Kentucky Derby
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| Kentucky Derby Release status: stable [box doku] | |
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| Description | PostInteractive Horse Race |
| Author(s) | A.B. (Bilex) |
| Platform | Gallop |
Information
Mechanics
Kentucky Derby was designed with Autodesk Inventor. The horses were manufactured with the CNC-Fräse the riders are laser-cut and most mechanical parts are
Electronics
Teensy Board
Two LED bars are in use as a status indicator. A handful BI-Color SMD-LEDs (SMP4-SBC) are mounted behind a piece of acrylic glass. If the door is open they shine GREEN or RED when the door is locked. In normal operation (closed but not locked) the color of both LEDs is changing slowly with ~30% of total brightness to save power. Unfortunately I realized too late that you need a higher PWM resolution than 8-Bit to do cool fading things including gamma correction.
Competitors & Winners...
... while being part of Kentucky Derby:
