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Jason Coon @evilgeniuslabs.org · 11/09/2026

This little motion-sensitive 75mm Fibonacci256 prototype might be my favorite new thing I've made in a while. This was totally inspired by @starduststorm.art's brilliant "The Hexagon" which you should definitely go buy instead of waiting for me to make more of these. 😁 www.tindie.com/products/sta...

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Supplies & fixtures & equipment closing garage sale this Sunday 04/19, 10-3! 3485 Sacramento Dr Ste F, San Luis Obispo, CA. It all needs to go, we've got a lot of good stuff! A big list with photos is on craigslist! Boosts are much appreciated. #sanluisobispo slo.craigslist.org/ele/d/san-lu...

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Electronics Mfg Business Closing Garage Sale, this Sun 04/19 10-3! - electronics - by owner - sale - craigslist

We are shutting down and selling materials, supplies, and fixtures this Sunday, April 19, 10am - 3pm, NO EARLYBIRDS. 3485 Sacramento Dr Ste F, park on the street but enter in the back from the...

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

We're down to the last 2 days of our closing sale! On top of the 50% off (discount shown after items added to cart), orders placed this weekend will get a fun freebie thrown in and orders over $50 get free US shipping w coupon code ITSHIPSWHENITSHIPS. 😂 www.alpenglowindustries.com/collections/...

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Jason Coon @evilgeniuslabs.org · 03/03/2026

Fibonacci256 Expanding HDR is now available! It's music-reactive & powered via #PixelBlaze by @bhencke.bsky.social so you can edit & write new patterns in a web app over wi-fi. Get yours here: lectronz.com/products/fib...

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Hello friends, family, supporters, and maker community. I've had to make the difficult decision to shut down Alpenglow. The short story is that we aren't making enough continuous sales to cover our shop space and employee costs. More info: www.alpenglowindustries.com/blogs/all-bl...

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Closing the Business.

As you've likely read on our home page, in a newsletter, or on social media, I'm shutting down Alpenglow. Here is more information about what to expect over the next few weeks, and what this means fo...

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

It features cool stuff by us, @architeuthisflux.bsky.social @californiasteam.bsky.social Steph Piper / Maker Queen @bhencke.bsky.social @evilgeniuslabs.org @drc3p0.bsky.social and has links to all their sites & socials for easy shopping & following. Support small creative electronics businesses!

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

It's the time of year where I get to show off all the cool things our friends make! Check out the 2025 Alpenglow Gift Guide and find something fun for that electronics nerd in your life (and maybe that's you!) www.alpenglowindustries.com/pages/2025-g...

A tiled array of images showing colorful circuit boards with LEDs in various fibonacci configurations, a cat on it hind legs pawing at something that has an enamaled-pin look, LEDs lit up and shaped like a rainbow, unicorn, and lightning bolt, some small rectangular circuit board LED controllers, a black breadboard with a probe, a book called Skill Seeker, a UFO beaming up a human, a box of GlowStitch LED strips, and a box with diffused red, green, and blue lights on its front.

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Jason Coon @evilgeniuslabs.org · 03/11/2025

It's alive, it's trapped inside, and it likes music. Audio-reactive pattern and #Pixelblaze by @bhencke.bsky.social driving an 8x8x8 volumetric RGB LED cube with frosted acrylic enclosure. Get your own: lectronz.com/products/led...

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gallaugher @gallaugher.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I was able to run the PixelBlaze Panama Hat with 150 LEDs for over 5 hrs, looking great at 20% brightness, using this small battery that fit under the hat & at 2.2oz, wasn't noticeable: a.co/d/bbhObkk youtube.com/shorts/TZBFV...

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PixelBlaze Panama Hat - for tutorials see my channel. NeoPixel LEDs arranged in a matrix. #wearables

YouTube video by Build With Prof. G.

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Honeycomb pattern, one of the preloaded ones on a Pixelblaze LED controller by electromage @bhencke.bsky.social

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I made a really cool LED wall project for my house last week - spruced up an ugly black fireplace with 1035 LEDs and a Pixelblaze LED controller. Check out the full story and project progress on mastodon: mstdn.social/@alpenglow/1...

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Alpenglow Industries (Carrie) (@alpenglow@mstdn.social)

Attached: 1 image Got an ugly-ass nonfunctional fireplace that someone painted black? I’ve got the solution! I’ve had the parts and custom flex boards for a while for this and just no time. Tonigh...

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key-gle.json @clomads.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Behold: the 18650 Battery Bandolier!!!! I have limited PwrTop 18s left and will be offering them with a battery at Maker Faire on a donation basis.

A long haired red head taking a selfie wearing a bandolier for shotgun shells but it’s instead 18650/ in alternating red pink and green. She is wearing a cropped rainbow Jumperless shirt and there’s a dog in the background peeking around the bathroom door.

