Acrylic LED Sign

Using Neopixels, a laser cutter, and some acrylic to make a sign for my desk.


2/21/2020, 9:59:50 PM

Friday night hack: make a laser-cut acrylic LED sign. CAD model is ready to go, need to finalize circuitry... think I can get mostly (all) done tonite?

 


2/21/2020, 10:50:27 PM

Outside of box cut! pew pew


2/21/2020, 11:02:39 PM

Like a glove 🧀

 


2/21/2020, 11:12:50 PM

Cutting inside walls for acrylic to slide into pew pew


2/21/2020, 11:23:11 PM

Inner walls fit perfectly and are the exact right width to hold 1/8” acrylic panel. On to the electronics!!


2/22/2020, 12:58:07 AM

Breadboarding mostly done! LEDs lighting up and have a button to cycle through 7 colors.

Retiring for tonight, hope to finish tomorrow!


2/22/2020, 4:24:30 PM

Hmm, something is very wrong :(

Might have to mill a PCB for this

 


2/22/2020, 4:48:23 PM

Ready to mill


2/22/2020, 5:15:32 PM

Milling...

 


2/22/2020, 5:47:38 PM

Beautiful!

 


2/22/2020, 6:45:24 PM

Welp, I am a bozo 🀑 I had the neopixel data line soldered to the wrong pin πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ works now

 


2/22/2020, 6:52:44 PM

Time for assembly

 


2/23/2020, 4:00:39 PM

Pre-assembly sanity check. Still works!!

 


2/23/2020, 4:08:35 PM

Yeeaaaaaahhhhhhhh


2/23/2020, 4:50:13 PM

YEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!

New sign for my office πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

 


2/23/2020, 5:17:35 PM

Perhaps a less aggressive way to present the same request... 🌈


2/23/2020, 5:55:51 PM

Ok ok, I’m not a complete monster..


2/23/2020, 9:56:27 PM

Lookin’ reeeeaaaaal good in the dark



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