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Simulating a fireplace with an LED matrix #Feather @docsplendid
Emmett Pickerel needed a fireplace simulation for a project using a 15×7 Charliewing LED matrix, and couldn’t find anything procedural/random that looked good enough in monochrome. He then used a 100 frame capture of an actual fireplace.
I had a project for Christmas which needed a cosy dollhouse-sized fireplace, and chose a CharlieWing for the effect due to the size and aesthetic reasons. I couldn’t find anything out there which produced a good fireplace effect on the CharlieWing, or indeed anything in this small of a monochrome matrix.
Therefore, I made one, and have shared the (very simple) code for others to use. I based in on FeatherCandle which I found on the Adafruit Blog, so thought I should share FeatherFireplace with you!
See the full project, the “Favourite Things Booknook”, which also uses an Adafruit Metro Mini 328, at the Monthly holiday build challenge (something that helped keep me on time for this project!): https://monthly.com/p/rUruLs
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