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ja dat kan ik ook zeggen over zijn presidentschap

Als Gelderlander vermijd ik Hollandse woorden zoveel mogelijk. Ik praat liever Nederlands.  

Well, if things continues with Google.. I think we will live with the terrible sounding "Bing it".
 

Als Gelderlander vermijd ik Hollandse woorden zoveel mogelijk. Ik praat liever Nederlands.  

Als Gelderlander vermijd ik Hollandse woorden zoveel mogelijk. Ik praat liever Nederlands.  

Components are coming in a bit more rapidly now   Last night the 8 temp monitors. Had to make the weirdest cable for this. So I converted the ends from molex to 3 pin fan connectors and then rerouted a molex to not feed 12 volt (didn't realize this at first though so the monitors got some good ol' frying time:D) and theeen another molex end made for the pumps. But all in all it worked well and 10 components running off 1 cable seems very efficient and clean so I'm happy.       Here's a list of what's happening and needs to be done:   -Drive to Sweden to get my chromeplated parts back (first week of february). -Fasten those parts and get special glue to fit the hinges to the glass -Redo the monitor stand and route said cables through the stand. These cables also have to be custom sleeved -Route said cables from motherboard to the stand -Get cableclamps drilled, sanded and painted. -Order pumps and then make custom stands for them aswell as lathe new backparts. -Slight remake of the top part of the legs. -Get the new monitor stand, legs and a few smaller parts to chrome. -In the meantime finish the cable work and install the watercooling. -Do the lighting -Make custom external ethernet and power cables -Make internal AC power splitters to power screen, ODAC and computer   So yeah there's a bit to go but I'm getting there and I have a buildfriend thank god because some of these things are not fun to do alone

That's such a shame. Still, you did a fantastic job, and I've enjoyed following your progress a lot.
 
As a former student of Industrial Design myself (albeit at Bachelor level), I wish you the absolute best of luck with your internship!

Ik blijf bewust een kilometer weg van elke Youtuber met een Nederlandstalig kanaal of eentje die vooral over Nederland gaat...

Ik blijf bewust een kilometer weg van elke Youtuber met een Nederlandstalig kanaal of eentje die vooral over Nederland gaat...

Kuch bottleneck kuch...

Well time to get back to work after my first vacation in quite some time 

Got the cabelholders watercut. Next up is sanding them to about 500 grit and then powder coating. I'm decently happy with how they turned out. I went with 8mm 1365 steel this time for some true strength.

There's room for 6 cabels ontop of each other in each opening and 6 satadata cabels in the wider hole. I'll drill true them and mount them with screws down in the table.

I got 8 of them so I can have 1 every 10 centimeters or so 

 

 

And then the beast has arrived  49 inches of samsung goodness. Still in the box because we need to weld a new stand for this thing but it's all good.

 

And lastly some more trivial things like 60 fittigs for watercooling, internal usb 3.0 extenders. 90 degree connections for sata ports etc etc. I got my work cut out for me!

Here's the mess^^

It is much appreciated! If I'm lucky, I'll get two free weeks until New Year, so that should really help me pick up the pace.
 
Thanks a bunch! I keep forgetting that posting more often also means more people will find this thread. I should work on that as well.
 
You're welcome!

So just a short note where I'm standing right now: I've started to get back into the software side of things, and it's looking better every day. There's now a python (command line) application that allows to download configurations from the Iris 16 and I'm now working on making uploading work as well.
 
The main goal is to have most of the work done by the visualizer and the Iris itself, so that it's easy to write client applications that interface with them. This means that the firmware is starting to get close the micro's limits, I'm already at 80% Flash usage for the program code and 50% minimum SRAM usage during runtime.
 
On the other hand, the Python app is literally 160 lines of code right now including comments, so that's pretty cool.
 
Because downloading and installing something is not necessarily a good solution, I also looked into browser extensions. And lo and behold, Chrome actually offers API for direct communication with the serial port! So that sounds like a very good option as well. You would just install the plugin in your browser and can then directly upload and download from the web-app (which could be made downloadable as well for offline use).
 
To make sure that all software dealing with the Iris is compatible, I've also rewritten the basic data structure in Protobuf, so that there is one standard definition of how the whole business with Cues, Schedules and Periods is to be stored and transmitted. It's already been a huge help to have this.
 
Today I'm also doing my tax report, which goes a huge way demonstrating how much money I put into this during the last year without getting a single buck out yet. Fun for the whole family!

I will continue to wait patiently.

This is an amazing project. Your craftsman ship skills are truly unbelievable. 

Sorry guys, nothing to show. I have very little time to work on this right now, so progress has been frustratingly slow  I don't even have time to visit the forums anymore, my last visit here was months ago. I'll try and free up time when my current project at work is finished.

