Title: Simulating a glowing fireplace with an RP2040 | David Capper
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Description: Building a custom LED fire simulation for a blocked-up fireplace, from prototype to custom PCB and optimised firmware.
Open Graph Description: Building a custom LED fire simulation for a blocked-up fireplace, from prototype to custom PCB and optimised firmware.
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Links:
| David Capper | https://davidcapper.dev/ |
| hortus.dev/products/fire-string | https://hortus.dev/products/fire-string |
| RP2040 hardware design guide | https://pip-assets.raspberrypi.com/categories/814-rp2040/documents/RP-008279-DS-1-hardware-design-with-rp2040.pdf?disposition=inline |
| GitHub | https://github.com/thip/firestring |
| hortus.dev/products/fire-string | https://hortus.dev/products/fire-string |
| https://davidcapper.dev/posts/fire-string | |
| thip | https://github.com/thip |
| d-capper | https://www.linkedin.com/in/d-capper |
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