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SpaceAPI LED Map
A map of hackerspaces lasercut from plywood, with their SpaceAPI opening states shown in red and green LEDs.
The LEDs are WS2812-compatible bulb-shaped LEDs, and they are controlled by an ESP32-C3 board.
This is a work in progress (2nd half 2024) project; documentation will be updated as the project progresses.
Contents of This Repository
erfamap-output/
The data for lasercutting the map was generated using a modified version of my Erfamap project, which uses the api.spaceapi.io SpaceAPI aggregator instead of the CCC internal Wiki to determine which dots to place where. A lot of this data was edited by hand in order to improve it for laser cutting.
spaceapi-info.json
is the cache file used by the modified script. It has been edited manually to remove some entries which had broken or unsuitable API endpoints.map.svg
is the output file generated by the modified script.map-prepared.svg
is the file that has been prepared for laser cutting and engraving:- Labels have been move manually so that they are easier to assign to the correct LED, and so they don't overlap with any of the country borders.
- Text has been converted to paths.
- All paths have been assigned to layers corresponding to how they should be processed.
The modified Erfamap script will be released at a later point after some further cleanup.
pcb/
The KiCad project for the PCBs that connect everything together.
Each PCB connects to 10 LEDs, and the PCB can be chained together to form a single WS2812 chain. There are 83 LEDs in the current version, so a total of 9 of these PCBs is required. The ESP32-C3 needs to be soldered to the first PCB.
esp32/
The PlatformIO Arduino project for the ESP32. It perfoms the following tasks:
- Connect to the WiFi network defined at compile time
- Obtain the current time through NTP
- Fetch the aggregated SpaceAPI responses from api.spaceapi.io and parse the JSON response
- Update the WS2812 LEDs
Compile and upload to the ESP32 using PlatformIO:
export ESP32_WPA2_SSID=the-wifi-ssid
export ESP32_WPA2_PSK=the-wifi-psk
pio run -t upload
Components
- WS2812-compatible 5mm bulb LEDs: https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005005003701575.html
- Black 5mm LED sockets: https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005005062684329.html
- ESP32-C3 Super Mini: https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005006252882434.html
- JST-ZH cables: https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005007298855435.html