Another of the knockoff Neopixels in the Hard Drive Platter Mood Light failed, even limited to PWM 63 to reduce the temperature. This time, however, I had some help finding the failed blue LED:
Spiders seem no less bizarre in white light:
A day later, she’d built a small web, presumably to improve the odds of catching something yummy. Who am I to disagree?
I should set up a test fixture for all the knockoff Neopixels and run some numbers. They’re definitely a disappointment, even to a bottom feeder such as I …
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
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6 responses to “Hard Drive Platter Mood Light: Failed LED Debugging Assistance”
Just trying to keep bugs out of your system!
If it were only that simple; I must obviously up my spend, as the hipsters say. [sigh]
Dude! I’ve been in withdrawal! Just kidding (no I’m not). Enjoy your hiatus! :-)
I think of it as variable-ratio reinforcement…
Looks like a sac spider. I’m generally very pro-critter, but these ones can be painfully bitey.
We generally deport spiders to the flower garden out back, but this one remained tucked inside those disks for several days. It’s now somewhere in the house …