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| − | This is an all-DIY project that gives you a chance to use your 3D printer to create a nifty lighting effect! It's not a hard project, but it's a bit of a time-consuming one | + | This is an all-DIY project that gives you a chance to use your 3D printer to create a nifty lighting effect! It's not a hard project, but it's a bit of a time-consuming one depending on how many "stars" you incorporate into your display. For this project, the author designed a 24-star line with stars approximately 1 foot apart. The goal was to create a display piece that could be wired from the ground up to a larger main star mounted in a tree or on a garage roof so that it would appear like an eye-catching "swoosh" of light rising up to the main star. Therefore, each star in the line needed to have individual control. |
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| + | It was thought that while a string of pixels could certainly be used to accomplish the animation function, the individual pixel bulbs weren't large enough to be truly eye-catching. But pixel technology could certainly be used -- just not with individual bulbs. And since color wasn't important, a project similar to the monopixel candy canes (highlighted elsewhere) seemed appropriate. | ||
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This is an all-DIY project that gives you a chance to use your 3D printer to create a nifty lighting effect! It's not a hard project, but it's a bit of a time-consuming one depending on how many "stars" you incorporate into your display. For this project, the author designed a 24-star line with stars approximately 1 foot apart. The goal was to create a display piece that could be wired from the ground up to a larger main star mounted in a tree or on a garage roof so that it would appear like an eye-catching "swoosh" of light rising up to the main star. Therefore, each star in the line needed to have individual control.
It was thought that while a string of pixels could certainly be used to accomplish the animation function, the individual pixel bulbs weren't large enough to be truly eye-catching. But pixel technology could certainly be used -- just not with individual bulbs. And since color wasn't important, a project similar to the monopixel candy canes (highlighted elsewhere) seemed appropriate.