I have just finished making a badge for Potton Pi & Pints from an old School @pimoroni.com Unicorn hat, the brains 🧟 is a Raspberry Pi PicoW. The Pico is hosting a web site to select the current pattern display and brightness of the LEDs. Always forget how bright an Unicorn hat is when unleashed! 😎
October 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I have just finished making a badge for Potton Pi & Pints from an old School @pimoroni.com Unicorn hat, the brains 🧟 is a Raspberry Pi PicoW. The Pico is hosting a web site to select the current pattern display and brightness of the LEDs. Always forget how bright an Unicorn hat is when unleashed! 😎
Yes, it's now my box. Move on!
October 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Yes, it's now my box. Move on!
At Assemble :-)
October 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
At Assemble :-)
Self portrait in 64 x 64 pixels displayed on my Giant Unicorn.
October 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Self portrait in 64 x 64 pixels displayed on my Giant Unicorn.
Finally tidying up the bird's nest of cables and floating PCBs before Assemble Darby tomorrow, the Colour Pixel Picker is hardware complete, just need to finish the software 😂
Part of my #GiganticUnicorn project.
Part of my #GiganticUnicorn project.
October 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Finally tidying up the bird's nest of cables and floating PCBs before Assemble Darby tomorrow, the Colour Pixel Picker is hardware complete, just need to finish the software 😂
Part of my #GiganticUnicorn project.
Part of my #GiganticUnicorn project.
Used the colour picker to create this 8-bit Pacman image. :-) software status is good enough. Need to make a couple changes to the function keys, currently too easy to wipe your hard work with one key press. This Saturday I will be showing off this project and others at assemble. #giganticUnicorn
October 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Used the colour picker to create this 8-bit Pacman image. :-) software status is good enough. Need to make a couple changes to the function keys, currently too easy to wipe your hard work with one key press. This Saturday I will be showing off this project and others at assemble. #giganticUnicorn
I'm looking forward to showing off.... Er sharing my old school @pimoroni.com Unicorn hat projects this Saturday. It's a great making festival with all sorts of makers sharing their projects & the joy of making.
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I'm looking forward to showing off.... Er sharing my old school @pimoroni.com Unicorn hat projects this Saturday. It's a great making festival with all sorts of makers sharing their projects & the joy of making.
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I hit a bit of a brick wall this weekend programming a save buffer function for the colour picker. Then copied and then reinstated the saved data was lost! After a bit of thinking I realised that copying the buffer, that the data was not copied just the labels pointing to the original buffer 1/2
October 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I hit a bit of a brick wall this weekend programming a save buffer function for the colour picker. Then copied and then reinstated the saved data was lost! After a bit of thinking I realised that copying the buffer, that the data was not copied just the labels pointing to the original buffer 1/2
I will be at Assemble, Darby on Saturday, showing off the @pimoroni.com Giant Unicorn hat and other projects.
#GiganticUnicorn
#GiganticUnicorn
October 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I will be at Assemble, Darby on Saturday, showing off the @pimoroni.com Giant Unicorn hat and other projects.
#GiganticUnicorn
#GiganticUnicorn
Software has been started, the LEDs buffer is sent to the PyGame on a Raspberry Pi.
#GiganticUnicorn
#GiganticUnicorn
October 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Software has been started, the LEDs buffer is sent to the PyGame on a Raspberry Pi.
#GiganticUnicorn
#GiganticUnicorn
Just a DC motor, built into the fader, I'm using @pimoroni.com motor 2040 to control the motor and read the value of the fader.
October 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Just a DC motor, built into the fader, I'm using @pimoroni.com motor 2040 to control the motor and read the value of the fader.
Working on the layout for the colour sector for my #GiganticUnicorn project, you are able to change the colour of individual pixels on the Unicorn hats.... Well you will be able to when I finish the programming :-)
October 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Working on the layout for the colour sector for my #GiganticUnicorn project, you are able to change the colour of individual pixels on the Unicorn hats.... Well you will be able to when I finish the programming :-)
Fun times, cracking open a phone to replace the battery. Not scary at all 😱, letting Tom take the lead. He not worried, new battery or phone whatever the outcome 🤣
October 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Fun times, cracking open a phone to replace the battery. Not scary at all 😱, letting Tom take the lead. He not worried, new battery or phone whatever the outcome 🤣
The faders are motorised and move to the stored value after selection, currently set up for RGB colour values. It's programmed in CircuitPython. The motor driver is a @pimoroni.com Motor 2040 and is handling all the inputs and outputs.
#GiganticUnicorn
#GiganticUnicorn
October 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The faders are motorised and move to the stored value after selection, currently set up for RGB colour values. It's programmed in CircuitPython. The motor driver is a @pimoroni.com Motor 2040 and is handling all the inputs and outputs.
#GiganticUnicorn
#GiganticUnicorn
Further update on my #GiganticUnicorn colour controller build, now have the Trellis keypad/display working and the fader is able to set colour level, currently only a single channel is connected, when selecting a pixel, fader is set automatically to current level.
September 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Further update on my #GiganticUnicorn colour controller build, now have the Trellis keypad/display working and the fader is able to set colour level, currently only a single channel is connected, when selecting a pixel, fader is set automatically to current level.
Today, I have been working on a controller for the Giant Unicorn Hat. Have written a function to move the powered fadder to a set position, using a @pimoroni.com motor 2040, running CircuitPython to monitor/control the faders and the NeoTreilis.
#GiganticUnicorn
#GiganticUnicorn
September 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Today, I have been working on a controller for the Giant Unicorn Hat. Have written a function to move the powered fadder to a set position, using a @pimoroni.com motor 2040, running CircuitPython to monitor/control the faders and the NeoTreilis.
#GiganticUnicorn
#GiganticUnicorn
September 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Things happen when you live and work close to the Raspberry Pi shop!
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Things happen when you live and work close to the Raspberry Pi shop!
Quick and dirty test at 5v, that was quick!
#GiganticUnicorn
#GiganticUnicorn
September 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Quick and dirty test at 5v, that was quick!
#GiganticUnicorn
#GiganticUnicorn
I blame @usedbytes.com for this, motorised faders for selecting the colour values of the Giant Unicorn hat pixels, thinking about designing a PCB to make it pretty :-) select a pixel and the pots move to the correct values #GiganticUnicorn
September 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I blame @usedbytes.com for this, motorised faders for selecting the colour values of the Giant Unicorn hat pixels, thinking about designing a PCB to make it pretty :-) select a pixel and the pots move to the correct values #GiganticUnicorn
For my next Hacky Racers robot build 'Rubber Ducky', I bought this beauty :-) for the Moxy team badge the tag line will be 'Get out of my quacking way'.
August 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
For my next Hacky Racers robot build 'Rubber Ducky', I bought this beauty :-) for the Moxy team badge the tag line will be 'Get out of my quacking way'.
In a field in Suffolk :-) #footfest
A giant thank you to @pimoroni.com for their support allowing me to create the Giant Unicorn Hat.
#GiganticUnicorn
A giant thank you to @pimoroni.com for their support allowing me to create the Giant Unicorn Hat.
#GiganticUnicorn
August 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
In a field in Suffolk :-) #footfest
A giant thank you to @pimoroni.com for their support allowing me to create the Giant Unicorn Hat.
#GiganticUnicorn
A giant thank you to @pimoroni.com for their support allowing me to create the Giant Unicorn Hat.
#GiganticUnicorn