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@JoeBlogster 10 күн бұрын

Those moving lights on the ceiling; imagine that only instead of triggered randomly, it's triggered by the activity LED on an ethernet port. So when you send a print to one of the 3d printers, you can actually "see" the data move from the computer to the printer.

@theweirdsquid 8 күн бұрын

That’s such a neat idea!

@JoeBlogster 8 күн бұрын

@@theweirdsquid Thanks!! I'm actually attempting it right now. Just gotta wait for the LED strip to show up :-)

@keatr0n 8 күн бұрын

I had a similar thought! But how do you capture the status of the activity LED?

@christianp1788 7 күн бұрын

Easiest way? probably a photodetector/photoresistor stuck right next to the activity led.

@BrianSantero 7 күн бұрын

@@christianp1788that's pretty clever

@mieckers 12 күн бұрын

You could set it to indicate someone’s ringing the doorbell! It could be tough to hear when you’re working away in the basement.

@RetroHGenX 10 күн бұрын

Or just do like we do and ignore the doorbell.

@mieckers 10 күн бұрын

@@RetroHGenX Lol yeah or that! Haha

@MikeWhitton 9 күн бұрын

Oh I remember there are also these for your cell phones ringing, because in high noise environments you can't actually hear your calls etc..

@ativerc 5 күн бұрын

How would you detect the firing of a normal doorbell? The ESP32's inbuilt hall sensor?

@mieckers 5 күн бұрын

@@ativerc probably not a normal doorbell but more like a Ring or Google Nest. Bob has a smart home that’s why I thought of that.

@JohnHuber1898 8 күн бұрын

Nicely done, Bob! Window Alert ideas: 1) Low Filament - red and orange chase 2) Print Error - orange and white chase 3) Print 95% Complete - green and white chase 4) Print 100 % Complete - solid green 5) Doorbell - purple and white chase 6) On a call - solid yellow 7) Do Not Disturb - solid red (and change wifi status to red and white alternating) The Name l'atelier - French for "The Workshop" Bespin - Star Wars Holodeck - Star Trek Purgos - Tron

@ADHDbuilt 10 күн бұрын

I usually don't comment cause it'll get buried, but with the flickering, the esp will put out a 3.3v data line. The led strips want 5v, so can flicker. If you get a logic level shifter (very cheap), you can take the 3.3v data line and increase it to 5v which looses the flickering.

@henryferreira17 9 күн бұрын

I always add a logic level shifter in my led projects...except when I forget 😅 and sometimes it still works okay, why does it sometime works (without the logic level shifter) is something I would like to learn... 😀😉

@klaernie 9 күн бұрын

This is a very probable cause for the flickering - noise on the 3.3V data line while the LEDs expect 5V levels.

@Peter_Enis 6 күн бұрын

We feed the microcontroller with 5v wich gets stepped down to 3.3 and then back up to 5v? I always split the powercable into a part that feeds the microcontroller and use a solid-state-relay to feed the led. The adapter used to feed has enough amps to power the leds without hickups... Try and see if it works for you

@fabiankluss 3 күн бұрын

You could also put a single LED with the same protcoll in the data line in front of the strip and pull its V_in down to 4.7V. The Chip in the LED will then work with the 3.3V from the ESP8266 as a "HIGH" Signal is given when V_d+ > V_in*0.7 : So originally the LED would need 5V * 0.7 = 3.5V to notice a "HIGH" signal. With a modified V_in of 4.7V it only needs 4.7V * 0.7 = 3.29V to detect a HIGH Signal. So 3.3 from the ESP8266 would be enough. The point of all of this is, that the D_out of the "Dummy LED" does send at it's V_in which would be 4.7V. Congrats you just build yourself a 0.1 Cent Levelshifter. Pulling down the V_in of the Dummy-LED is as easy a putting a diode in front of the V_in of the LED.

@jaredhammonds8255 10 күн бұрын

You could etch a Tron pattern into the window. All of the lines will light up and look awesome. Since this is a Tron theme you can call it "The Grid".

@plighting_engineerd 10 күн бұрын

YES YES YES to both ideas!!!

