LED skirt

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Project LED-skirt
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Status In progress
Contact Noor
Last Update 2020-01-10

To do

  • Insert remaining LEDs in tube along bottom.
  • Fix rest of LED strip(s) onto crinoline.
  • Microcontrollers and wiring.
  • Figure out how much power is needed and battery holders.
  • Apply waterproofing lacquer on circles and panel.
  • Want side-emitting LEDs along the bottom.
  • Diameter of crinoline bottom hoop is 80 cm. Need to add an extra 100+cm of arc length of black paneling and tulle paneling to inner layers.
  • Replace strip along bottom with side-emitting LEDs?

LED count

  • 240 - circles (all used except one)
  • 64 - 8x8 panel.
  • 23 - strip 1.
  • 23 - strip 2.

Total: 350 LEDs.

Not mounted:

  • 17 - strip 3.
  • 1 - single LED center from circle pack.

Timeline

2019-11-06 - 2019-11-11

Bought:

Old sketches:

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2019-11-12 - 2019-11-24

  • Layout of LEDs, waiting for items to arrive.
  • Tested out LEDs under layers and on crinoline.

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2019-11-25

  • Took apart seams of inner layers of black skirt to add extra panels to fit over crinoline.

2019-11-26

  • Measured skirt on top of crinoline. Extra panel with bottom arc length of 100+cm.
  • Decided to go with 6 strips of 23 LEDs each. Cut one strip.

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2019-12-03 - 2019-12-05

  • Tested out LED rings. One wire was detached so had to be soldered on.

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2019-12-06

  • Punched holes in crinoline, used zip ties to attach first LED strip.
  • Took apart LED circles and tested FastLED programs.
  • Set up LED circles, one strip, and panel together on crinoline and used zip ties to place everything but the panel on crinoline.
  • Ran FastLED programs on everything together.
  • Pictures posted by others to Facebook, RevSpace kiekjes, Twitter.

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2019-12-20

  • Rearranged LED circles, mounted some back on with velcro. Mounted panel with velcro.
  • Cut two more strips. Attached wires to one and mounted it horizontally at an angle.

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2019-12-22

  • Folded up bottom hem and put velcro strips all across to partially make a tube along bottom.

2019-12-24

2019-12-25

  • Measured and cut panel for black layer of skirt.

2020-01-10

  • Used fabric glue along bottom hem tube, in between velcro strips.
  • Attached wires to more LED strips.