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Offline jsummit

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NEO-PIXEL BLADE IDEA!
« on: May 15, 2017, 01:02:06 PM »
Hey, watch the GIF below (You'll need to click on the image). Notice the short flare burst before the blade extends? Would it be possible to program the neo-pixel blade to do this?


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Re: NEO-PIXEL BLADE IDEA!
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2017, 02:50:22 PM »
I would program it as a quick fade from white to green right in the beginning of the extension.
Totally doable. It might not look exactly the same, but hopefully it will look pretty cool.

I might in fact hack that into TeensySaber, as my next project is to tear apart the "BladeStyle" class and make clash and fade in/out separate and re-usable components. :)


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Re: NEO-PIXEL BLADE IDEA!
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2017, 05:09:30 PM »
I actually did this in one of my earlier Arduino builds and I thought it looked pretty cool.  I think the effect could be enhanced with a few 5mm LEDs near the base of the blade.

 

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