{"id":37,"date":"2016-12-15T18:08:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T18:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jbkuma.com\/workshoppe\/?p=37"},"modified":"2017-01-10T08:42:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T13:42:30","slug":"lilbilly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbkuma.com\/workshoppe\/37\/lilbilly\/","title":{"rendered":"Li&#8217;l Billy: A Yuleside Saber"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"bbc_img resized\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/5YINVMkl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"bbc_img resized\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ileYScQl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Introducing Li&#8217;l Billy: A Yule Side Saber<\/p>\n<p>Li&#8217;l Billy is DIYino based lightsaber with a customized version of LSOS 1.3 I&#8217;ve dubbed DIYuletide.\u00a0 Custom effects include a candy cane striped neopixel blade with matching ignition and extinguish effects and sequentially triggered swing sounds to enable the playing of a tune.\u00a0 The font is YuleSide, a custom font I assembled from public domain sounds including sleigh bells, hand bells, whip cracks, and my own &#8220;ho ho ho.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Materials:<br \/>\nTable leg &#8211; cut, stained, painted &amp; cored out with spade blades and a hand drill.<br \/>\nHoliday bell decoration<br \/>\naluminum tubing<br \/>\n2&#215;120 pixel NeoPixel LED strips<br \/>\nDIYino<\/p>\n<p>This went from concept to reality in under a week, with some key additions in the following weeks. \u00a0This was\u00a0by no means a polished build, but it is only meant to be a fun thing for the holiday season after which\u00a0it was gutted. \u00a0Fear not, I intend to revisit this build next year when I&#8217;ll have more time to collect materials and refine\u00a0the coding and build quality.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' width='640' height='360' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-jpQMT-DLdM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;' sandbox='allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing Li&#8217;l Billy: A Yule Side Saber Li&#8217;l Billy is DIYino based lightsaber with a customized version of LSOS 1.3 I&#8217;ve dubbed DIYuletide.\u00a0 Custom effects include a candy cane striped neopixel blade with matching ignition and extinguish effects and sequentially triggered swing sounds to enable the playing of a tune.\u00a0 The font is YuleSide, a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[14,5,4,15,3,13,16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/jbkuma.com\/workshoppe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/yuleside.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s8hnad-lilbilly","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":307,"url":"https:\/\/jbkuma.com\/workshoppe\/307\/lsos1-5-2jb\/","url_meta":{"origin":37,"position":0},"title":"LSOS 1.5.2jb Preview","date":"March 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YYmetV5h9TE Latest tweaks to the LSOS 1.5 base code include: Quick mute Blade meter function for RGB LED, String Blade and Pixel Blade Battery meter Volume Meter Sound font color indicator & current font name on menu entry Demonstrated on my current work in progress which is a TCSS based\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Custom Electronics&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jbkuma.com\/workshoppe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lsos152jb.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":642,"url":"https:\/\/jbkuma.com\/workshoppe\/642\/plan-b-the-gentleman\/","url_meta":{"origin":37,"position":1},"title":"Plan B: The Gentleman","date":"May 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"When plan A goes to to bantha dung, go to Plan B. 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