The bandolier hanging on a doorknob. There are 55 18650s on it and 4 of them are modded with PwrTop 18

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Bzzzt! Glowies are powered by a tiny LiPo battery and rechargeable! Stay tuned for more incredibly fun designs coming to Maker Faire Bay Area! #mfba2025 #makerfaire

A lightning bolt joins the unicorn and the rainbow. All are plugged into USB cables.

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Production today starts with a dip in conformal coat to insulate the exposed wires and pads. #glowies #alpenglowies #ledjewelry

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Here’s the final style of Glowie we’re making! Shooting stars and flames! These fun animations draw attention without being too distracting, and their battery life is double the solid Glowies, so around 20-24 hrs on a single charge. #glowie #alpenglowie #ledjewelry #mfba2025 #makerfaire

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Ben Hencke @bhencke.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Awesome new support board for Pixelblaze for making amazing wearables, or all kinds of projects really, with pebble strings.

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Jason Coon @evilgeniuslabs.org · 09/08/2025

Curious what it takes to write 3D patterns for #Pixelblaze by @bhencke.bsky.social? I've written up a tutorial: www.evilgeniuslabs.org/tutorials/pi... Among other examples is this rainbow-colored 3D Perlin noise on a three dimensional #RGB #LED cube. Get your own cube: lectronz.com/products/led...

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Jason Coon @evilgeniuslabs.org · 03/08/2025

Playing with the 8x8x8 LED Cube, creating new patterns using the built-in #Pixelblaze by @bhencke.bsky.social. Get your own cube: lectronz.com/products/led...

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Guy Dupont @guydupont.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I'm putting a tariff on the word "tariff"! Hooked up an arcade dispenser to give me a ticket every time that god-forsaken word shows up on my computer screen. 20 tickets == 1 beer

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I got these boards in just under the tariff wire, and I’m pretty stoked on them, coming soon to the shop! They’re optimized for soldering right to the back of a Pixelblaze Pico by @bhencke.bsky.social, but they can interface with any controller & are an easy way to power everything via USB-C.

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Jason Coon @evilgeniuslabs.org · 16/04/2025

I currently have one Fibonacci512 PixelBlaze available for sale, DM me if interested. Please note this one uses WS2812 LEDs, not SK9822. It's still gorgeous (if I do say so myself). 😁 Fully assembled, includes #PixelBlaze by @bhencke.bsky.social More info: www.evilgeniuslabs.org/fibonacci512...

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Sneak peek at Pixelblaze Buddy Boards! These interface with a Pico and provide direct soldering for pebble strands, and support any strip via a connector or wires. Convenient USB-C breakout for power. Wired to a 4-pin pebble strand with backup data, then a 3-pin tape strip. @bhencke.bsky.social

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Ben Hencke @bhencke.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

PCB assembly and packing process.

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Ben Hencke @bhencke.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I make a super fast simple sound synthesis engine. Designed for microcontrollers, it uses little RAM and flash. Intended for 32-bit microcontrollers that have a fast multiply, like ARM Cortex-M0. github.com/simap/MicroM...

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GitHub - simap/MicroModSynth: A super fast simple sound synthesis engine

A super fast simple sound synthesis engine. Contribute to simap/MicroModSynth development by creating an account on GitHub.

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The Sam Chase & the Untraditional @thesamchase.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

520k and counting! Thank you all for watching this and contributing to this wild ride. Hopefully we can turn this moderate success into something helpful to the world. youtu.be/FEl_S3zHxh4

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Donald J Trump Is Still The Biggest A**hole In The World (Live in London)

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Ben Hencke @bhencke.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

One of the few benefits of owning my #lasercutter is that I know exactly who to blame for its current condition.

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Hey soldering kit makers! Struggling with new coin cell regulations and have a pile of PCBs with coin cell battery holder patterns on them? I made a thing for ours that converts them to USB power, maybe it's handy for you. 🧵

Two round circuit boards with white soldermask and blue silkscreen, left shows a CR2032 holder and the right shows a USB adapter board soldered into its place instead.

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Ben Hencke @bhencke.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

So 4 pin common anode/cathode RGB LEDs can be charlieplexed! I made a tool that helps figure out how many given a number of GPIO, then added PWM on a subset of them, and refresh rates for charlieplex scanning. Shows a table for PWMable configurations. www.bhencke.com/charlieplex-...

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Charlieplex RGB — Ben Hencke

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Straithe @straithe.com · 11/02/2025

Finished this art piece for my office! The base for this piece is a cork board. I painted the frame, covered the cork in fabric, added a string of WS2812 LEDs controlled by a Pixelblaze V3 Standard LED controller, and then finished it up with some mirrors and flowers. #leds #pixelblaze #wallart

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ℂlaire 𝔻anielle ℂassidy⚡🔌⚒️👩🏻‍💻♾️🏳️‍🌈 @lasermistress.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It's that time of year where I spin up the flywheel of effort that runs There U Glow, a femme & queer created, run and centered LED-focused electronics camp. ⚙️ 🦾 Honestly, it's a balm and incredibly vital vibe in these horrifying techbro times. Stay tuned if you are interested! thereuglow.club

An angled shot of the front of several 10x10 pop-up tents that are glowing beautifully blue with a dark night sky behind them. People are sitting and hanging out underneath, and on the front is a prominent rainbow LED sign that says "there u glow"

Two children are sitting at folding tables working on something with their hands, and crouched over each of them are two adults in femme festival clothing overseeing and teaching. In behind are two large aesthetic electronics posters on the walls of the pop-up tents surrounding the area.

A woman in a black dress with a rhinestone lightning bolt stands in front of a crowd of people paying rapt attention. Next to her is a display board of LED strands. They are all inside of green pop-up tents with aesthetic electronics posters inside.

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Jason Coon @evilgeniuslabs.org · 08/02/2025

If you order a Lux Lavalier Heart pendant now I can't promise it'll arrive by Valentine's Day, but I will upgrade it to priority shipping & try my best. Powered by #PixelBlaze by @bhencke.bsky.social, a small & mighty Wi-Fi LED controller with live-code patterns! ❤️💚💙 lectronz.com/products/lux...

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Ben Hencke @bhencke.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

🤩 the Evil Genius is up to more Lab work!

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Ben Hencke @bhencke.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Cool trick for approximating distance fast

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بلبل @chipperdoodles.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

My hand drawn circuit talk i'll talk a little bit about anwaar which will cover some of my use of Hybrid caps! @californiasteam.bsky.social has done wonderful jewelry work with hybrid caps and a lot of the tech we use overlap. If you're planning on going to #teardown2025 def consider these talks!

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Sander van de Bor - California STEAM @californiasteam.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I will be speaking @crowdsupply.bsky.social #Teardown2025 together with these wonderful friends working on similar projects.

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Guess what? My talk about the woes of batteries was accepted for @crowdsupply.bsky.social #Teardown2025! I'm really excited and so looking forward to that magical event. Here's a link to my talk last year on using 3D printed parts in production. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bTh...

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Teardown 2024 - Using 3D Printed Parts for Production

YouTube video by Crowd Supply

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Jason Coon @evilgeniuslabs.org · 30/01/2025

Hello! I'm a maker, LED enthusiast, electronic artist, software developer, 3D printer, laser cutter, and hardware tinkerer. I sell and share what I make as Evil Genius Labs: evilgeniuslabs.org If you like anything you see here, it might be available in my store: lectronz.com/stores/evilgeniuslabs

A mosaic photo of various colorful RGB LED art pieces.

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Ben Hencke @bhencke.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Back at at supercon '22, @zachfredin.bsky.social and I get things working moments before the badge hacking contest deadline. We made an optical “punchcard” reader to load programs into the 4-bit computer badge using scavenged LEDs as sensors.

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Ben Hencke @bhencke.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

"Building an expression engine thing that is looking more and more like a compiler and tiny vm." - Me, Jan 2017

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Ben Hencke @bhencke.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Clear TPU is pretty neat, but had to dry it for a week at 60C to get here.

Clear TPU part on top of some paper with a cyan and magenta half, the line clearly visible between them through the TPU

A part printed after drying compared to before. The after is nearly clear, while the before is uneven and nearly opaque.

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Ben Hencke @bhencke.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

For the #makergiftexchange last week with friends, I made a POV clock. Using one RGB LED and a seven segment display, it draws up to 21 characters and a full circle of 180 virtual pixels on a spinning circular PCB. Loosely inspired by Bob Blick's "Propeller Clock." 🧵1/3

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I’m so excited that I can finally show this to you all! I’ve been working on it for a while, as part of an annual white elephant #makergiftexchange that I do with some friends every year. This time I went for the full cross-over and made a #crochet LED hat.

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Stuart Robson @sturobson.com · 22/12/2024

happy “I’m gonna start a side project” holidays

A two panel comic book style drawing. The first panel is a console with two red buttons labelled - “admit to yourself your dream is dead” and “pay $12”. A white gloved hand is hovering betwixt the two options. The second panel is a white man, holding a cloth to their forehead. They are sweating and look anxious. There is text that reads “domain renewal”

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Ben Hencke @bhencke.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Happy nondenominational decorative tree season!

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Finally finished this sign for our friends at Two Broads Ciderworks! Keeping with National Fuck with Pixelblazes Week, this is powered by @bhencke.bsky.social ‘s Pixelblaze. It uses fiberboard with a cherry veneer, sparkly acrylic, and addressable LEDs for backlighting.

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

It’s National Fuck Around with Pixelblazes Week, right? Hooked one up to a 12V strand we just got with a little buck converter giving the Pixelblaze 5V. Rainbow fonts was the winning pattern for most LEDs on in a rainbow at once. @bhencke.bsky.social

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