I’m getting close to getting everything working on the same board right now. It’s mostly just getting the software to play nice together right now. I still have a lot ahead of me on that. I thought I would catch everyone up on what I’ve been doing lately on this project. So enjoy, and leave some feedback please!
So a year ago a couple of my friends and I got together so that we could build a trebuchet! We decided to go camping this year so that we could unleash the FULL FURY of it! Just as all campouts have fire this one does too! Come on, what are you going to expect when you get a whole bunch of guys together that have matches!!! As you can see it was pretty spectacular!!! Thanks to Matt for the photo!
The pumpkins were flying about 150 ft and BOOM! It was a beautiful thing.
I’m still working on the code to make it a bit faster, but even still I think it is looking great!
I finished my first test for the lighting. I’m pretty pleased with my results. I’m just using a single Rebel Endor Tri RGB LED. It’s not as good as Mario’s results, but they are a good start. The good thing is is that I am going to just use one LED per nozzle. I’ve designed a “lighting core” that uses use 3 fiber optics. The LEDs or the Rebel Endor is placed at the bottom of the lighting core below the nozzle.
The problem that I have is that the stream is too clear and is transmitting the light too efficiently and not producing a nice light effect during the day or in light.
enjoy! Ideas for making the light shine better?
