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It took over a year of getting all the parts together and is back lit my nanoleaf panels (hence the lines and gaps at the edge). A worthy trade off for the fun effects!

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[-] aniki@lemm.ee 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Have you heard about my lord and savior WLED? You could build an extremely powerful backlight system with no seams.

https://github.com/Aircoookie/WLED

[-] OpticalData@startrek.website 9 points 9 months ago

The nanoleaf was mostly because I had them in a cupboard and thought this would be a fun use, but I already have designed on a V2 with better lighting and accurate static borders

[-] aniki@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

Sick! Where did you get the ship design? Is that something you made and printed?

[-] OpticalData@startrek.website 8 points 9 months ago

It's by Suricata! He has some MSDs on deviantart and did some lcars for STO. This is his latest Voyager one which he was kind enough to share

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

You could also control the Nanoleaf panels to get them to flicker when you're taking damage

[-] Snowcano@startrek.website 1 points 9 months ago

I’m interested, tell me more.

[-] aniki@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

WLED + microprocessor [ESP32] + neopixel LEDs

A lot of my house has custom made WLED fixtures I control with my Home Assistant setup. I also just setup a hyperion server and that is a TON of fun.

[-] Snowcano@startrek.website 1 points 9 months ago

Looks awesome! Do you know what a good method for evenly backlighting an MSD like this would be?

[-] Stormygeddon@startrek.website 13 points 9 months ago

You made it so.

[-] WotNTarnation@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 9 months ago

WOW! That looks amazing!

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

At meetings, do you keep fiddling with it?

And when presenting something, do you ~~pretend to~~ read from it?

[-] OpticalData@startrek.website 8 points 9 months ago

Yes.

The great thing about the acrylic top layer is that if I want too, I can use whiteboard markers

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I always wondered who cleans all the marker "art"/graffiti from those panels on Voyager.

"It would appear that someone drew what is commonly referred to as 'cock & balls' style of art on my long-range scanner console, again, perhaps in an attempt to achieve humour. I shall review the security logs and crew medical data to find whoever did this."

"Acknowledged. And find out where are they getting whiteboard markets, it might be some unknown alien technology."

[-] gashead76@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

That is just awesome! I’d love to see some of the lighting effects.

[-] OpticalData@startrek.website 4 points 9 months ago

I did a tweet which shows a few of the options. But anything Nanoleaf can do, I can do here. Including custom set ups

[-] Corgana@startrek.website 6 points 9 months ago

This is amazing thanks for sharing!

[-] erebion@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 9 months ago

Now... I'd love to read a How To.

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

Tell me more about that chair?

I am tempted to copy this idea...

[-] OpticalData@startrek.website 9 points 9 months ago

It's a Herman Miller given to me by my work.

I picked the colour for the Excelsior vibes it gave me

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

It looks extremely cool in that room

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

Beautiful work

[-] ieightpi@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Looking good!

[-] DodoTheDev@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago

Where's the rubber duck 🧐

[-] Demios@mastodon.social 1 points 9 months ago

@OpticalData That looks super dope!

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