I’ve been experimentally designing and building control surfaces.
Here’s an example playing with my kinetic chandelier @motusphera.
The top surface is CNC milled @coriandesign which is has a cold stone-like feel. The base is zebra wood. 👏🏻 @rickfillion for programming help!
Here’s an example playing with my kinetic chandelier @motusphera.
The top surface is CNC milled @coriandesign which is has a cold stone-like feel. The base is zebra wood. 👏🏻 @rickfillion for programming help!
The ball is solid polished steel, with some good heft and momentum to it.
I’m working on a capacitive touch area to change modes. You can see it here toggle back and forth to a brightness adjustment. It uses the current selected color for that with a visible brightness wheel.
I’m working on a capacitive touch area to change modes. You can see it here toggle back and forth to a brightness adjustment. It uses the current selected color for that with a visible brightness wheel.
The top surface is unblemished, devoid of any through holes. The LED ring, (@adafruit NeoPixel ring) is underneath, which is machined very close to the surface which provides great diffusion.
The real magic comes from the triple axis magnetometer, also from @adafruit (adafruit.com/product/4479) which is tracking a rare earth magnet that is in a channel under the surface. It follows the metal ball as it rolls around.
Progress photos. 
If you haven’t seen the kinetic chandelier… you can see my promo video here:
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