Brightness for Events
jbobrow opened this issue · comments
Is there a flag we can set to raise the brightness on the Blinks specifically for demoing in brighter spaces.
I think it might be possible to get a little more umph out of the existing LED at the cost of lower battery life, but this would be a change to the BIOS. It is on my list and I'll try to take a look later today and see if any quick fix possible.
But the fastest and easiest way to boost the brightness would be to transplant a tiny 4.2V LiPO cell into the back of a blink. Might require some plastic cutting but would work.
Yeah, my usual go to is the 3.6v coin cell rechargeables.
Maybe something like this could fit?....
https://amzn.to/3lNDeMp
How about two 2016's (not re-chargeable!) stacked on top of each other, with a piece of tape on the edge of the bottom one (the one closest to the blink PCB) so that it does not contact the battery edge connector. This should give 6V to the blink which I'd expect to be noticeably brighter.
That's very clever. Will definitely try this sometime soon, 6v is really a boost, given I know what 5v looks like.
Confirmed double 2016 batteries work! You must block the edge of the battery closest to the PCB.
Here is an experiment to see how much brighter a blink can be using only software...
https://github.com/bigjosh/Move38-Arduino-Platform/tree/add-NFC/libraries/Examples05/SuperColor
This is best case - so each pixel can only show one color at a time and that color is either RED or GREEN.