@brentl5708 10 күн бұрын

The Grid is what I came here to say. Big +1👆

@chaossdragon 10 күн бұрын

Great minds... the Grid was the first thing to pop for me.

@ArtHistoryNstuff332 10 күн бұрын

Yup! Perfect name!

@mikedurkee7296 9 күн бұрын

The Grid!

@MurphysSidekic 10 күн бұрын

Very fun room. Indicator idea: add some LED strips that go towards the center of the window (orthogonally to the edges of the window) to act as 'bar graphs' for each printer - they could 'count up' to indicate print progress, or 'count down' to indicate print time remaining, or filament remaining, or time remaining before a service interval, or whatever.

@fastandadrift4858 10 күн бұрын

this 100% ^

@doaks5050 10 күн бұрын

came to say the same thing. this is a winner right here. but find a way to make all of them happening 😀

@volterslam664 10 күн бұрын

I was gonna say to use the window as a timer for the remaining print time, but this might be even better!

@timothycrincic3199 10 күн бұрын

I was thinking something like this as well. A status ring to a 3D printer. Have the window light turn blue gradually and once it’s complete turn green. Then you limit the amount of time you enter minimizing dust.

@kickinrocks101 10 күн бұрын

There could also be a unique color if the printer controller detects a failed print

@VailsMom 9 күн бұрын

Bob's reaction laugh at 6:05 is completely worth the price of admission. I hope it was done in one take, because it sounds like it. Fantastic project, Bob. I'm "outside your target demographic" as a 65 year old woman who has found a love of watching makers in the last 10 years. You and This Old Tony are my faves. I saw the original Tron the week of the theatre release in 1982. I was 22, loved Bruce Boxleitner, Jeff Bridges and SciFi. Anyway, this project is a total win from the Tron perspective; WAY better result than I hoped for. Well done, you!

@fiercegirldesign1 9 күн бұрын

I love this! So glad you’re here.

@automaticprojects 8 күн бұрын

I remember seeing Tron opening week too

@danonod 7 күн бұрын

The pure sound of success.😁

@KrazeeKraftZ 7 күн бұрын

I'm not quite as old so I only saw Tron on TV or video, and whilst I'm an avid watcher of makers I'm also a maker girl. Bob is one of my favourites, along with Stillbeast Studios and a number of others. I LIKE TO MAKE STUFF TOO!!

@JennieClagettGray 6 күн бұрын

I’m Bob’s sister and I love seeing other girl makers in the ILTMS family!

@John-rh7lr 8 күн бұрын

Went nuts when I saw your video years ago about automating a dust collection system. Super amazing to see how unbelievably far you’ve gone with your channel and skills! Please don’t ever stop!

@danonod 7 күн бұрын

Same experience for me too

@jerrylim6722 10 күн бұрын

the Tron world is called The Grid, so in keeping with that theme while still making standalone, you could call it either the "Geometry Engine" or "Voxel Matrix" as it's mainly a 3D printer occupied room... which if you think about it, is generating "geometry" or creating a "voxel" using the data you feed it.

@loganeastgmail 7 күн бұрын

That's what I was thinking. The Game Grid or just The Grid. "I gotta pick up some prints off the Grid" sounds pretty cool.

@kubaczek20 11 күн бұрын

You can display status of print finished on printer in green. It does not matter which printer, you just go and check either way 👍👍

@usafspaceguy05 10 күн бұрын

This is exactly what I came to say! Connect the lights and printers to Home Assistant (if connectivity is available) and it’s super easy to change the light color when any printer finishes (or have a specific color per printer)!

@conradjacox 10 күн бұрын

Came to say this. You could number the printers and have a corresponding number of flashes to indicate which printer is finished

@AgentJ1314 10 күн бұрын

I came to say this too! You could also add LED strips around the base of each printer to indicate the print status. Green for complete, Yellow for In Progress, Blue for Idle, maybe Red if the printer stops mid print. This would all take a lot of programming though.

@usafspaceguy05 10 күн бұрын

@@AgentJ1314 If he used WLED and the printers were connected to home assistant via OctoPrint, it's VERY easy to do exactly what you stated! Not sure all of the printers can be connected to OctoPrint though.

