Welcome to Verbose Mode TV, the show dedicated to learning to learn and the freedom to fail.   Today we are going to go through the process of retrofitting a vintage Russian rocket lamp my wife bought me on eBay and what I learned building my own internals and frame for it.   The new lamp base with M2.5 standoffs is available on Tinkercad. As of this writing, the code is just the strandtest.ino from Adafruit’s Neopixel Library. All I’ve done is altered which functions run in Loop and some of their parameters. There is ZERO original code in here.   Notes and Links   I’ve created a basic eBay search to find the lamp in question   Tinkercad Model: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/h6T7eLDqPqp-russian-rocket-retrofit GitHub: https://github.com/VerboseModeTV/Rocket_Lights   The ESP-01 programmer I bought is no longer available. Here is the next cheapest one on Amazon at this time. Alternately I could have used a breadboard with some extra components and an FTDI device from either Adafruit or SparkFun.   The Neopixel (WS2812b) ring I used is from Adafruit, but other ones can be found cheaper.   I mention learning about Tinkercad from an episode of KnowHow. That can be found here: https://twit.tv/shows/know-how/episodes/376   The 3mm standoff I used is by “Matthew Mead 260” here: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/kLj2SZ4O5f6-arduino-standoff-3mm-screws#/   My test piece for finding the right size for a screw hole is here: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/dDRG3pDI2X5-screw-hole-tests   Adafruit’s Uberguide to Neopixels talks about power requirements and more: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-neopixel-uberguide   Some other animation libraries I have in my notes for future upgrades:   Open Pixel Control: http://openpixelcontrol.org This one I found in an article on Hackaday. The code is by "HansLuijten": https://www.tweaking4all.com/hardware/arduino/adruino-led-strip-effects/   If you like the show, please join in the conversation on social media and help promote the show at any of the links below:

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Welcome to Verbose Mode TV, the show dedicated to learning to learn and the freedom to fail.   Today we are going to talk about a number of Maker/Hacker subscription boxes of which I am a member and what I like and dislike about each.   The three we will discuss are:  

1. Adabox by Adafruit - $60/box quarterly
2. Hackerboxes - $44/box monthly
3. Boldport Club - £22.00/box monthly (less if paid quarterly or annually)

Additionally, Adafruit had a blog post back in May seeking to curate a list of maker-themed subscription boxes. It included a link to a Google Sheet.

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Welcome to Verbose Mode TV, the show dedicated to learning to learn and the freedom to fail.

In today's episode I'll show a number of things I've found over the many, many months of the Internet Radio Project that could do the same thing easier and with less hassle.

The point of the Internet Radio Project, however, is not just about having a working internet radio but about the learning process of taking on such a project and using the vintage radio as the shell and interface model.

Notes and Links

AdaBox 004 - https://learn.adafruit.com/adabox004?view=all

One of the projects for this AdaBox is their Streaming Internet Radio which uses SomaFM which is exactly what I sought to do with mine when I began.

If you like the AdaBox system, consider subscribing as it is cheaper than buying individual boxes.

HackerBoxes #0028 - https://hackerboxes.com/collections/frontpage/products/hackerbox-0028-jambox

Once again, if you like it consider subscribing as it is cheaper than buying each box separately.

All their build guides have their own page on Instructables, including this one.

Pimoroni Internet Radio - https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pirate-radio-pi-zero-w-project-kit

Their kit uses a Raspberry Pi like mine, but they use a Pi Zero W and their own digital-analog converter (DAC) hat which gives it better sound and prevents the warble I get using audio and neopixels at the same time.

Welcome to Verbose Mode TV, the show dedicated to learning to learn and the freedom to fail.

I'm very grateful for those who have asked for more information about the show. In today's episode I'll address the questions about the remote control I'm always holding and how I control the show.

In season one I was using Wirecast after I learned about it from a client. But it's become buggy and expensive over time, so starting in season two, I am using the open source program Open Broadcaster Software.

As always: Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Notes and Links

Adafruit Bluefruit Feather - https://www.adafruit.com/product/2829

Source Code - https://github.com/VerboseModeTV/Retro-Remote

Upcoming Maker Faires - https://makerfaire.com/map/

 

In this episode we'll cover the Input/Output (I/O) portion of the project from the choices between potentiometers vs. rotary encoders to the amount of time I wasted over-engineering my own interface board.

Notes and Links

The Neopixel board was designed in Eagle software and submitted to Osh Park [https://oshpark.com] for creation.

The Pi Rotary Encoder library I'm using comes from: https://guy.carpenter.id.au/gaugette/2013/01/14/rotary-encoder-library-for-the-raspberry-pi/

Code for the Arduino-driven I/O panel can be found at: https://github.com/VerboseModeTV/Soma-Radio-Panel 

Prototyping Pi Hat purchased from Adafruit [https://www.adafruit.com/product/2310]

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Camp One Step, Sadako Sasaki, and Paper Cranes

New season. New project.

Welcome to Verbose Mode TV!

Today we are giving a quick preview of what we learned while making Season One and discuss the new format and features for Season Two.