Another fun #gamejam event soon! Get to try out a new development platform which has options for #pokitto #32blit #ESPboy #GamebuinoMeta #PicoSystem and a #GalacticUnicorn (details in the link).

I primarily will target Pokitto but the emulator for #MicoJS makes it easy to see how the games would look on other platforms too!

https://itch.io/jam/micojs-game-jam

Well that all ended up a bigger project than intended, but finally releasing my #GalacticUnicorn clock, which includes a mounted drive so you can configure your WiFi details.

Still more things to add, but overall a fun exploration of the #PicoW C SDK.

https://github.com/ahnlak/uniclock

My #GalacticUnicorn #Weather #Clock has full icons!

I found some CC icons that convert well into my needs!

https://www.dovora.com/resources/weather-icons/

You can find the converted and rename set here!

https://talktech.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/weather.7z

#PicoW #Pimoroni @gadgetoid @Ryanteck @Raspberry_Pi

@woodpunk I don't know if you got further in this quest, but in case you didn't see it, @gadgetoid has written a bluetooth audio graphic equaliser example on the #GalacticUnicorn recently, which might do almost what you need.

@gadgetoid just installed the current #Blunicorn firmware to my #GalacticUnicorn - WOW the responsiveness is amazing. Now to find a way to get a better speaker on to it so it's not missing base!

Amazing work!

Raspberry Pi Picow Galactic Unicorn Weather and Clock display
For the past month or so I've been working on a weather display that uses the amazing Galactic Unicorn LED Matrix from the Pirates at Pimoroni. This board has a Raspberry Pi Pico W onboard on the back along with a speaker, several user-controllable button
https://talktech.info/2023/02/28/raspberry-pi-picow-galactic-unicorn-weather-and-clock-display/
#MyProjects #Projects #clock #GalacticUnicorn #Pimoroni #python #time #weather

Nearly done with the code for my #GalacticUnicorn #Weather display!

Runs without much issue now!

Just got to finish coming up with the images/icons!

Look out for a post tomorrow with the beta code and the images I am using.

Need to work on the attributions for all the images :( Most are modified, but credit where credit is due!

#picow #raspberrypi #microphython

My @pimoroni #galacticunicorn Weather display is taking more shape.

I have added a clock to the right of the display and am using threads so I can call the Weather only every 120 seconds but keep the clock updated more frequently!

Got a slight glitch that some of the background goes white after a period of time!

#weather #micropython #picow

https://gist.github.com/vwillcox/63a8f640991eab5095373eb535777c49

I have not yet finished this, but wanted to show what I have been up too.

This is a very early pre-alpha script.

Thoughts?

#weather #pimoroni #galacticunicorn #microphython
#raspberrypi
#picow
https://gist.github.com/vwillcox/28922a62ee4bf28cee599b9e44d29b3d

I'm working on a #pimoroni #galacticunicorn #weather display.

I've been busy converting images so they fit and look good

Having failed at getting #Micropython to control #GalacticUnicorn and failed to get it to work reliably on an #ESP32C3, today I have failed to get it working on a WEMOS D1 #ESP8266 - mpremote just hangs when I try to connect to it :(

#joinin - set my #GalacticUnicorn colour using Cheerligts! Any color you want from the list!

There’s also the bigger brother available, of course. #galacticunicorn #rpipicow

@andy_warb @embedded_geek @circuitpython support for the #GalacticUnicorn and the all in one Esp32-C3 5x5 RGB led board

Tonight's progress on my animations example on the #Pimoroni #GalacticUnicorn (on loan from @cymplecy ). Changed the delay code in the main loop so button clicks are detected faster. Added many options and improved the graphics primitives to be persistent. #LEDs #maker
Code in my github (link in bio)

Achievement Unlocked: First custom firmware build!

A small hack of the existing #GalacticUnicorn base functions to directly expose set_pixel(x, y, r, g, b), instead of having to set_pen(create_pen(r, g, b)); pixel(x, y).
Builds and works, but flickers exactly like I didn't expect. There must be some timing sync going on that I haven't spotted!

When I've solved, I might try adding a blitRect function to directly pass RGB values - to lower the function and data wrangling overheads even further.

Achievement Unlocked: First custom firmware build!

A small hack of the existing #GalacticUnicorn base functions to directly expose set_pixel(x, y, r, g, b), instead of having to set_pen(create_pen(r, g, b)); pixel(x, y).
Builds and works, but flickers exactly like I didn't expect. There must be some timing sync going on that I haven't spotted!

When I've solved, I might try adding a blitRect function to directly pass RGB values - to lower the function and data wrangling overheads even further.

@cymplecy Seen this? #Tetris on the #GalacticUnicorn

https://twitter.com/disq/status/1600639655652868097

https://github.com/disq/galactic_tetris

Working on some old school animation for the Galactic Unicorn LED display. #pimoroni #GalacticUnicorn

I flippin love coloured lights! ♥️💚💙
Here's the scrolly message code so far.
Please applaud the kerning.
The #GalacticUnicorn is a hunk of fun to play with. The #PicoGraphics interface seems very suboptimal for pixel work. Lots of set_pen(create_pen(...)) calls. And I've got a feeling there are errant pixels - hard to pick up IRL but I think they're in the video.
That's enough for now!
#Pimoroni #RaspberryPi #LEDs #CreativeCoding