Spoke POV

Anyone built one of these?

SpokePOV
Apparently a basic kit is $37.50, but with it attached to one spoke you have to be going at 15mph - the more you have the slower you can go for the image to work etc...

Silly, but cool!

i've got some of these, fun but weighty http://www.hokeyspokes.com

Got some hokey spokeys too, real critical mass stuff !

I wanted to buy the POVs ages ago but the kit requires quite a bit of input - soldering + need a PC to input images + a bit of programming as far as I remember (?)

i got the kit from a mate for christmas - need a soldering iron to try it out
but it looks a tad complicated and a resistor got broken in transit :(

yep - i have a kit - as yet its not built - my soldering leaves a lot to be desired!

There are lots and lots of bits - plus it took over 6 months to get delivered from the states as they thought it was a bomb....

looks fugly in the day light, all that circuit board and stuff... hmmn. there are these too:

linkey

Hi!
I found this site googling for SPOKEPOV stuff...
I've built one of these
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_UNL3M1DSHU
If you need help building one I can help out. I have all the 'off the shelf' parts needed to build 9 more units, this DOESNT include the bare pcbs, programmed chip or magnets. If you are interested in getting some sets email me @ thcforme@hotmail.co.uk I'm in SW london.
Thanks,
Paul

ummmm, how much?

If you buy all the stuff you want direct from them but can't build it yourself I could build it for £20. If you want to use the parts I have stocked up (if I still have them) and buy the rest from them I'm just looking for enough bits from them so I can do one more wheel for myself for free :0)

were can i get these in the uk guys

You can't!

http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6&zenid=65fd35042ad96b5a1d84baaf0ef18583

That's the people who make it and where you buy all the stuff

http://www.ladyada.net/make/spokepov/makeprep.html

How to put it together. Works good but you'll get thru loads of mini cable ties ;)

Ok, I've finally finished building my ladyada Spoke POV kit after a lot of soldering.
Have them mounted and working - just need to get some good graphics to upload on it - the first attempt will be the HTFU cog logo that featured on here a while back. I'll take pics and post.
The next project will hopefully be RGB full colour POV (mine is red led's only) - but that's going to take some planning.

Incidently if anyone wants a set of these but can't solder, I will build them for payment in cake, burgers and cider (in that order).

Pics tomorrow!

Clefty, will you be bringing that baby down to Souths?

Not this week - it's on my spare wheel at the moment and I need to program it properly, next week - if it's dry - It's not very rain friendly!

OK!! Well after building I found that the Serial dongle to programe the thing was as slow as a two legged dog, so I ordered the USB dongle and after various battles with customs charges and royal fail, I got it on Tuesday and assembled it tonight.
The speed is a million times better with the USB dongle, it now takes approximately 15 seconds to load an image into one of the 4 banks, as opposed to 5-10 minutes!
Anyway - here's a video of it on my spare wheel - it seems to like big blocky pics - and you can animate it by putting a slightly different pic in each image bank, at the moment it's a static pic - but I'm working on the animated space invader.

Spok POV on Vimeo

I'm flogging my spoke pov kit on weaselbay if anyone is interested!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140444703063&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

should i report you for that ? or put it down to inexperience or ignorance.