leaf CAD design

Vehicle Situational Awareness System in Operation

Vehicle Situational Awareness System Operating at Night

Reflow Soldering SMT LEDs

Induction Heating Reflow Soldering

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 9 years ago in reply to dougw +2
    Hi Doug, Very cool project! Here's a suggestion for the list: Geometric * Lux * Object * with Wireless * by Wong It could actually be a GLOW cubed, because it is Wireless + WirelessCharging + Wong
  • dougw
    dougw over 9 years ago in reply to ipv1 +1
    I am toying around with what I want to call these things... BLE Bling lights (for techies) BLE-BLING (for short) Blingled Ble (for the masses) (Bling-Ble for short) BOLF (for government workers - Bluetooth…
  • dougw
    dougw over 9 years ago in reply to shabaz +1
    cool .... iGLOW.... because it is interactive (and works with Apple) iROC - interactive remote ornamental colour
  • dougw
    dougw over 9 years ago in reply to shabaz

    cool .... iGLOW.... because it is interactive (and works with Apple)

    iROC - interactive remote ornamental colour

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    shabaz over 9 years ago in reply to dougw

    Hi Doug,

     

    Very cool project!

     

    Here's a suggestion for the list:

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    Geometric * Lux * Object * with Wireless * by Wong

     

    It could actually be a GLOW cubed, because it is Wireless + WirelessCharging + Wong

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  • dougw
    dougw over 9 years ago in reply to ipv1

    I am toying around with what I want to call these things...

    BLE Bling lights (for techies) BLE-BLING (for short)

    Blingled Ble (for the masses) (Bling-Ble for short)

    BOLF (for government workers - Bluetooth Ornamental Light Fixtures)

    RICS (for artists - Remotely Interactive Colour System)

    .....etc.

    Doug

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  • ipv1
    ipv1 over 9 years ago

    Thats a nice idea. I have been meaning to bring out the Cel for some time now. Will take a wack at it this weekend.

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    dougw over 9 years ago in reply to DAB

    Thanks DAB,

    I tried a few other CAD packages, but this seemed like the best free package for my needs. Its minimalistic interface reduced the learning curve, but there are still lots of tricks to learn. Although I learned drafting before mechanical CAD was available, my use of mechanical CAD since then was very limited until choosing 123D.

    Doug

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