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Oh, sorry about that! The correct commit is: ba5ef393d7 If the BlinkyPendant isn't showing up as a USB device, turn it off and disconnect from USB, then hold down the pattern selection button when plugging it back into USB- that should make it stay…
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Ok, here's a little utility to restore it to the firmware that works with PatternPaint 1. Download and unzip this restore script: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uxmzjn6srrc5ws7/firmware-restore-osx.zip?dl=0 2. Turn off and unplug the BlinkyPendant from …
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@techiechris: Aah, I think I know what happened- we sent you a newer pendant than PatternPaint supports, then when a new pattern was uploaded, it messed up the firmware. Are you on OS X, Windows, or Linux? I'll make up a tutorial on restoring the fi…
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@3DCentral: Cool! Apologies for the slow response. You are correct that it loses tracking when it's in rotational mode- any help there would be appreciated! Right now the firmware looks for a specific back and forth motion to display the image. I th…
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Hi timtom, Just split this into a new discussion. First- awesome! It looks like you're doing everything with DFU. That warning message can be safely ignored. I think I might know the answer to this- the latest BlinkyPendant firmware in github has …
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Oh! Sorry to hear that they're causing trouble. Do the original patterns still work on the BlinkyPendant? The reset technique for the BlinkyPendant is a little more involved but is also possible. I can make up a little tutorial for how to do it in …
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Which version of Arduino and FastLED are you using? Can you compile any of the FastLED examples? This looks like a version mismatch issue to me- at some point in recent Arduino releases (maybe the jump from 1.0 to 1.6), the GCC compiler version was…
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Ah, ok. The Windows (Unknown Version) thing is safe to disregard, it's because the QT library used predates Windows 10. I've got a Windows 10 system here that doesn't seem to have an issue with Arduino 1.6.3, but haven't tried 1.6.5 yet. Interested…
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Ah, thanks for the heads up. We've been using 3.0 with arduino 1.6.3, since it seemed to be stable enough for building.
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Hmm- can you run PatternPaint, choose help->system information, and copy and paste what it shows there? That would tell if it's a windows problem or a java serial problem. Also, do you have a regular Arduino, to see if it gets a weird name too?…
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Ok, recorded a quick video, and updated the instructions since they were a little out of date. I also corrected a small bug in the address programmer script, that was preventing it from working for addresses >14. The video is here: and the upd…
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Hey guys, sorry for the slow response here- we've been rushing through a bunch of orders and packing before taking off on a trip. Will try to do a quick video tomorrow- we have a small sculpture with us that could use re-indexing.
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Hi Evan, Cool! The controller can handle up to 255 (or 256?) LEDs, however by default it's programmed to only control 60 LEDs. Your power setup sounds good. To enable the extra outputs, you'll need to use Arduino to re-program the device (We'll ge…
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Hi krazy, we'll try to do a quick video of the process tomorrow, if you've got python and the github repo you should be pretty close!
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Thanks- those are good suggestions! The rainbow pattern is kind of a trick that's proving to be fun to deal with- it's actually a generative pattern, meaning that it's actually generated on the fly, not stored as a bitmap image. We can make somethi…
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I've been thinking about adding a pattern settings panel to set the framerate, repeat count, and auto-advance settings on a per-pattern basis... something like this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cibomahto/19697346014/ I don't really like the vocab…
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That's a good idea- we've got some ideas how to add control like that, and it totally makes sense for lightpainting mode. And thanks for the donate request- you know, I don't have one! We've been sorta kinda financing it with Blinkinlabs sales.
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Sweet, that's awesome! Adding it now.
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Hi! Apologies for the slow reply here. That's an interesting use case! Have you had any luck with this? One way to get close would be to extend the pattern to have a really long dark section after the part you want to show, but it will repeat after…
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Just released version 1.8, with official support for multiple patterns: https://github.com/Blinkinlabs/PatternPaint/releases/tag/1.8.0
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Sure- there's a guide for it hidden on our website: http://blinkinlabs.com/blinkytile/changing-addresses-on-your-tiles/ The easiest thing to do is to start building with one of the 1-14 sets, then once you have them all connected, go through the re…
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Excellent! I've got a few small bugs to take care of, then we'll release this as a stable version. Looking into how to add colorswirl- that one is tricky, since it's algorithmically generated, not an image. The easiest thing will probably be to add…
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It's probably best to run a ground wire too, to be safe- the ground connections on the USB header might not be beefy enough for the return current. Yeah- the button is probably not documented well enough! The bootloader feature wasn't included on t…
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If you run into issues or have suggestions for what could be improved, leave a comment here in the forum (or in the patternpaint bug tracker if you're into github)
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Oh, that's a great idea! We're experimenting with templates for some other light configurations, too.
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Oh, you can definitely use Java! Most of our examples are using Processing, which is a wrapper around a Java core. Here's the core library that is used: https://github.com/Blinkinlabs/BlinkyTape_Processing/blob/master/examples/DiscoParty/BlinkyTape…
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The trick here is that the LEDs are limited in brightness to about 30% of their power. They should draw something like ~600mA at full brightness, if you don't modify the firmware running on the strip. The spec is technically 500mA, however we've onl…
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Also, to answer your question- for the moment, the only way to store more than one image is to hack it. I'm working on adding support for all the images, and hope to have an automated way to do so very soon. The biggest issue hurdle is adding suppor…
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Good idea! Just created it and moved your comment here.
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Good catch. That's strange about the USB cables! I've got a couple around here that are for charging only (no data connections), so those of course don't work, but most of the other ones I've seen do!