Phyllotaxis: An audio-reactive LED display

(jagi.studio)

18 points | by evakhoury 12 hours ago

1 comments

  • throwaway219450 31 minutes ago
    Very cool. 5-fold symmetry on the PCB to use up the board allowance is particularly neat.

    A trick that poor hobbyists learn early on is to make pads a little larger than necessary for SMT parts so you've got somewhere to wick solder onto. Neopixels (5050 LEDs) are reasonable to hand-solder since the pads extend up the sides of the package, but you can also do QFNs with a bit of practice by placing a big via to get to the central pad from underneath.