@LTGormanLV-426 9 күн бұрын

Gosh, can you imagine if he used Vantablack on the walls? Love how Tron is translated in the decor 🤩

@ctcummings21 9 күн бұрын

It was the giggles for me. Means the room is doing what you hoped making you have that feeling, and that is the win!!

@fen0221 9 күн бұрын

I think you should buy a second hand 65-inch lcd tv. Remove the backlight and laminate the lcd screen itself to the glass. So whatever notification you want it could show it on the window

@barrettdent405 10 күн бұрын

The TRONics Room I thought you originally planned to use edge lit engravings to light up messages on the window? If you could get printer status messages on the window, it would be cool. This could maybe be accomplished with an inset ring about 3-4 inches wide. Light up the type of status “finished” and then have numbers “1” “2” etc. changing the intensity of light could leave the numbers semi-visible or clearly lit.

@91jmixes40 10 күн бұрын

I like this. TRONics, TRONica

@Ufphotography 10 күн бұрын

THE LAB is what came to mind 😀looks awesome!

@scioli700 10 күн бұрын

Yes ❤

@AustinHartt 9 күн бұрын

Was coming to comment the same thing

@DanteNava 9 күн бұрын

Someone's probably already said this, but lighting acrylic from the side won't do much, you have to etch something into it for it to catch the light. You'd probably need a larger or different laser than the one you have, but you could etch different images on the acrylic then light it in different colors for when it's printing, stopped, maybe even include a button you press near the printer to show you've removed the print, or for whatever other device you're using at the time. I really hope it isn't the last time we see this room and any upgrades to it. I REALLY want a room like this now, especially with the "data" lights on the ceiling. Being a lighting nerd, this is truly amazing, it'd be awesome to see it in person some day.

@loumagoo360 9 күн бұрын

Hopefully you get this comment a lot, but I really appreciate you showing your mistakes and how you overcame them. This is what keeps me watching your channel. Love the room! You should call it the "Newtonian Playground"!

@nathanconnaway1097 10 күн бұрын

Forbi deserves a raise. The edit on the video was 10/10. The music and B-roll were so good!! Very cool topic and it is awesome to see the space coming together!!!

@C3DPropShop 10 күн бұрын

I liked the visualization of the LED segments too

@DominusFeles 9 күн бұрын

The little details sprinkled through the video were so great!

@CheveeDodd 10 күн бұрын

MCP - My Clean Place 🙃

@Spikelike125 10 күн бұрын

Maker Chamber Printing

@patrickwilliams7702 7 күн бұрын

Use your laser to etch a design inside an acrylic tile. Mount the tile to cover a section of the lights. Program that section to change color when the thing happens. If your internet goes out, the internet tile will light glow red. Email, regular mail, unlimited options

@adamvancampen2509 8 күн бұрын

That was awesome! Loved the creative use of the black light to make those surfaces pop! Brilliant!

@SpudYT 10 күн бұрын

An idea for you to think about: You can engrave a message/symbol into acrylic and use LEDs pointing into the top/bottom of the acrylic to illuminate the message. Like "Print complete" - Look at "acrylic led signs".

@LoganLovell 9 күн бұрын

I thought about something similar to this - i was thinking along the lines of some icons or something, but the actual text is a great idea

@eugenechun72 10 күн бұрын

Name the room Master Control...a la the MCP from Tron

@jasongardner4261 10 күн бұрын

How about “The MCP Lab” ?

@danthemakerman 2 күн бұрын

Well that's the coolest room in a shop I will ever probably see. Well done looks phenomenal!

