HypnoCube 3D 4X4X4 LED Cube - Custom Animations, Demo, PHP API

[HLYSHFT]

I just bought this from ThinkGeek. I really wanted the previous model, but this one has pretty good reviews. I hope I like it.

[mtb416]

Post this track. I need it!

[GreyDevil]

So does the hypnocube function as vizualization to music if plugged into the computer? I can't seem to find a clear answer on that :P

[darknrgy]

No microphone or audio input, doesn't do music visualization.

[footballhokie]

ive just started building my own and i was wondering since i doubt i will be able to write my own, is there a place i can download some of these or even others?

[darknrgy]

@footballhokie Hypnocube comes with built in animations which are pretty interesting. No need to program if you don't want to. I wrote software so I could write custom animations in PHP and I have it all publicly available at git hub. I put the link in the description just now. The code is badly organized though so if you don't know PHP pretty well it might not be worth the trouble. By all means give it a shot though :) Good luck

[footballhokie]

@darknrgy well i was thinking of attempting to make my own. but after looking into it more i realized it was way over my head. so ill just stick the pre-programmed ones.

[Phonomatic]

Amazing soundtrack, but I'm missing a straight Kickdrum. Whats the name of this staccatissimo?

PS: Very suitable to your video indeed.

[darknrgy]

@Phonomatic This is a track I made :) thanks. I'll have to try it with a four on the floor kick.

[h0norebel]

@darknrgy can you upload this track somewhere for us?

[JamesRCoston]

When you say PHP, you mean the Server Side Scripting language. Right?

[darknrgy]

@JamesRCoston CLI PHP - it's not running as a web server

[JamesRCoston]

@darknrgy And that's why PHP is awesome. I didn't know you could do more than that. So, you are using sockets?

[darknrgy]

@JamesRCoston The microcontroller in the hypnocube has a usart connection. There is a usart -> usb adapter on board and a driver in windows that makes it available on a COMn port. I'm connecting to that using serproxy, a little utility that I found online that adapts COMn to a socket. In PHP I am connecting to the socket. Kind of a crazy mass of adapting, but it works!