{"id":330,"date":"2023-03-22T20:19:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T20:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/?p=330"},"modified":"2024-05-30T04:24:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T04:24:25","slug":"pixswitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"PixSwitch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This rainbow LED busy box was built entirely with parts on hand. It&#8217;s controlled by an Arduino Mega and powered by a USB battery pack I got free with some promo. It distracted my two and four-year-old nephews for at least ten minutes, which is pretty good by their standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210731_203212-Blurred-1024x726.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210731_203212-Blurred-1024x726.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/samtastic.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210731_203212-Blurred-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samtastic.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210731_203212-Blurred-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samtastic.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210731_203212-Blurred-1536x1089.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/samtastic.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210731_203212-Blurred.jpg 1665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside are addressable LED pixel strips, toggle switches, and 3D printed baffles. I recessed the switches into the case for clearance. The result is something less conventional looking than if I recessed the light panel, but gives the diffusing plastic more depth for a much better effect. I made the grid an even eight lights wide with the idea of upgrading it into a step sequencer in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A light up busy box for my nephews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronics","category-games"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/P3210604-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482,"href":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samtastic.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}