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Blueforcer / awtrix3

Custom firmware for the Ulanzi Smart Pixel clock or self made awtrix. Getting started is easy as 1-2-3
https://blueforcer.github.io/awtrix3/
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reuse ulanzi case and display #456

Closed fragolinux closed 8 months ago

fragolinux commented 10 months ago

hi, not really a sw request, but don't know where else to ask: I, as many others, had my ulanzi clock completely frozen and blocked after a few months usage... i saw threads about changing an ldo voltage regulator to fix it, i tried but no luck... so, i was thinking if is there a way to reuse the ulanzi case and display, adding an esp32 with some other hardware in it, to have a similar functionality to the original one...

is the hardware design fully documented, i mean, what gpio is used of what? I think yes, based on blakadder work for tasmota on this device... any suggestion to a way to not throw away a partially broken good piece of hardware? Or any suggestion to regain access to the original? the ldo regulator swap didn't work for me...

thanks, and happy new year!

Blueforcer commented 10 months ago

You can find the pinout in the documentation https://blueforcer.github.io/awtrix-light/#/hardware

There are also some threads about successful conversations from other users at my discord server.

fragolinux commented 10 months ago

@Blueforcer nice, thanks! just joined!

trip5 commented 10 months ago

@fragolinux As you see over on the other thread, I wasn't happy with how my LDO "fix" worked. No battery and I have to press 2 buttons just to turn it on... I'm planning on swapping out the mainboard for a esp32 of some kind, while re-using the buttons and perhaps the light sensor (LDR).

I made notes months ago and haven't gotten around to actually doing it... and it looks like my notes aren't making a lot of sense. So this thread on discord looks useful: https://discord.com/channels/546407049148366859/1090595658437767279/threads/1101071217986900049

Blueforcer commented 8 months ago

For further hardware discussion please move to my discord