@Djkudos14 8 күн бұрын

For window display: 1. KZfaq uploads 2. Personal task manager tracker for next video. Progressive lights 3. 3d printer status of large printer or favorite printer. 4. Air quality monitor 5. Combination light: wifi status plus printer status to check every 10min

@Djkudos14 8 күн бұрын

Room name: control center, room, or section 32

@Billybob09871 10 күн бұрын

The "Construct" springs to mind, like from the matrix. and because of the printers

@jeff5551 10 күн бұрын

Wrong franchise, but similar vibe I suppose

@Billybob09871 10 күн бұрын

I know, but the grid seemed to much on the nose

@groeneribbroek 10 күн бұрын

Like, matrix printers? =)

@Billybob09871 10 күн бұрын

@@groeneribbroek oh, I didn't think of that, works on many levels 😆

@masterricon 11 күн бұрын

That looks so cool!!! You could use the window lights to notify you when a 3D print is completed. The Arena or the Grid are both room names that harken back to Tron. I also like The Lab

@SanderMakes 8 күн бұрын

Hey Bob, just wanted to let you know I think you did the right thing splitting it up in multiple videos. Turned out awesome!

@michaelneal3162 10 күн бұрын

I like that this room has intention. Like the led enhances an idea. It doesn't feel like light for lights sake.

@needamuffin 10 күн бұрын

You could set the direction randomly on the ceiling lights as well to make it look like information is being transmitted bidirectionally along the traces.

@glensafro 10 күн бұрын

You could call the room the Enhanced Nano Clean Object Manufacturing room. Or ENCOM if you prefer.

@RaccoonHenry 9 күн бұрын

that is GENIUS😮😮

@alandahlstrom7213 6 күн бұрын

I was going to suggest ENCOM too, but i was having a heck of a time reversing the anagram. Your suggestion is outstanding.

@niminpatel 9 күн бұрын

You can use the old ESP and run WLED on it. Connect it to your home automation environment such as home assistant and now you can use the lights not only for internet outage, but also other status indication.

@ashlardarned2540 8 күн бұрын

For the ceiling lights, I'd program some lights randomly going back the other direction, so it looks like days being written and read from different sectors. Could do data monitoring on your network or a specific device, so with high network traffic it plays the animation faster/more often, and the default animation with low/no network activity. For the window, you could do air quality monitoring, if an air quality sensor in the clean room reads above a certain value, it flashes the lights on and off in the window red (and maybe the wall light?). I would also add ventilation to that room, heated plastic gives off fumes that aren't healthy, so you want to be bringing in fresh outside air. Have the clean room be slightly higher pressure than the rest of your house so that dust gets blown out of the room instead of being sucked in through the door.

@Ddimmen 10 күн бұрын

You could make the lights around the window be the indicator of the percent of progress of a print that's going on. Kind of like a circular progress wheel, if the print is half done, the light is halfway around the window. 👍

@ericbaier 10 күн бұрын

Add a centering line laser line to the other side of the black light stepper motor to make the look of something scanning the room.

@HipNerd 8 күн бұрын

Great project and video. Loved your delighted laughter when the ceiling lights worked.

@Andre_the_Lion 8 күн бұрын

By far my favorite utility display for LED accent strips is a clock. Especially good for places that do not have enough natural light to give you a rough sense of time. Mine went dim red when I should be asleep and cycled through the rainbow on a schedule during waking hours. I started from an even split around 3 hours per color and I fudged some to align with daily milestones like the work day.

@ytec3d 10 күн бұрын

Regarding the led strip not working with the ESP. Most addressable led strips run on 5V, but the ESP modules run on 3.3V. This usually does not give issues, but it is on the limit of a high signal for the addressable led strips, and you might have found the limit. The Arduino R4 has an ESP on it, but the IO comes from a 5V microcontroller on board, so you send the signals with 5V. To make an ESP reliably work you might with 5V addressable leds want to look into 3.3V to 5V level shifters for the signal line.

@ge2719 10 күн бұрын

was going to say the same. 3.3v to 5v level shifter should solve it.

@kennyhubbell813 10 күн бұрын

Or look into having a "sacrificial" led that gets 5v power and 3.3v signal, but it steps up the signal to 5v on the output of that first led/pixel. I've done it successfully several times and it's a bit less hassle than using a level shifter. Google "sacrificial led hackaday" and click the first result for a better explanation.

@ChrisPurser 10 күн бұрын

Also power injection to deal with line loss.

