The availability of GE35 color effects sets, the ones that have been hacked since 2010, is poor. In this article I tear apart one of the new iTwinkle sets to see if they are compatible with the same hack.
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Raspberry Pi Powered Individually Addressable Christmas Lights
GE G35 Christmas bulbs are easily hackable. I wanted to control them with my Raspberry Pi, and this describes how I used a Parallax Propeller to do the intermediate protocol handling.
Read MoreNixie Tube Calculator, Powered by a Raspberry Pi
My latest Nixie Tube Project, a desktop calculator controlled by the Raspberry Pi. It’s currently on Kickstarter!
Read MoreRaspberry Pi Nixie Tube Clock Prototype
Nixie tube clock prototype using IN-12 Nixie tubes with a Raspberry PI. 74141 / K155D drivers are used with 74HCT595 shift registers.
Read MoreA temperature and humidity probe for the Elk M1 Gold
I design and build a temperature and humidity probe for the Elk M1 Gold Alarm / Home automation panel. A parallax propeller microcontroller and an SHT11 sensor is used.
Read MoreCooper Wiring Devices TR7735W-BOX night light teardown
A futile attempt to tear apart an LED night light in order to alter the sensitivity of the photocell.
Read MorePropeller-powered IN-12 Nixie Clock
My first self-designed Nixie Tube clock prototype. I use IN-12 Nixie tubes along with a parallax propeller microcontroller and a UP501 GPS module.
Read MoreNixie Tube Web Counter
I design a hit counter for smbaker.com using a Nixie Tube display module and a parallax propeller microcontroller.
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