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Henk Rogers hired us to help bring his LED Pole Backpacks to Burning Man 2017. These were 4-8′ poles mounted in a small hydration back, with a string of LED blinking a random selection from 30 patterns. A\u00a0 30′ tower at base camp also held a much longer LED string. The backpacks communicated over a wifi mesh network. When they saw another pole on the net, they switch to a common pattern. MIOAT was contracted to complete the Arduino application, install it on the packs and provide on site support. Our NeoEffects library was used and enhanced during this project.<\/p>\n
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The backpacks worked quite well at night on Playa.\u00a0 Friends find see each other well across the expanse and in crowds.\u00a0 We have been considering more advanced synchronization of patterns using the mesh network.\u00a0 It might be possible to get an animation to play across them … if you could get 20 festival goers to line up in order and not wander off.<\/p>\n
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The backpacks were small CamelBack hydration packs (model?).\u00a0 A length of PVC pipe was strapped inside to hold the fishing pole.\u00a0 These were secured inside by ?…? Longer strings were provided to secure the pole from wobbling too much.<\/p>\n
Reference image below (wish there was better one).<\/p>\n
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Code for the project is being cleaned for release on some Git platform (current closed git).<\/p>\n
Processor board is the\u00a0Adafruit Feather HUZZAH<\/a>, “an ESP8266 WiFi microcontroller clocked at 80 MHz and at 3.3V logic. This microcontroller contains a Tensilica chip core as well as a full WiFi stack. You can program the microcontroller using the Arduino IDE for an easy-to-run Internet of Things core.” (adafruit description<\/a>).\u00a0 LED strip was standard waterproof WS2812 LED strips<\/a>\u00a0(Adafruit NeoPixel and many other sources).\u00a0 Power was supplied by a 5vdc USB rechargeable battery pack fed thru a USB breakout board so the 5vdc could directly drive the LED strip, without going thru the (power limiting) regulators on the processor board.\u00a0 \u00a0The board MAY also have provided a level shifter for the 3.3v signal from Feather to the LED strip.\u00a0 The processor is capable of driving most strips (although quality of the strips may vary).<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.3.1″ src=”http:\/\/www.jbisdale.com\/DiviTest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LedPole-BM2017-hardware-1.jpg” animation_style=”slide” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.7″]<\/p>\n Here is a short video shot of the crew circling the feet of The Man, wearing the LED Pole Packs .\u00a0 Note *most* of the poles have the same Sync’d pattern, but some are playing random pattern. We have not tracked down just why that happens, but it is kinda neat effect.\u00a0 Not everyone is a follower.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_video _builder_version=”3.3.1″ src=”http:\/\/www.jbisdale.com\/DiviTest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LED-PolePacks-BM2017-17sec.mp4″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.7″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_gallery _builder_version=”3.7″ zoom_icon_color=”#2ea3f2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” gallery_ids=”117,118,26821,26700,26832,26825,26823,26824,116″ posts_number=”3″ fullwidth=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LED Pole Backpacks used Adafruit ESP8266 HUZZAH Feather boards to control string of LED lights and synchronize with other packs using a wifi mesh network at Burning Man 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Henk Rogers hired us to help bring his LED Pole Backpacks to Burning Man 2017. 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