c/startrek · by OpticalData@startrek.website · 2y

Today I finally finished my office background MSD

It took over a year of getting all the parts together and is back lit my nanoleaf panels (hence the lines and gaps at the edge). A worthy trade off for the fun effects!

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23 Comments

aniki@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Have you heard about my lord and savior WLED? You could build an extremely powerful backlight system with no seams.

https://github.com/Aircoookie/WLED

OpticalData@startrek.website · 9 pts · 2y (3 replies)

The nanoleaf was mostly because I had them in a cupboard and thought this would be a fun use, but I already have designed on a V2 with better lighting and accurate static borders

aniki@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Sick! Where did you get the ship design? Is that something you made and printed?

OpticalData@startrek.website · 8 pts · 2y

It's by Suricata! He has some MSDs on deviantart and did some lcars for STO. This is his latest Voyager one which he was kind enough to share

cybervseas@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

You could also control the Nanoleaf panels to get them to flicker when you're taking damage

Snowcano@startrek.website · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I’m interested, tell me more.

aniki@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

WLED + microprocessor [ESP32] + neopixel LEDs

A lot of my house has custom made WLED fixtures I control with my Home Assistant setup. I also just setup a hyperion server and that is a TON of fun.

Snowcano@startrek.website · 1 pts · 2y

Looks awesome! Do you know what a good method for evenly backlighting an MSD like this would be?

Stormygeddon@startrek.website · 13 pts · 2y

You made it so.

WotNTarnation@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 2y

WOW! That looks amazing!

Would you mind sharing your process for how you made this? (Even if I end up being too lazy to do it myself, I'm very interested!)
Have you considered using a diffuser to get rid of the lines? https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-make-a-light-diffuser-on-a-budget

Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y (2 replies)

At meetings, do you keep fiddling with it?

And when presenting something, do you ~~pretend to~~ read from it?

OpticalData@startrek.website · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yes.

The great thing about the acrylic top layer is that if I want too, I can use whiteboard markers

Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

I always wondered who cleans all the marker "art"/graffiti from those panels on Voyager.

"It would appear that someone drew what is commonly referred to as 'cock & balls' style of art on my long-range scanner console, again, perhaps in an attempt to achieve humour. I shall review the security logs and crew medical data to find whoever did this."