I uploaded a low quality video taken with my cell phone. The first 3 minutes is a silent tour of the 30+ built in effects. At the 3 minute mark, you’ll see some of the effects and transitions I’m building into my script download app.
Update: I uploaded the app I wrote this weekend to download animations from a url to run on the lights. Details here.
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John Tokash’s Blog » New Triklits Video // September 30, 2006 at 9:56 pm |
[...] I just uploaded a much better quality video of the Triklits set I bought from http://www.triklits.com a few weeks ago. First I talk about the programmable nature of the lights, then I talk about the built in animations. For the code I demonstrate in the video, see this post. [...]
pK // October 2, 2006 at 7:54 am |
Awesome!!!
pK // October 2, 2006 at 8:08 am |
Wow, what is the hardware used? microcontroller? AVR maybe?
very interesting work. congrats!
John Tokash // October 2, 2006 at 10:08 am |
pK, take a look at the newer video (it has some information): http://blog.tokash.org/2006/09/30/new-triklits-video/
The Triklits website has a ton of technical info, including the schematic for the control box.
http://nw.com/nw/triklits/controlbox.html
Janelle // December 8, 2006 at 1:59 pm |
You know, I wonder if these are similar to the technology used in U2’s “beaded curtains” from the Vertigo tour. You should check those out, they are like huge curtains of balls with LED’s in them, used to make words and pictures. They may be similar…
John Tokash’s Blog » It’s getting crazy out there. // December 13, 2006 at 12:40 pm |
[...] Sean put together a Triklits-based status board. His construction photos are here. I’ve been meaning to do something like this with my set. My code so far is here. [...]