RE: PCB's have arrived

["Ian Davidson" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim

No pricing as yet but it is on the list of things to do. This is one of
those projects that is getting larger. If I was to sell the units there
are issues with CE marking etc that I have not Had chance to look into,
depending on number of units I would have to have them made, I don't
think my eyesight could take too much of the SM soldering.

Note to all out there DO NOT switch on fan to keep cool when SM
components you are working with are on your desk !!!!

Water fall is separate sections of Perspex built into a wooden frame
that let me down and leaked last year. The vibration from the water
hitting the bottom section and the temperature changes broke the joints
many times. This year I have bonded a toughened clear plastic to the
Perspex to act as a liner, it works great (no seal to brake) and also
acts as a diffuser for the lights. The lights are standard internal ones
but under the waterfall is a small enclosure to house the entire
lighting and electric etc.

Ian D




Ian,

They look very good. Have you worked out pricing yet, and do you intend
to sell units fully assembled and tested, or as a kit ?

Also, how did you construct your waterfall ? One continuous piece or are
there joins ? It looks like you used regular interior cove lights rather
than the exterior ones ?

Lots of questions . . .

Cheers,

Tim H.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Davidson

Hi All

Well my PCB's did not arrive last week which meant I had a couple of
spare hours. I knocked up a simple DMX controller on some vero board
which just scrolls through all the colours over about a 2 minute period.
I fitted 9 of the color kinetics lights to a plank of wood and added the
controller. My water fall now slowly changes colour throughout the
evening.

The good news is the PCB's did arrive on Tuesday and I finished building
one up last night. I have much testing to do before I can plug it in and
I need to build up an in-circuit programming lead and adapt my
programmer before I can start. The bad news is I will not have any spare
time now for about a month, what with covering for staff holidays, my
own holidays and other work commitments. So you will probably not hear
anymore on the project for a few weeks but rest assured it will
continue. In the usual UKHA style pictures of both are here