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https://www.thingiverse.com/ thingiverse => https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2771919 model for the moon => http://www.instructables.com/id/Print-Your-Own-Moon/ here ## Printing The Moon Since my dad’s birthday is coming up, I decided to print one for him.  In the first print, I ran out of filament but had some old extra stuff that was not on a roll.  It ended up tangling up but able to finish.  The two colors were not able to stay together, so I had to reprint it.  The second print was done completely with the old filament.  However, it got tangled in the night and ultimately failed.  I was now out of white filament, so I reprinted with silver.  It turned out great except for the fact that it was silver.  No light could pass through the moon, and so I had to reprint again.  I was able to order some white filament in time and print it in white.  It finished but the printer was having temperature problems, and so parts were under-extruded.  I will have to print again, but I haven’t yet.  Also, did I mention that each moon took 25 hours to print? => https://youtu.be/CYXU0qKKzmQ Youtube - Printing Moons ## Lighting System After I printed the moons, I had to figure some way to light it up.  My first lighting system was to use a light from a Christmas house.  It worked, but I did not like it.  There were rings of light at the top, and the lighting was uneven. => /log/2018/06/12-the_moon_project/img_0004.jpg 🖼 img_0004 I have a few [NeoPixels] laying around, as well as a [light up button] and a [Pro Trinket].  So I will create my own lighting system.  I started out making an Interpolation library.  This way the lights can turn on smoothly.  After completing the library, I found that someone had already created one: [Ramp].  I will use it in future projects, but for this one, I’ll continue using my [home-made library]. => https://www.adafruit.com/product/1312 NeoPixels => https://www.adafruit.com/product/1476 light up button => https://www.adafruit.com/product/2000 Pro Trinket => https://github.com/siteswapjuggler/RAMP Ramp => https://github.com/ttocsneb/Arduino-Interpolate home-made library The program has two modes: Power, and Brightness.  Power turns on and off the light when the button is pressed/released.  Brightness dims and err, undims the light until the button is pressed switching to power mode and saving the current brightness in EEPROM.  I uploaded my code to a [Gist], but I recommend you write your own version while using mine as a guide. => https://gist.github.com/ttocsneb/54ecf4dc0792c8465a4d0e178fb67792 Gist Probably the most tricky part was designing a model for the electronics.  The cone I designed is small, so I have to fit the Pro Trinket with a USB plug in there without it making holes on the outside.  Since it is very specific to my parts, you might want to design your own, but I uploaded both [STL and STEP] files if you are interested. => https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2958491 STL and STEP => /log/2018/06/12-the_moon_project/img_0005.jpg 🖼 IMG_0005 => /log/2018/06/12-the_moon_project/img_0006.jpg 🖼 IMG_0006 => /log/2018/06/12-the_moon_project/img_0007.jpg 🖼 IMG_0007 => /log/2018/06/12-the_moon_project/img_0003.jpg 🖼 IMG_0003 => https://gist.github.com/ttocsneb/54ecf4dc0792c8465a4d0e178fb67792 See my code on my gist => /contact/ 📭 Message me => /cgi-bin/gem/mention 📝Or mention this post ]]> 2018-06-12T20:59:59Z