Edge-Lit Acrylic Animation

This is a neat technique for making an animated effect with layers of laser-engraved acrylic, addressable LEDs, and a microcontroller:

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That’s cool. Reminds me of lixie tubes.

Oh interesting lixie version 2 is out:

Previously (2016):

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That was neat to watch!

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This has been in the unfinished projects pile since around then. At least long enough to acquire a coat of dust.

Back it goes to marinate a while longer, for imaginary future me to deal with.

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Neat! It reminds me of @mark14 ‘s waves

No idea if the tech behind it is completely different though :grin:

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I think the takeaway here is that Venn diagram of led people and laser people is a circle.

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