I recently covered FreeShow, a software made for presentations in Churches. One of the features that I liked and talked about was the open-source nature of the App. In this case, open-source means having the app’s code publicly available on GitHub, with any changes made, issues, or additions to its Codebase available to read /…
Ditching Google for an Open Alternative
In the event of researching software for my church to help streamline the streaming process and slideshows. Initially utilizing less ideal software for A/V, I’ve found some fascinating tools that directly target my problems with the software we were using; whether directly targeting churches or not, I’ve come across many solutions. The “it works” problem:…
Neopixel Frustrations to Custom RGBW LED Modules
The design for the light module comprises four main controlling components, BGRW (as shown in the animation below. Each part is individually controlled via 4 PWM signals from the flight controller addressing each light color:
React State | Front-end Web Development
A new concept I’m starting to learn in my Coursera course on React Basics (view post series here) is React “States.” States in React is an interesting way of storing the “state” or current information about a variable or function. ⓘ As a new topic, I’m still learning how React works. For an actual professional,…
Designing LED Mounts
The concept: An easily detachable clip-on assembly to the legs of the drone. Has mounting for up to LED modules shining in all directions. A diffuser is mounted on the bottom to enclose the whole assembly. With some inspiration from Stan Humphries’s design, I was able to get started designing in Fusion.
Meta Front-End Developer Course | 2 Months in
What made this assignment different from the other courses was the peer-reviewed grading. This is where I had some issues with Coursera. The downside is that they only support uploading HTML and CSS files, for the final project, making it challenging to review my peers’ websites
Circumventing Safety Features
I recently encountered an interesting problem when configuring all three drones simultaneously with the Skybrush drone management software. I would power up all three drones and connect them to the network I configured for them. All three would appear on my laptop. After double-checking that they were actively connected, I manually rebooted each one and…
NeoPixel With ArduCopter
I got the NeoPixel LEDs working with Arducopter and natively updating with the Drone’s current status: The hardware setup for powering the lights was as easy as soldering my UBec to the output voltage pads to take power directly from the battery input. The wiring for controlling the LEDs was also fairly straightforward. I utilized…
Drone Light Show (Part 3) – Build Goes Sideways
Unfortunately for me, the takeoff did not exactly go “up” but rather sideways. When pushing the throttle stick, the drone would start to lean backward and or start rotating when meant to fly straight up…
Drone Light Show (Part 2) – Hardware
the build consists of mostly HolyBro components, while not being cheap they offered a reliable and well-documented parts compared to the competitors or parts I would have gotten cheaper off AliExpress.