The BC24 - An Amazing Smart Light Display for Makers!

A project in Spokane Valley, WA by SwitchDoc Labs
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The Big Circle 24 is a 24 Smart LED (RGBW) display in a perfect circle driven by a dual core ESP32 computer and with Grove connectors!
Backers: 116
Average Pledge Per Backer: $62

Funded: $7,235 of $4,000
Dates: May 31st -> Jun 20th (20 days)
Project By: SwitchDoc Labs
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Latest News

Solar Night Light Code posted for the BC24

June 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks, Another cool application.  John Shovic put this together.  Pretty simple, but it shows a REST interface (you can read the solar voltage and battery voltage), an implementation of the SDL_ESP32_BC24_GETIP library, and lots of spinning lights.... (Read More)

SDL_ESP32_BC24DEMO software code released

June 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks, We have now released Version 006 of the BC24 Demo software.   Your boards are shipped with Version 004 programmed in at the factory.   See README.md on how to install the new version. Version 006 adds two additional ways of provisioning the... (Read More)

BC24 Specification Released

June 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Backers! As promised, here is the BC24 specification for your BC24 boards.   John promised it by Monday and had to work the weekend to get it done!   Thank you John.  I will buy you beer.   And Pizza too when our Kickstarter finishes.... (Read More)

Update on BC24 Specification

June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
John just called me and he has the BC24 Specification ready to be reviewed tomorrow.   We will review it and get it published ASAP tomorrow. Laurie  (Read More)

The BC24 Production Units Have Arrived!

June 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks, Kudos to our manufacturer!   Our folks and their folks did a great job in managing the production dance. The production BC24 units have arrived a week early and they work!   This is the first time we have ever had the rewards in house before... (Read More)

Provisioning of WiFi on ESP32 (BC24) Tutorial Released

June 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Worlds Greatest Night Light Folks John just published a blog article about how WiFi provisioning (getting your BC24 on a network) works. http://www.switchdoc.com/2018/06/tutorial-esp32-bc24-provisioning-for-wifi/ It is pretty cool the way this... (Read More)

New version of BC24 Demo software

June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Backers, Your BC24 will be shipped with the V005 version of the demo software installed.You can use SmartConfig on your phone to connect the BC24 to WiFi.   Don't worry, this will be all in the documentation. We are getting close to releasing... (Read More)

Short Video of the BC24 being made!

June 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks, Production is underway.   We just got a short video from our manufacturer showing the board being assembled. Everything looks on time from this end. Laurie You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play... (Read More)

First Results on The Worlds Best Nightlight!

June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
I got most of the software finished and put it out for a test last night.  Using SunControl, I had the software wait until the panels were under 2.0V and then turned the BC24 LEDs on. It worked!  (see video below) Then when the sun came up, and it... (Read More)

BC24 New Application! Solar Powered!

June 7th - via: kickstarter.com
John is out working on a new application for the BC24.  He says is the World's Greatest Solar Powered Night Light.   He is going to mount it outside and have it run in the early evening until it runs out of power.   SunControl, our Solar Power... (Read More)

Manufacturing Proceeds on the BC24!

June 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Look at what we got from our manufacturer!   Here is a picture of the new final version of BC24 PCB board.   They have the parts on hand (we preordered the parts - we were pretty sure we wouldn't have to change any of them out) so we should go into... (Read More)

BC24 Released to Manufacturing

June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Good news backers!   At the conclusion of our meeting today we have now decided to release the BC24 to manufacturing.   We actually beat our deadline to release the product to make our deadlines for shipping rewards. Over the next few days we... (Read More)

Thank you Backers!

June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
We went over our goal this morning!  Thank you. We have our RTM (Release to Manufacturing) meeting this afternoon on the BC24.   We will report the results. Best regards,Laurie  (Read More)

New Application and Software Released for BC24

June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We have now released a tutorial on  "Using an LSM303 Compass and Accelerometer" with an ESP32 based BC24 array of programmable RGBW LEDs.  We have even released the software on Github.com/switchdoclabs  Uses Arduino IDE. Very fun.  Here is the... (Read More)

BC24 Status Update - First Day

June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
A great first day.   Thank you for your support!   We just wanted to put up a status report of what is going on with the BC24. 1) BC24 Release to Manufacturing - Should happen early next week.   Final testing of the prototype underway.    2)... (Read More)

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