@marksrs69 10 күн бұрын

This ⬆️. Exactly what I was going to say. I actually had a problem with the ESP running too many relays. One to four relays worked fine, but I ran out of current heading up towards nine relays. I was making the world’s first WiFi menorah. 🤣

@darkbielz 10 күн бұрын

i've had the same problem years ago, i was running a strip of WS2112b leds, first i thought that this difference in the signal voltage was the problem, but then I connected both ground wires, from the ESP to the strip power supply, and it worked, flicker free since then!

@kunaljain7096 10 күн бұрын

Laser etch some icons in the window acrylic at the bottom edge like 3d printer status, cnc machine status, internet status etc. Doesn't need to be big enough. Just enough so u can see from the far and the specific section of the light will change the colour as per the status of that specific system. And this etching makes the light pop out of acrylic very nicely.

@DonNoddingPolitely 10 күн бұрын

yeeeah. Make it look like a heads up display.

@TheSteveAS 8 күн бұрын

For the window display, take advantage of the reflective property of the acrylic, and mount either individual LED's or LED strips out of view that reflect off the plexi when they are lit. (Akin to the Pepper's Ghost effect). That way you could have a "head's up display" visible from the main part of the shop, with indicators for various things. Maybe even use old PC monitors to display text or video, run it in reverse so that it "reads" correctly on the plexiglass. Video could be live feeds from your security cameras, or "minority report" style animations.

@juliemac5604 8 күн бұрын

We had an extra bedroom that required walking through the workshop. There was always a slight layer of dust/fine sawdust. If you want this room to actually be clean, you want to have a porch-like room to remove your shoes, and create a buffer. Also, you really need to seal every joint of the wood. Since you've already finished the room, you need to seal the seams surrounding the clean room. Especially the ceiling.

@BadAppleWoodwerx 10 күн бұрын

"If the internet goes out, like it does every single week...." Oh, you have Comcast huh? 🤣😂🤣

@Liquidspaceman 10 күн бұрын

Great video. You should call it Flynn's, like the arcade. And you can have the light around the window react to a "ring' from your front door. If someone pushes the doorbell, the light in your window can respond and you will be notified when you are down there.

@danonod 7 күн бұрын

If it were my room, I'd call it the Bacta Tank or BacTa. Clean room, construction/reconstruction area. Plus the view from the woodworking area into the window makes it really look like a bacta tank. Star Wars reference for a Tron room, I know but it's a win for all of us geeks.

@joshuayoung2643 9 күн бұрын

This is awesome! Tron was also impactful for me. This room brings me back to some good times. Thanks, Bob!

@Chewbode 12 күн бұрын

To start: What an excellent idea, Bob. It' looks SO good. Envious! :) My vote for a name: Ortus. It's latin for birth / source / beginning. And it sounds kind of TRON-y. :) LUX would also be great.

@billygrow3d 10 күн бұрын

@14:35 🤣First off hilarious, secondly, thank you so much for including this kind of moment, so real. Thank you for all the awesome content and inspiration. 👍 Room name suggestion: "The Grid" (Also a great song from the Tron Legacy Album)

@quyreansoulsealer4002 10 күн бұрын

The Grid is a perfect name. I denotes electronics, which is what this room is for vs the wood shop which is less techy.

@RoxaneJ14 8 күн бұрын

Maybe you could use the window LED strip as a progression bar. It would gradually go from blue to green all around the window until the entire print you are running is complete, then it could blink between blue and green. You could also have colour coded status updates if you are running several prints at once, each would have a colour. Or you could split your strip into sections whenever you run several prints: the one on the left is for the first priority printer, the one on the right for the second priority printer. Also have alerts show up, if you run out of filament, if the fumes get past a certain point etc, that could also overlay with the progress bar information and blink on top of the normal progression bar

@nathanpowell1500 9 күн бұрын

Octoprint (and I am sure others) has a rest api, and a homeassistant integration. You could definitely use those to monitor print jobs/filament etc.

