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The Pixel Drop Ceiling

The Pixel Drop Ceiling is a Bluetooth, Arduino powered, Computer controlled, RGB, Drop Ceiling

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In our living room we have a small patch of drop ceiling right in the middle of the room, basically a giant piece of duct tape to cover up bad carpentry. It was constantly getting water damage from what looks like a giant hole in the ceiling above the drop tiles. After roughly a year of living in the house I decided to take action. The Pixel Drop Ceiling was born.

The Pixel Drop Ceiling is a Bluetooth, Arduino powered, Computer controlled, RGB, Drop Ceiling. The perks of being controlled by the computer are that the whole system is music controlled and its easy to change and create your own patterns with little software know-how. You can then change these patterns on the fly without having to upload new software to the Arduino, allowing you to create your own "show" in essence.

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drywalljacksonville2020 wrote 09/28/2020 at 09:07 • point

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Roman M wrote 03/03/2016 at 21:55 • point

See amazing LED project here: http://kck.st/1Oi2sHC
Simply and affordable...

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Evan wrote 11/19/2014 at 03:27 • point
I just finished my build, inspired in large part by this project! Cheers man!

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 09/08/2014 at 19:12 • point
Nice, I've just added your project to Blinkenlights list http://hackaday.io/list/2400

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Hockeyman271 wrote 09/08/2014 at 12:34 • point
Thank you! Ceilume Translucent ceiling tiles and about a 4 inch gap between the tiles and the LED's create the diffusion.

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Adam Fabio wrote 09/08/2014 at 05:46 • point
Talk about turning lemons into lemonade! What sort of tiles did you use to get that great diffused effect?

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