Comments on: First demo, MeggySynth http://tinysubversions.com/2009/02/first-demo-meggysynth/ Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 By: solipsistnation http://tinysubversions.com/2009/02/first-demo-meggysynth/comment-page-1/#comment-3940 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:07:00 +0000 http://tinysubversions.com/?p=1130#comment-3940 My MeggyJr arrived today. I guess living 40 miles from the place they assemble the kits has its advantages. On the other hand, San Jose. Ick.

Send me your source code so I can rip you off! Yeah!

(Actually, I think I know how I'm going to implement my meggy->waveshield sequencer already. I hope. As usual, I bet the details only resolve upon implementation.)

(Also, whisky

]]> By: Darius Kazemi http://tinysubversions.com/2009/02/first-demo-meggysynth/comment-page-1/#comment-3934 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:13:00 +0000 http://tinysubversions.com/?p=1130#comment-3934 Gus: next time I’m in NYC you’ll be the first to know.

]]> By: Darius Kazemi http://tinysubversions.com/2009/02/first-demo-meggysynth/comment-page-1/#comment-3933 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:50:00 +0000 http://tinysubversions.com/?p=1130#comment-3933 Duncan, it’s an open platform. You can check out the website, they have the full hardware specs and all the driver software open source. But yeah, it’s RGB (and I think RGB+white). I do have control of what colors I send to each element, but I’m not sure about the changing the refresh rates. I just need to look into it and I have NO TIME until like Monday, sadly.

]]> By: gus http://tinysubversions.com/2009/02/first-demo-meggysynth/comment-page-1/#comment-3932 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:30:00 +0000 http://tinysubversions.com/?p=1130#comment-3932 Huh. Interesting stuff, first time I took a look at it. You coming down to NYC at any point? EdLab, home of The Media Show, would like to play with you :)

]]> By: Duncan http://tinysubversions.com/2009/02/first-demo-meggysynth/comment-page-1/#comment-3931 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:02:00 +0000 http://tinysubversions.com/?p=1130#comment-3931 Is the Meggy display wrapped in an API? I don’t know what sort of codebase comes with it. Or even what sort of control the MCU uses to update and control the RGB grid. That may have a lot to do with it.

For instance, do you just have 6 colours plus white, or can you set RGB values? Do you have control of brightness? What frequency does the Meggy MCU and/or main loop run at?

Unfortunately there are a crapload of factors that play into. And now I’m interested. I’m going to have to save up some cash for one of these, aren’t I? Crap.

]]> By: Darius Kazemi http://tinysubversions.com/2009/02/first-demo-meggysynth/comment-page-1/#comment-3929 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:19:00 +0000 http://tinysubversions.com/?p=1130#comment-3929 Yep, I do understand basic Nyquist theory, turns out my electrical engineering degree is good for something :)

The main problem is that I don’t think I have good control over the refresh rate of the LEDs. I’ll double check, though, thanks.

]]> By: Duncan http://tinysubversions.com/2009/02/first-demo-meggysynth/comment-page-1/#comment-3928 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:33:00 +0000 http://tinysubversions.com/?p=1130#comment-3928 Constrain your LED refresh rate to double the frame rate of your camera. How fast does the Meggy refresh? Do you have tighter control of it?

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