projects

Lighten Up, World

October 2018

LED World Map showing real-time temperature ranges
LED World Map showing real-time temperature ranges

An LED World Map displaying data from a range of APIs and visual effects from across the planet.

Awarded ‘Most Interesting Project Prize’ for a multi-purpose data visualisation tool using LEDs (or an on-screen simulation) to display data from across the planet.

Planning

LED Strip planning in Excel/Google Sheets

Careful planning of LED strips in Google Sheets

Hardware

Strip placement with hand-soldered write curves
Strip placement with hand-soldered write curves
Fade candy board and LED drivers
Fade candy board and LED drivers

Simulated Visualisations

Conway's Game of Life
Conway's Game of Life
Lava Lamp
Lava Lamp
Sinusoidal disco lights
Sinusoidal disco lights
Light-level Timelapse
Light-level Timelapse
Temperature Timelapse
Temperature Timelapse
Real-time wind-speed readings with staggered update steps
Real-time wind-speed readings with staggered update steps