@vgullotta 10 күн бұрын

You could use it to monitor the temp in the 3D printing room for when you have them all running. I also like the doorbell idea

@benddeg 10 күн бұрын

I like the name Print City. Simple and sounds somewhat futuristic but yet still realistic

@kylecarey3416 10 күн бұрын

"The print room", simple/concise and to me indicates it's a clean space also. Looks awesome 👌

@holgerduhme1425 10 күн бұрын

I love it! It was definitively worth splitting the build into two videos and take the time to get everything right. One thing you could add is electroluminescent wire, I think that is what the movie production crew used for the costumes in Tron Legacy.

@Grim-Aces 10 күн бұрын

Love the Tron look, but you have got to do something with the outlets and pipe for the electrical. They just clash with the room. An idea would be to 3d print some outlet covers, maybe use a combination of black filament and one that glows in the black light. You cover the pipes with more of the plastic you used to hold the lights. You could glue 3d print brackets inside the channels that use magnets to hold them to the pipes.

@SimonGould1024 12 күн бұрын

The Lab.

@Solid.Mirage 7 күн бұрын

For edge lighting accents clear acrylic, I've had good luck with putting white paint into whatever grooves are made in order to really make it pop with the edge light. You could also mask the sheet, laser/route off the areas, then blast it with white spray paint to catch the light. Another option is applying white vinyl, though it can be difficult to apply w/o any bubbles.

@shishanyu 10 күн бұрын

I think this is the coolest project I’ve seen in your channel Bob, congratulations.

@rockinkcreations127 9 күн бұрын

I love it Bob, I'd like to see scrolling text on the window with various bits of information. e.g. Machine status, family schedule, ticker info (sports, financial), or any other types of notifications you have on your phone or watch. As for a name, I simply like - "The Lab"

@forby_ 12 күн бұрын

c o o l b e a n s

@JonathanRansom 12 күн бұрын

The C.O.O.L. B.E.A.N.S. Room

@nicholas6349 9 күн бұрын

Started watching this guy a few months ago. And I can concur, that he definitely likes to make stuff.

@adrianh.5939 8 күн бұрын

the window LEDs could make a sick progress bar, like yellow LEDs with a progressive bar of blue as prints are progressing, could even do specific sections of LEDs along the top of the window that flip from red to yellow to green for "there's a problem" "print is pending" "print is done" respectively

@Dumplin42 10 күн бұрын

I like the movement on the ceiling. Would be cool if it continued down the wall to each piece of equipment. I like MurphySidekic's idea of having the window be a progress indicator for one or all of the printers in the room. Perhaps having light strips at each station that shows it's in operation with something that would indicate its progress in the window. Room name suggestion: The Codex

@MayotheMaker 9 күн бұрын

Electrician here, they sell PRE defused LED strips now, just found them myself not too long ago. In addition they also sell diffuser channel that you can lay the LEDs into. Both options work great

@paulcharette6400 7 күн бұрын

This is so awesome Bob, and inspiring. I've watched your arduino course but haven't found the time yet to try things out for myself. Hopefully one day I will will learn to implement half of the capabilities that you do. Thank you!

@crazyphrog6289 5 күн бұрын

Couple of ideas for the window, put a window each side, but in the middle put a third piece that has pictures laser cut into it so the lights reflect off those pictures. Or some areas with horizontal lines and the code reads how far through a print is and the lights light up the horizontal lines to make it easier to see how close to finished the print jobs are while working on the outside.

@StevenBarber-kh4pr 3 күн бұрын

Idea for window- find a projector or set one up to display information like time or words on a corner, and bonus for it to mirror its content for when you are out of the room, so it reads the right way. Might be difficult with the clear windows, but would be super cool!

@WhiskeyHunterVAT69 8 күн бұрын

very cool. I'm to old to learn all this stuff, but it's still fun to watch your VOD.

@jamesb5863 7 күн бұрын

Glad you made the making and transformation of this room into two videos. Would actually love to see more details, like for example, where and how did you end up connecting the LED all around the room to power and where did you place the Arduinos.

@johnnicol5009 9 күн бұрын

For the window, maybe put acrylic pieces, with a label on them that is edge lit by a specific group of LED's with a specific colour. These can be mounted around the window for various indicators.

@sureshot311 10 күн бұрын

The first reveal of the diffused lights is incredible and then you see flashes of the ceiling. That is cool as sh!t!

