Pretty cool project, although I'm not sure why anyone would install this internally. Surely the Trinket M0 is a better fit for that since you won't be able to use the main feature of this, which is the battery.
Pm sentHi interested in a unit too. Could you PM me? Also how much would postage be to the UK?
Power button. Cuts voltage from positive Cr2032. I'm going to build another one this weekend and provide a tutorial perhaps a complete video tutorial from start to finish if I can get my wife, camera woman, to cooperate.Hey, nice to see you again! I have seen your build and it looks great. Is that a reset button glued at the top there? I was trying to figure it out, that's all I could come up with.
Power button. Cuts voltage from positive Cr2032. I'm going to build another one this weekend and provide a tutorial perhaps a complete video tutorial from start to finish if I can get my wife, camera woman, to cooperate.
Got it, thanks! I bet that video would be popular, I hope you get a chance to do it. Canna also had some pics of his project, we should make a thread for everyone's mods and DIY setups, it would be great for ppl to be able to see all the different ways that it can be set up. Even I've got a trinket soldered to a backpack that I could snap a shot of - pretty basic compared to yours, but it works!
You Rangggg!!
who what were , sure let me know if you want pics and stuff
Beautiful! Let me try to get a pic of my little lash up here, I think it's going to be a great thread!
Better make it good as i just spent 1hr or so fcking about posting mine lol
Lol now there's so much pressure!
I'd join in the fun of that thread but I'm not sure I qualify
This one is about 8.8mA when searching, maybe 12mA for one second when sending and activating the payload, then 0.47mA after launch when just showing the power LED. I am using 10k on my LEDs to keep this current low, but I may get complaints about dim lights so I may use MOAR CURRENT someday.
If we call a CR2032 180mAh and the average current 9mA, this would be 20h of activity or 2400 launches if you only leave it on for 30 seconds at a time. I usually only use it for 10 seconds, so I'm not worried about going broke buying batteries.
However, I do have to say that supercaps are super rad. For me, I just wanted something simple for my own use.
And dotstar is great, but I just can't justify adding more expense as I don't think a serial RGB LED supplies much value here. Like you, I'm not buying components in 10,000 quantity so the costs add up. I'm keeping it simple to have a bare-bones widget for the indie crowd that wants something reprogrammable, without soldering, and without having to buy the whole SX license/dongle combo.
But... so shiny...Pro-tip: Just don't grab the soldering iron by the shiny side, and you'll be off to a good start.