wraggster
January 23rd, 2013, 13:46
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[4RM4] over at the Stuttgart hackerspace Shackspace ran into a guy selling individually addressable RGB LED strips when he attended the 29th Chaos Communication Congress last December. He had a Raspberry Pi with him, and after a little bit of work he rigged up an LED display that wrapped around a trash can. A respectable hack, but not quite ready for prime time.
After getting back to the Shackspace, [4RM4] decided to go in a more classic direction (http://shackspace.de/?p=3826) by building an RGB Snake clone. A few neat features were implemented like a high score list, a free play bot, and a clock.
To control his pixel-munching snake, [4RM4] used a Wii Nunchuck controller hooked up to the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins. It looks like a whole lot of fun, and given the absurdly high scores shown in the video after the break, it looks like this build is getting a lot of use at the Shackspace.
http://hackaday.com/2013/01/23/raspi-controlled-rgb-led-strip-display/
[4RM4] over at the Stuttgart hackerspace Shackspace ran into a guy selling individually addressable RGB LED strips when he attended the 29th Chaos Communication Congress last December. He had a Raspberry Pi with him, and after a little bit of work he rigged up an LED display that wrapped around a trash can. A respectable hack, but not quite ready for prime time.
After getting back to the Shackspace, [4RM4] decided to go in a more classic direction (http://shackspace.de/?p=3826) by building an RGB Snake clone. A few neat features were implemented like a high score list, a free play bot, and a clock.
To control his pixel-munching snake, [4RM4] used a Wii Nunchuck controller hooked up to the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins. It looks like a whole lot of fun, and given the absurdly high scores shown in the video after the break, it looks like this build is getting a lot of use at the Shackspace.
http://hackaday.com/2013/01/23/raspi-controlled-rgb-led-strip-display/