@nathanhiggins860 8 күн бұрын

Big fan of the Tron aesthetic myself and love how you incorporated that into your work space. If I had a workshop I'd probably do the same.

@guycullum3927 10 күн бұрын

If you imagine your window as a plan view of the room. You could designate an area for each machine in the room. When the machine is working you could have it show a colour. If a print fails it could show red in that specific area. And when the print is finished it could turn green, for example. As your machines are around the outside of the room this would be a great way to see the activity in the room and easily know what is going on.

@MysticPrysm 9 күн бұрын

YES! Lol the first thing I thought when I saw the thumbnail was "is that supposed to be like the daft punk window from Legacy?" I was right on point lol. That's awesome!

@prozacgod 8 күн бұрын

The Pixels in the top of your window can be used to represent the time of day, via color, there could be several ways to do this. "simple way" have colors for 0-9, and 4 leds could show the time of day as colors via a direct digit to color. "harder way" have the color hue, attached to a in-out curve for the hour of the day, and a repeating g b fade for 0-60 for the minute incorporate red into the color for even/odd hours to make the more discernable,.

@zerriox 9 күн бұрын

Led indicator idea: Workshop side: 1.~ tool battery charging station where chargers placed side by side on a shelf mounted below the lower window edge and indicate the charger status by same led width as the chargers are placed underneath... 2.0 ~ same principle but instead mounting the chargers top down on a shelf, making a charging station baseplate placing them in line from top to bottom and mounting the complete charging wall-board directly on the wall along one of the two vertical edges beside the window. electronics room side: 2.1 ~ doing the same as described in point 2. But for electronic specific chargers (e.g. 18650...) along the oposite vertical edge as in point 2. So by doing 2.0 & 2.1 you would always have an overview of the status of the batteries on the left and right led window edges, no matter which room you are in, and know immediately as soon as your tool battery is fully charged so that you can use it or swap it out to charge the second battery. The same applies to the electronics room charging station for 18650 or similar batteries. Hope this could spray some inspiration ☺️🙏🏻 Keep thinkering✌🏻🤓

@SmokeandLights 2 күн бұрын

A few ideas: 3D printer status indicators. You could cut some "frosted glass" vinyl into some representation of each printer and use the sidlit LEDs to change the color of those. Doorbell Flashing Decibel monitor for the woodshop A slow moving dot in the LED strip could be enough to tell rough time, if it tracks like an hour hand. Home assistant probably has the ability to integrate a lot of this. Oh, and you should use the window to do "minority report" effects for your videos.. a bit more sci-fi just for fun.

@victorespada_ 10 күн бұрын

I love what you´ve done with the space, the animated pattern on the ceeling looks just awesome

@tomschwab3111 9 күн бұрын

Next level, Bob. Great job. I love it.

@muaddubby 6 күн бұрын

Anything "Tron" based is automatically awesome :) Indicator suggestion - if your 3D printers are wifi connected, maybe use it to display print status? If you have access to the "% complete" of a job, you could use that to colour that % of the lights green with the rest yellow or red. Or maybe just blink the whole thing green a few times when a print job completes?

@metajock 9 күн бұрын

Dude, this is such a beautiful job. Congrats!!!

@jonathandesjardins9886 9 күн бұрын

Very cool! The window LED strip indicator it's awesome. Good idea for painting booth to indicated air cleaner vaccum level

@jokeyxero 6 күн бұрын

Window light ideas: 3D print status, a percentage of the window for each active printer. Entry/no-entry status for family. Doorbell/driveway presence. Family wants your attention. Weather alerts. Countdown timers.

@bjsmithart 9 күн бұрын

If you’re thinking about frosting that window, some frosted window film on the wood shop side make help break the static and keep the sawdust from accumulating. I have some from my aquarium and some acrylic I could use to test the theory. The room looks great!

@molandemil 10 күн бұрын

It looks awesome! Very unique and incredibly cool!

@nomorehate9176 7 күн бұрын

Pretty dang cool, Bob!! Wish I could connect into your brain and siphon off a fraction of your fantastic creativity!!

