@VinciC-U04HJHZ3Y0M1Unfinished + SUPER Late WHW Day 10 βοΈ
Made great progress today!
β’ Printed a new case as the old one was in poor quality
β’ The display has FINALLY arrived
β’ Finished the codes and stuff
Will continue to provide updates on the project until I can power on the display
@belle1Day 5 of #hardware-party :fb-wow:
Today is an example of why NOT to try doing hardware things while you're really tired :((( it was a cool learning experience though!
My lights are WS2811 LEDs and they require 12Vs, so i found a 12v power supply for my lights, I also connected my lights directly to my pico (both the ground and data pin one) β which was powered through microusb from my laptop. When i plugged in the power, the board immediately heated up and started smoking, burning a small part of my index finger... I plan to still finish up the code & wiring but will need to wait for a new pico to actually test it! and to prevent this next time, i'll be using a breadboard + adding resistors for all connections from the lights to the pico.
a tribute to my pico, i'm sorry:salute:
tldr; plan ahead for different voltages or you'll fry your pico like i did :dead:
@philipstudentemail2Did gamedev and looked at my cars engine to find the problem and discovered the + terminal cable is loose. Did not take a picture of either so 3D printed model of Area 51.