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Any DIY alternatives to Nanoleaf Aurora?

>> No.1169875
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>>1169862

Those kind of look cheap. I'm experimenting with 3D printed neon signs. Those "leafs" could easily be printed and back illuminated with WS2812bs.

>> No.1169906

>>1169862
diffused acrylic and leds, simple shit. the shopping cart guy could help you out here

>> No.1169954

>>1169906
Have fun with the software side of things.

>> No.1169963

>>1169954
You shouldn't be doing the hardware side of things if you have no idea how to do the sofware. git gudd

>> No.1170031 [DELETED] 

>>1169906
getting the light to diffuse through the acrylic that far and evenly usually means the lights needs to be a few inches from the acrylic. These panels are less than an inch thick.

Obviously there's some trick to the acrylic they're using. Maybe it's specially made to diffuse light, or maybe it's coated in something. Can anyone tell what they're doing?

>> No.1170033
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>>1169906
getting the light to diffuse through the acrylic that far and evenly usually means the lights needs to be a few inches from the acrylic. These panels are less than an inch thick.

Obviously there's some trick to the acrylic they're using. Maybe it's specially made to diffuse light, or maybe it's coated in something. Can anyone tell what they're doing?

>> No.1170037

>>1170033
Etching the back is what I've seen on old signs.
Strip LED's or multiple runs of EL wire? That would be my guess.

>> No.1170038

>>1170037
it looks like each panel has only 3 smd RGB leds.

>> No.1170042

>>1170033
Depends on the led you specify. Some leds emit light at a 30° solid angle, and others emit at a near 180° solid angle. Depends entirely on the mold that the led was made from. Use the filters on digikey to find all the wide angle ones.

>> No.1170058

>>1170038

Then they're not shining the light from the back to the front. They're diffusing the light from the sides.

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>>1169906
Shopping cart guy here. Here's a recent LED wall project that used shower curtains for diffusion.

>>1169954
Software do do fun patterns with LEDs is very easy. It's a good beginner microcontroller project.

>>1170033
The LEDs aren't shining directly at the diffusion panel. They're in the sides and pointed at the back of the panel.

>> No.1170742

>>1169875
how is it a neon sign if you are 3d printing it? you have neon tubes in it or something?

>> No.1170781
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>>1170742

Emulate a neon sign. Unfortunately I can't find a bombarding transformer to make my own neon with so I have to improvise.

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>>1170781
Hey, that's pretty nice work anon!

>> No.1170944

>>1170781
How much did it cost to 3d print that cover?

>> No.1170953

>>1170784

Thanks man. Working on a different sign at the moment because this one is a pain in the ass for my first time.

>>1170944

For the diffuser probably $.50. For the backer probably about the same. So maybe $1 in total. The lights are about $40 for a 16.5 foot strip. All in all an entire sign is probably going to cost me about $70.

>> No.1171260

>>1170033
Looks like 1/2"(?) acrylic sandblasted on the front. The back probably has something shiny same for the sides. Aluminum foil and tape could work. You could make the corner out of anything, looks like aluminum or plastic with the led under netneath it. Run the wires up the sides under the aluminum tape. Maybe paint over the side and back.