Well hello again 

I'll start off with some pictures of the table after the varnishing (yet to get nanowax treatment) and if you scroll further down you'll see some of the cablework.

 
 
nevermind the dust It will dissapear

 

 

 

 
 

Now onto the cablework. Thanks again to ICEMODZ for chipping in and helping me out on this!

First things first I had to get everything out. My living room once again is a mess

 

Just did a bunch of y-splitters for these cables and I run them on 2 different knobs on the fan controller

 

Might be a tip for anyone new to this to grab one of these so you make sure you get it right without blowing any components up

 

Then I proceeded to hide pretty much every fan cable in the actual frame.
 

Sneaky sneaky cable management

 

Had to heatshrink all the y-splitters

 

 

The 360 radiator fans did get sleeved however because they will be somewhat visible

 

Testrunning everything. Worked

 

This is just a temporary solution because everything will keep going in and out

 

For those wondering the fan cables from the back radiators (the 560 monstahs) will be run underneath the side fans and completely hidden

 

My first sleeved cable this one will run the fan controller

 

And this is what comes out after the wood comes back down

 

And after this I'll get onto more cable work. Until next time

Me too, me too.

Verveelde me vandaag een beetje, heb me uiteindelijk een mini-koelkastje gebouwd uit wat piepschuim, een blokje hout, een peltier element, 2 oude CPU koelers (een die voor dit soort doeleinden was en een die van een oude pentium 4 pc komt) en 2 fans.
Hij werkt goed. Ik kan varrieren tussen 150, 70 en 35 watt stroomgebruik waarbij 150 watt eigenlijk alleen nuttig is tijdens het afkoelen zelf, 70 watt is handig voor dat laatste beetje bijkoelen als die al koud is en 35 is gewoon om temperatuur vast te houden. Als je dit vergelijkt met andere koelkasten is dat ding dus best zuinig. Bij die 35W stand haalt die de 4°C en bij die 70W stand haalt die zelf de 2°C (bij de 150W stand heeft die hetzelfde omdat hij dan minder efficient is). Er is in totaal een ruimte in van 188*188*335mm (L*B*H) met op sommige plekken een hoogte van 355mm (genoeg voor 8 flesjes bier naast elkaar op de bodem, maar een 1.5L fles past er ook net in).
Ga er komende dagen ergens waarschijnlijk nog een thermometertje op zetten die de temperatuur binnen in dat ding moet meter en dat dan op een LED schermpje laat zien. Hij werkt overigens op 12/7/5V dus een computer voeding is daar perfect voor. Hij hangt atm nog aan mijn pc, maar ik ga er binnenkort ook een aparte voeding op aansluiten zodat het een stand alone unit wordt.
Niet te vergeten, hij is ook best gvd stil ook, beide fans die er in zitten draaien namelijk op 7V en voor de rest zitten er geen geluid producerende voorwerpen op/aan.
Als iemand interesse heeft in foto's oid, zeg ff.

When you are getting hyped for a button \o/

Update! Visualizer 0.1 release and lookout on online configurator!
Today, I proudly present version 0.1 of the Freilite Iris Visualizer, an online tool to try out potential configurations.
This version is by no means final, but it's a good framework for testing what's possible and what isn't with the data format I'm planning to use. (Big thanks to XeaLouS for his ideas on this!) As usual, feedback of any kind is very welcome!
In the future, this will be extended into an online configurator tool, so you won't have to install any software to modify the animations. More on that below.

Basic functionality:
TL;DR: Just try it out, it's fun!
On the left, you can see the live preview, on the right is the configuration UI, where you can modify Cues. Cues consist of multiple parameters that define how the LEDs change colour and are the basic building blocks of animations. In the future, you'll be able to chain multiple Cues together into Cue Lists.
Right now, only a single cue can be displayed at any given time. The parameters of each Cue are as follows (more will follow in the future):
Start Color: Colour each LED will start its transition at. End Color: Colour each LED will end its transition at.The hue of this colour is capped at 359° in the visualiser to make it easier to achieve the rainbow animation you can see above. Duration: Time one full cycle of the animation will take. When the Time Divisor is lowered, this value should be increased to keep the same velocity. Time Divisor: Describes the value the Duration is divided by to calculate the temporal offset between neighbouring LEDs. Basically, this means that each LED counterclockwise of its neighbour will reach the End Colour earlier by (Duration/Time Divisor). This means that if a single dot is displayed, you can just reduce the Time Divisor to 6 to see two dots, 4 to see three dots and so on. Ramp Type: Specifies how the transition between Start Color and End Color is calculated. Currently, there are only three options. They are explained below. Ramp Parameter: Changes the behaviour of the Ramp Type. The basic concept is that it changes which time the "peak" of the functions happens at, but the practical implications are different for each Ramp Type. Reverse: Self explanatory.
The three Ramp Types are explained below. In the future, they will be illustrated in the Visualizer to make them easier to understand.
Linear HSL: Moves on a linear path through the HSL colourspace, first from the Start Color to the End Color, and then back. I recommend this for most scenarios, especially when transitioning between two colours.
The Ramp Parameter in this case specifies the position of the "peak" of the transition function. When it is 1, an LED will jump down to the Start Color immediately after reaching the End Color. When it is 0.5, it will take equal time to transition forth and back. Try it out to see if you can tell the difference! If you're coming from a music background, you can also think of it as the ratio between attack and release if decay and sustain are both 0. Linear RGB: Included for comparisons sake. In some cases this will also look better when transitioning between a regular colour and black or white. The Ramp Parameter has no effect in version 0.1, I just couldn't get it to work properly. Jump: Just jumps from Start Color to End Color and then back down. Very simple effect, I'm personally not really a fan of it, but it can look quite cool with a Ramp Parameter of 0.5 and lower Time Divisors. The Ramp Parameter works similarly as before, but it effectively changes the width of the spinning dot.
Wow, that was quite a bit of information. So, where will this go in the future?
 
