Super 32! (pics and a video)
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:08 pm
Well awhile back if you can remember, I set out to build a delux 32. Well i built a prototype to test with and got better then expected results from it. So i decided to take it to the next step.. and build a full Delux 32... but that wasn't enuff. I did some modifications to the original circuit and built what i call a Super 32.
What this is is a plugin for winamp to run external items... be it a simple LED all the way up to and including fog machines and any other real world load (lights motors you name it). I changed it so that instead of running 120V items it now runs Tons of LEDs.
You can program it to turn on and off each channel depending on the music volume and/or the musics frequency.
It was a pain in the ass to build and put together.. but it got done and this is the results of about 3 months of screwing around in my spare time working on it.
The original prototype:
The 8 bit data bus in place and the start of the controll board:
I forgot to take pictures while i was building it after that so this is the finished board with all 32 channels in place:
This is the back after all the soldering was done. I didnt use a printed board.. its just a general use board so i made it work for what i was building:
And some closeups of the soldering work:
This is the LED section of it. It used to be part of a PCB checker. it had all red LEDs in it but i removed them all and added mine. Again i forgot to take multiple pictures while putting it together:
The front of the LEDs when it was finished:
The mess of wires that make this thing work. this was before i neatend them all up in a chunk of split loom:
And this is the end result of all the work. The video is only at 15 FPS so it makes the LEDs look much slower then they really are. It flashes much faster then it does on the video. I used Daftpunk's One More Time for the song because its a well defined song and shows up good on the Super 32.
Right click save as:
Video (about 30M)
Any questions/comments Please post them here and let me know what you think about it.
What this is is a plugin for winamp to run external items... be it a simple LED all the way up to and including fog machines and any other real world load (lights motors you name it). I changed it so that instead of running 120V items it now runs Tons of LEDs.
You can program it to turn on and off each channel depending on the music volume and/or the musics frequency.
It was a pain in the ass to build and put together.. but it got done and this is the results of about 3 months of screwing around in my spare time working on it.
The original prototype:
The 8 bit data bus in place and the start of the controll board:
I forgot to take pictures while i was building it after that so this is the finished board with all 32 channels in place:
This is the back after all the soldering was done. I didnt use a printed board.. its just a general use board so i made it work for what i was building:
And some closeups of the soldering work:
This is the LED section of it. It used to be part of a PCB checker. it had all red LEDs in it but i removed them all and added mine. Again i forgot to take multiple pictures while putting it together:
The front of the LEDs when it was finished:
The mess of wires that make this thing work. this was before i neatend them all up in a chunk of split loom:
And this is the end result of all the work. The video is only at 15 FPS so it makes the LEDs look much slower then they really are. It flashes much faster then it does on the video. I used Daftpunk's One More Time for the song because its a well defined song and shows up good on the Super 32.
Right click save as:
Video (about 30M)
Any questions/comments Please post them here and let me know what you think about it.
( it just does a chase )
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