Blenster @Blenster@qoto.org

Truncated Icosahedron project rev. 2 is in progress, and I'm much happier with this version. It's less (but still somewhat) fiddly to assemble and has 3x the LEDs!

Hey soldering kit makers! Struggling with new coin cell regulations and have a pile of PCBs with coin cell battery holder patterns on them? I made a thing for ours that converts them to USB power, maybe it's handy for you. Ship this instead of a CR2032 holder and boom, your kit no longer contains or uses a coin cell, no compliance needed. It's designed for side-slide style holders (SMT or through-hole) and easy to solder.

Hey hey Oregonians and anyone interested in supporting anti-gatekeeping work in electronics, check out Claire’s feed for info about her camp at SOAK and how you can support it.
https://mstdn.social/@LaserMistress/113981024898056592

EarthVenusMars by starduststorm is brilliant!
https://www.tindie.com/products/starduststorm/earthvenusmars

If you order a Lux Lavalier Heart pendant now I can't promise it'll arrive by Valentine's Day, but I will upgrade it to priority shipping & try my best.
Powered by #PixelBlaze by @wizard, a small & mighty Wi-Fi LED controller with live-code patterns!
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https://lectronz.com/products/lux-lavalier-heart-wearable-light-art-pendant

Oof, I was just reminded of how much I miss tiny drone racing. I still have several and all my gear, just need some new 1S batteries.
https://www.evilgeniuslabs.org/rgb-led-micro-quadrotor-race-gate

Headed out to the Portland Winter Lights festival. I have adopted a "more is more" aesthetic for the evening.

Hello! I'm a maker, LED enthusiast, electronic artist, software developer, 3D printer, laser cutter, and hardware hacker.

I sell and share what I make as Evil Genius Labs: https://evilgeniuslabs.org

If you like anything you see here, it might be available in my store:
https://lectronz.com/stores/evilgeniuslabs

Quickly designed and printed tea light holders for a Lunar New Year celebration tonight. The transclucent portion is embossed with the Chinese character for luck. The embossing should be thicker to make the characters stand out more, but the pretty, color changing LED tea lights cover any flaws.

We just did a major restructuring of our website and would like to entice you to check it out with coupon code MAKEOVER. We finally migrated all the yarn tools and content on the OG Alpenglow Yarn website to Alpenglow Industries, let me know what you think! https://www.alpenglowindustries.com/

Also I now know way more about 301 redirects than I ever wanted to. Goodbye 8 hrs on a Sunday figuring out how to not pay for hosting and still implement page-level ones.

Scored a stunning, sound-reactive LED pillow by @flashingjanet in a #makergiftexchange and I have been carrying it with me and talking to it to watch it react. The black mesh cover creates a lovely moiré effect. Janet creates amazing LED wearables and decor and is worth following!

Testing two different etched patterns for the edge-lit acrylic inside the PCB sides of the truncated icosahedron. Not sure if I like the star or flower designs better, or if I should use some other pattern. Opinions and ideas are welcome. I want each side to be partially transparent and partially etched. Eventually I'll add hot glue to help pipe light from the LEDs to the acrylic pieces at the corners.

Inside of the hat in under 60s. If you can solder, have worked with addressable LEDs, & can crochet, you can do this! Grab yourself some yarn, a string of LEDs, a Pixelblaze, & a battery and get to it! Hat construction is hdc from the top down. I’m working on a plug-and-play kit that eliminates soldering and makes things swappable for yarn folks & easier for everyone, really. I’m roping @wizard into my evil LED plans, tho that didn’t take much arm-twisting. Stay tuned, cool things coming up!

You all need to follow @flashingjanet who just joined mastodon.
https://leds.social/@flashingjanet/113878961647137126