Red Gobbo,
now with
lights
I saw a build I liked and wanted to see if I could do the same with AI's help — then take it further. I had basic circuitry experience going in, but this was past anything I'd built before. AI gave me the running start; I corrected the wiring, chased down the bugs in the code, and soldered the thing together myself.
I saw Chris Buxey build one of these and wanted to see if I could get there with AI's help — and then push past it. His light strands just stayed on, static; I wanted mine to move. AI handed me a starting point that wasn't quite right, so I corrected the schematic, chased the bugs in the code, and prompted my way to the fixes until it held. Then I wrote the part that was mine — the strand animation, the software PWM, the timing — and soldered it together. It's the same thing I believe about software: making it exist is the reward, and I don't need to lay every copper trace myself to feel like I built it.
The actual
board.
Watch it
light up.
Six strands on software PWM, three sequenced modes, 800ms fades. The FIRE flickers; the FUSE sparks. It exists, and it runs.
This page was AI-built too. I made the calls on how it should feel and read, fixed what didn't land, and pushed past the obvious version — same deal as the ornament. I don't have to place every piece myself to have built it.