@timderks5960 9 күн бұрын

If the LED strip in the window is addressable, you could make different quadrants to indicate multiple things, and put something like a window film icon on the window to remind you of what that part indicates. Could look pretty futuristic, especially if you do smooth transitions between the colors

@unrepentantgeek 9 күн бұрын

I'm loving this series! The room came out amazing and it's got ne inspired to do some fancy stuff in my shop

@mrsfgogo09 9 күн бұрын

Flipping awesome 👏🏼 . Fantasy Fabrication

@chiparooo 7 күн бұрын

Very cool project! Well done. Thanks for sharing!

@OdysseusOmega 9 күн бұрын

Idea: use the strip in the window as a status bar for your 3D prints. Change the color along the strip at the progress changes. Like the advertisement countdowns in your own videos.

@kuztomix 9 күн бұрын

Great build as always ! Maybe you could add an air quality checker on top of the connection display ?

@Randoneering 6 күн бұрын

I cannot smash the like button enough. Now you just need to have the sound track from legacy play in the background. Something that would be cool to do is have something fire off as you walk into the room, kick off "The Grid" song, and have the lights pulse more aggressively everywhere, including the window. Another idea would be if you could setup something with all the printers to fire an error if a print failed to a receiver, and the window turns a color to indicate which printer needs attention.

@trentevans8820 9 күн бұрын

This is soooooo cool! I'm hoping to finish part of my basement soon to create an office for myself and I might just have to take some of these ideas and adapt them for my space. So many cool thoughts!

@MistahJsArcade 6 күн бұрын

As far as the window information goes, there is a device I use in my office called a Blink(1) , It is a usb controlled rgb led, and the program allows you to check for new messages online as well as color code them, so email, social media, and several other programmable checks, plus it is open source. I swapped the lone led for a strip, and have the strip running around my desk, so color coded notifications whenever I have messages. to do the multi layer window, I would separate the 3 color channels and give them each a lone track in the window. so the track you have now for full rgb control, then a red, blue, and green stand alone track. that would let you etch an individual piece of acrylic with whatever pattern you want, and light up just that panel when you have the designated notification come through.

@FacelessMage117 7 күн бұрын

You can add small acrylic sheets with symbols, maybe print finished, print issue, filament empty, etc. you could etc the symbols onto little 2x2 acrylic squares, when the LEDs turn specific colors under them, they will glow or pulse indicating whatever status is lit up or pulsing. maybe line them up with each section of LED. the rest can pulse blue and white, and that section can pulse green or red or whatever, you could even potentially have a small servo slide the sheets off and on the LEDS so they aren't constantly being lit up

@clipit1719 6 күн бұрын

For indicators you could get a frosted vinyl sticker and place them around the borders of the windows. Then selectively change those regions' colors based on what happening. For example printer 1 logo , green = running, red = error, blue = standby, green flash = print complete. Wifi logo in the upper corner. Would also be cool if you could put a spinning hologram display. On a wall or recessed in the window would be cool. Could be a clock, text notifications, sub count, etc

@michaeltiebout7092 9 күн бұрын

This is such a cool project. I remember when Legacy come out in theaters and I took my dad to see it. He told me that he remember the original movie coming out and how much technology it used.

@MysticPrysm 9 күн бұрын

Also, one idea for the indicators, is if you can program one specific section to indicate something, you can set up little reflective or white decals near an led section, and have that section illuminate that decal a different color. Example, an individual section on the bottom corner of the window can have an email icon that's barely visible normally, but when you get a new email, that section can illuminate green blinking making the email icon glow green until you clear it.

@Scarecrow1965 6 күн бұрын

Hey, Thanks for telling me about this LED Effects Generator since I have been working on doing some random LED effects on my computer workstation (3 addressable LED strips) and trying to come up with ideas but had to try programming it first to see if it would work. THANKS!!!!

@jj_0 8 күн бұрын

For the windows I think would be interesting to have another layer of acrylic that is like puzzle with etched icons that can be lighted up from the side. This means you would have low budget holographic display. You can have icon for each of your printers that is normally just dark, so it’s not that noticeable in the window, but lights orange for printing and green for done. It is a lot of work, but it might look super cool.