HN

Comments (27)

• throwaway219450
  Very cool. 5-fold symmetry on the PCB to use up the board allowance is particularly neat.A trick that poor hobbyists learn early on is to make pads a little larger than necessary for SMT parts so you've got somewhere to wick solder onto. Neopixels (5050 LEDs) are reasonable to hand-solder since the pads extend up the sides of the package, but you can also do QFNs with a bit of practice by placing a big via to get to the central pad from underneath.
• busssard
  very nice+ I have a project on my "will i ever start this" list for putting this onto a sphere with integrated IMU/acc
• jan_Sate
  This kind of audio visualization reminds me of the old Windows Media Player. I enjoyed watching it back when I was a kid.Too bad. Software audio visualization's no longer common. But hey your hardware visualization's better than software! :D
• asdfasdfe
  I would love to know how the paper used as diffusor was fixed to the 3d model
• Menu

  lukeify
  Cool! Remarkably similar to Voria Labs who produce a product called Lumanoi https://voria.com/Perhaps an example of convergent evolution? :)
• rishabhaiover
  Very cool!! Love that it takes uploaded Wasm sketches, so people can contribute to it by writing their own patterns for it!
• yeehawjared
  WLED on that would be awesome. Pop an esp32 and make a 2d map
• Menu

  XRG
  Love how the 5 PCBs slot into each other to form the final shape.With respect to the assembly: do yourself a massive favor and let the PCB fab also assemble the LEDs. With a simple bill of materials like this it will add very little cost, it saves you a _lot_ of time, and it might also reduce the chance of component damage from adding too much heat or from accidental ESD strikes. (I don’t know how much these Neopixels can handle, though.)
• Menu

  michaelbuckbee
  Neat trick to use mulberry paper under a clear printed part. I wonder if you could simulate stained glass like that.
• mordv
  Cool. CadQuery is perfect fit for such organic modeling. I wonder if there is anything similar for pcb design.
• miles_io
  Always wanted to build something like this. The way the sound drives the phyllotaxis patterns is truly mesmerizing.
• Vakaiser
  Excellent choice in music for the demonstration.https://music.apple.com/us/album/neon-pattern-drum/134973653...
• nesk_
  Love it! I'm currently learning electronics (again, did some in high school) and this kind of project is really inspiring.Thank you for sharing the build process.
• r0b05
  Nice work. Love to see some vintage HN content
• joking
  very inspiring. it's nice to see how an idea evolves from a though to a product / installation.
• aanet
  This is brilliant
• hugoj0s3
  very cool!
• hajjamixcv2012
  [flagged]
• turbine401
  [dead]
• hizlikovboy27
  [dead]
• onelpawarai-X
  [flagged]
• onelpawarai-X
  [dead]
• Menu

  shevy-java
  I don't like the word phyllotaxis.I understand it was inspired by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllotaxis, but arrangement on leaves serves the purpose of growth in a specific niche. The pattern arises because naturally leaves serve to capture light - see the images on wikipedia there. Phyllo means green. The LEDs used here do not really tap into any of that, and the name is also a misnomer. That's not good.