Future Online configurator:
In the future, you will be able to download an animation you've designed on the Visualizer as a .hex file. The Iris 16 will be acting as a Mass Storage device similar to an SD card or Flash drive. To load the animation onto it, you simply open it in your file manager and copy the .hex file directly onto it. This means that you will not need to install any additional software and that the Iris 16 will be usable on every OS on the planet, no matter how obscure.
Additionally, none of this will be required after setting the button up once. All animations are stored on the Iris 16 itself, so even when putting it in a different machine, all the animations will be just where they were.
It will also be possible to upload a previously stored animation to modify it again. This means that you need no online account and don't have to enable cookies to save animations. And, you can share them with others in any way imaginable. Via e-mail, Pastebin, Google drive, even morse code if you're so inclined.
Makes you wonder why not more companies do it this way.
Thanks for reading and have fun breaking my software!
I'll implement downloading animations as soon as possible so you can start sharing your ideas.

Dit project, naar alle waarschijnlijkheid. Ik zou het er zelfs overigens ook wel voor over hebben om een tijdje alleen maar een laptop of HTPC te gebruiken als ik daarna een prachtige desk-PC zou hebben...
 
Met mijn build gaat het ook gestaag vooruit; hij ziet er nu zo uit:
 

 
De heatsinks op m'n RAM zitten alleen wel tijdelijk even "vast" met normale dubbelzijdige tape, want ik moet nog ergens warmtegeleidende tape zien te krijgen, maar het geeft alvast een idee van hoe het er ongeveer uit gaat zien.

Finally, last week I got a full day to work on the desk. Got quite alot of sawing done, check it out below!
Wanted to start with the biggest task of the day, marking the radiator cutouts, then cutting them out with a jigsaw.
 
Made the marks for the cutouts with a radiator gasket. 

 
Nice.

 
Cutout made, doesn't really mind that it's not perfect. Air will flow through anyways.

 
Fitted the radiator real quickly to make sure the holes were on the right spots. Goddamn perfect!!
I did not fit all the screws in on the photo, but i checked all of them.

 
3x 120mm cutout for the fans blowing out.
Oops, used the wrong baseline.

 
That's better!

 
Result after making the cutouts for the air vents! Quite satisfied with them.

 
Test fitting the watercooling components. Reservoir will be mounted on the vertical back wall (check next pics.)
Pump is also too high for it to be mounted on the wooden platform. Will need to make a cutout for it and mount it to the base with a slight elevation!

 
Marking the spot for the pump.



 
Fits freaking perfect!! (after 20 mins of filing though)

 
Also made a cutout for the double temperature display bay. Only had to secure it on one side, sits secure!

 
This may be a bit weird to imagine, but this is the bulk connector in the hole I made for it. It goes through the base of the desk. This will be the exit for the drain port.

 
Called it a day after quite alot of hours. This is the end result:
- reservoir mounts mounted on the vertical back wall;
- cutout and mount made for the temp display bay;
- cutouts for the radiator/fans;
- made a hole for the drain port.

 
This week I will probably get the last components for the build, front panel with usb and cable materials!
Thanks for following this build, stay tuned for the next update!

No. They're developing Windows 10 Mobile alongside Windows 10.
 
It's the same group of people who work on both versions of Windows 10. Most people do not know or recognize that but it actually doesn't cost Microsoft much to continue to support Windows Phones.
 
Windows 10 Mobile works fine for millions of people around the world.....
 
It's intuitive, fast and sleek looking. Apart from app issues (which are being fixed), what is wrong with it?

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