Porsche Wind Deflector with Edge Lighting [from CAD, prototyping to finish]

[Nine8Six]

Hey SkyBreaker Club!

Just an Express Update on where we stand and where we are going next. In short: I have finalized the BOM, ordered and received the parts & ICs needed to put a prototype together, measured the current and freq, and got most of the C code tested and ready. We are full mode RGB at 168Mhz! Next: Get the schematics sorted, route a PCB for the controller and modify the controller's enclosure to house the new kit (wiring, strain-relief boots, ect etc).

Following the DIY theme, here goes some visuals of how its done at my end (between coffees and cheese, obviously!):



^ RGB leds are fabulous, couldn't more be happier how this turned out. Since those are custom they fit perfectly
within the mounting heat-sink also.



^ ICs, breakout pcbs, and passive many other good stuff (not shon in this pic). All goes to show how those sort of
prototypes start-up from ground zero, to a functional product.



^ Breadboard all wired, decoupled supply if coming from the debugger so no fuss here. Just getting the ICs ready
so we can write the code for them.



^ Writing code, some nasty time consuming stuff, particularly the SPI Flash IC that we'll use to store colors in memory.



^ Sniffing SPI traffic on the scope. All about clocking and piping the right bits & bytes streams to and from those ICs.
Features of today's ICs are pretty wicked and advanced, so are their precise timing requirements :/


Long live Coffee! I'll update as soon as new development comes in!

[maytag]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

Hey SkyBreaker Club!



Just an Express Update on where we stand and where we are going next. In short: I have finalized the BOM, ordered and received the parts & ICs needed to put a prototype together, measured the current and freq, and got most of the C code tested and ready. We are full mode RGB at 168Mhz! Next: Get the schematics sorted, route a PCB for the controller and modify the controller's enclosure to house the new kit (wiring, strain-relief boots, ect etc).



Following the DIY theme, here goes some visuals of how its done at my end (between coffees and cheese, obviously!):







^ RGB leds are fabulous, couldn't more be happier how this turned out. Since those are custom they fit perfectly

within the mounting heat-sink also.







^ ICs, breakout pcbs, and passive many other good stuff (not shon in this pic). All goes to show how those sort of

prototypes start-up from ground zero, to a functional product.







^ Breadboard all wired, decoupled supply if coming from the debugger so no fuss here. Just getting the ICs ready

so we can write the code for them.







^ Writing code, some nasty time consuming stuff, particularly the SPI Flash IC that we'll use to store colors in memory.







^ Sniffing SPI traffic on the scope. All about clocking and piping the right bits & bytes streams to and from those ICs.

Features of today's ICs are pretty wicked and advanced, so are their precise timing requirements :/





Long live Coffee! I'll update as soon as new development comes in!

Dooooood...... sorta blowin' my mind right now. ;-)

I LOVE what some people know how to do!

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[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by maytag

I LOVE what some people know how to do!

Man if only you'd see how I do my blueberry pancakes you'd be in for a serious blast, much worthy of a DIY, one day, maybe, let's see

Thanks Maytag, glad to hear you like to see those sort of diy'ers. I'll try to get those visuals and more of all that good stuff coming your way

[78F350]

Looks good Fred. I'm just casually following along waiting 'till it's time to place an order. I'll want two or three. Maybe four. I really regret buying *only* one set of the headlights.

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by 78F350

Looks good Fred. I'm just casually following along waiting 'till it's time to place an order. I'll want two or three. Maybe four. I really regret buying *only* one set of the headlights.

Thanks John Ok, I'll keep/reserve at least one for you, for the moment. Just to make sure you get the kit at least Although two or more shouldn't be an issue as I might need to send out 50 to the coating at the end :/ Let's see how this all works out...

[MrBen]

I would be in for one

[Wallace River]

Originally Posted by maytag

Dooooood...... sorta blowin' my mind right now. ;-)

I LOVE what some people know how to do!

Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

I'm with Maytag, it just makes my head spin to see this kind of genius. I'm just glad you use your genius for good instead of evil, Fred :P

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by Wallace River

...for good instead of evil

I swear to God nothing evil comes out of Nine8Six Corporation Limited, Incorporated, Hobby, etc etc. Nowhere, nada, never-did-never-will. "Peace & Love" only man

Guys, slowly coming out from Chinese New Year at my end (and entering chaos, as it appear) so things slowed down during the last 10 days, sorry about that. Its back to work for me this coming Monday so I'll update as soon as dev come out.

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

I swear to God nothing evil comes out of Nine8Six Corporation Limited, Incorporated, Hobby, etc etc. Nowhere, nada, never-did-never-will. "Peace & Love" only man

Guys, slowly coming out from Chinese New Year at my end (and entering chaos, as it appear) so things slowed down during the last 10 days, sorry about that. Its back to work for me this coming Monday so I'll update as soon as dev come out.

Chaos, yes. Take care over there! I was just in HKG and supposed to go back next week but it is looking doubtful. All of our China mainland flights are canceled into March At least that is today’s plan

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by BruceH

Chaos, yes. Take care over there! I was just in HKG and supposed to go back next week but it is looking doubtful. All of our China mainland flights are canceled into March At least that is today’s plan

Thanks Captain, I'll be vigilant (hope yourself and others will too).

I was in fact denied access to the industrial park where my shop is located this morning... I haven't been there since more than a week and was rather surprised to see new entry measure in place :/ I was asked to seek authorization from the local authorities to gain access to the park and premises, which my wife already dealt with, successfully. Just goes to show though...

Sorry to hear this impacts on your commercial routes and planning. Lots of speculations as to 'what's-going-on'... from engineered virus all up to biotech/lab research gone wrong, Chinese ppl are upset, obviously, no doubts. I'm glad to see our Indian friends actively trying to map its structure so to have a better understanding ( https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.30.927871v1 )

Long live the Coffee! That'll save us all, no worries

[amagalla]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

I swear to God nothing evil comes out of Nine8Six Corporation Limited, Incorporated, Hobby, etc etc. Nowhere, nada, never-did-never-will.

Didn't you spend some time in jail a few years ago?

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by amagalla

Didn't you spend some time in jail a few years ago?

For getting physical and beating up an advertised pedophile picking and 'touching' a 8 years old girl in front of me and while on a holiday/dining with my former boss in Thailand? Yes, I did, up to until the day I've complied to his request and paid his f n medical bill (I totally lost it and fck'ed him up quite badly at the end). Best month of my life (not).