Comments on: The Disco Home Bar http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060330/the-disco-home-bar/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:01:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jake http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060330/the-disco-home-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Jake Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:48:17 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060330/the-disco-home-bar/#comment-717 Yeah, the 64 led controler that Johan speaks of is totally underpowered for this type of app. Don't get me wrong, its a great part for a bunch of applications but this is not one of them. The types of controlers used her are 16 port PWM led controlers with i2c. 3 of them, which are less than the diameter of a penny, will control 48single or 16 tri-color leds. This means each board of 12 can do 64 tri-color leds. The other board only does 1/3 of this. Also, for those with the technical knowlege to design circuit boards, a single board of 24 led controler chips could power 128 tri-color leds. All and all, check out the origional designers of these boards at MIT. Yeah, the 64 led controler that Johan speaks of is totally underpowered for this type of app. Don’t get me wrong, its a great part for a bunch of applications but this is not one of them.

The types of controlers used her are 16 port PWM led controlers with i2c. 3 of them, which are less than the diameter of a penny, will control 48single or 16 tri-color leds. This means each board of 12 can do 64 tri-color leds. The other board only does 1/3 of this. Also, for those with the technical knowlege to design circuit boards, a single board of 24 led controler chips could power 128 tri-color leds.
All and all, check out the origional designers of these boards at MIT.

]]> By: micsaund http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060330/the-disco-home-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-666 micsaund Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:19:11 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060330/the-disco-home-bar/#comment-666 I think he had plenty - notice all of the bottles are empty. There's a real boozer! :) I'd love to see something like this done on a full-sized bar. It would also be really cool to cover a wall with something like this in a dance club I think. I think he had plenty – notice all of the bottles are empty. There’s a real boozer! :)

I’d love to see something like this done on a full-sized bar. It would also be really cool to cover a wall with something like this in a dance club I think.

]]> By: Johan http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060330/the-disco-home-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Johan Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:09:28 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060330/the-disco-home-bar/#comment-665 Check out the link to my site if you are interested in re-creating this the easy way. Probably easier than the guy who built that bar. You can buy Widgets and re-use pre coded API libraries to achieve the same with LEDs. My blog is on Mac coding but it works on almost any platform. Check out the link to my site if you are interested in re-creating this the easy way. Probably easier than the guy who built that bar. You can buy Widgets and re-use pre coded API libraries to achieve the same with LEDs. My blog is on Mac coding but it works on almost any platform.

]]> By: Paz http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060330/the-disco-home-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Paz Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:29:36 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060330/the-disco-home-bar/#comment-664 That is sooo tacky it's cool. I have to admit, some of the effects were quite absorbing. Pity about the camera shake. I guess he must have had a little too much of one of those bottles. Nice one! That is sooo tacky it’s cool. I have to admit, some of the effects were quite absorbing. Pity about the camera shake. I guess he must have had a little too much of one of those bottles.
Nice one!

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