Quick and dirty test at 5v, that was quick! #GiganticUnicorn

I blame @usedbytes.com for this, motorised faders for selecting the colour values of the Giant Unicorn hat pixels, thinking about designing a PCB to make it pretty :-) select a pixel and the pots move to the correct values #GiganticUnicorn

Hannah's book has been released :-) Unplugged Tots, have been keeping small people occupied at the last few CamJams www.raspberrypi.com/news/new-fro...

I always loved the drawings of Heath Robinson, I remember looking at his drawings for hours in my school library and being lost in them until the bell rang for class, I just found about the Heath Robinson Museum. Hopefully be able to visit next time in London. share.google/ROhu52BC0WKR...

For my next Hacky Racers robot build 'Rubber Ducky', I bought this beauty :-) for the Moxy team badge the tag line will be 'Get out of my quacking way'.

I have been a type 1 diabetic for the last 5 years or so, and this Radio 4 program was created by a young diabetic about our condition summed up in three words 'Life in Numbers' www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

In a field in Suffolk :-) #footfest A giant thank you to @pimoroni.com for their support allowing me to create the Giant Unicorn Hat. #GiganticUnicorn

Guess where we were today?

I don't know what I did to piss off the master

It was great to have you, and I'm pleased the universe didn't explode when we aligned it to reflect off my WAVE 😂

On the way home from Tramlines, I popped into @pimoroni.com towers for a visit and showed off the Giant Unicorn Hat. A big thank you to Pimoroni for supporting me with this madness. I thought it was fitting to take some photos in the factory. Plus it was nice to catch up with Jon, Paul and crew

The Reytons knock it out of the park, great set.

Normal services resumed in Sheffield 😁

Pulp was amazing!

What's up Sheffield? The sky is blue and it's warm! 😎 At Tramlines with my lads. Looking forward to Pulp later :-) 😄

One more workday and then it’s Holiday time, starting by taking my lads to Tramlines, Pulp live on Friday Night :-) Then some time sorting out my home maker space, followed with a week in the Forest of Dean, mountain biking and exploring castles :-) then off to Footfest.

It's starts on my Birthday :-)

Good Maker event in Derby, I will hopefully be showing off my Giant Unicorn hat there in October. derbymuseums.org/assemble/

Monday the 21st July is our next open evening at #HitchinHackpace. Why not come along and see what the #hackspace is all about? From 19:30. Free tea or coffee and biccies 🫖☕🍪🙂 #make #craft #invent #learn #Hitchin #Stevenage #Letchworth #Baldock

The only thing I miss from X is the balloons on your birthday. 56 orbits around the sun for me today :-)

Getting ready for HackyRacing robot racing at FootFest. Having a swap around with my autonomous robot rig, @raspberrypi.com Pi 5, full frame shutter camera, LiDAR & GPS, driving the motors is @pimoroni.com Yukon. Details here hackyracers.co.uk

And they are here! Great set, most of "I should Coco" plus the classics, finished with "Pumping on your Stereo"

Soon! Seems this was not posted on Saturday evening, waiting for SuperGrass to play.

More details about the Gaussfest in London on the 7th September 2025 www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/the-gaussfest/ High voltage, tesla coils, electrostatic machines and another Victorian/Edwardian pumping station to look around. I can't think of a better day out :)

SuperGrass at Bedford Park were excellent, did not set a foot wrong, and played most of "I Should Coco" plus their classics.

The Coral, good set SuperGrass next :-)

Guess SuperGrass come out when it's dark!

Failed to take any photos today at Liverpool, however Dr.Footleg did :-) The Giant Unicorn hat, it's Mini Me just 3 x 3 matrix of Unicorn hats tail end of the Unicorn bar 8 🦄 👒s. Original post: fosstodon.org/@drfootleg/1...

My after half hates the word moist, I could not help myself 🤣

Oh!

The Gaussfest is officially happening (again). ! Please note the change of venue and date (it's not in Nottingham this year) waterandsteam.org.uk/event/gaussf... and Ticketing Website: lmws.digitickets.co.uk/event-ticket... More details to come.

Tomorrow, I will be showing off the Giant Unicorn Hat at the Liverpool Makefest, made from a herd of 64 @pimoroni.com old school Unicorn hats, alongside it will be proof of concepts and development units, I created before the big one. Entry is free at Liverpool Central Library. #GiganticUnicorn

Because my Bluesky is new profile, you might not know I run the largest #Maker event in the UK free at Liverpool Central Library. It's on next Sat. So here's some info. I'll be tweeting about it. This will be our 10th Anniversary Year 🥳🎉⬇️

Final test for the Giant Unicorn Hat before we leave for Liverpool Makefest tomorrow evening. #GiganticUnicorn

For the day walkers :-)

It's the little or not so little details that make or break a project :-) #GiganticUnicorn

Lol, super size me, giant hex bolt and spacer for the #GiganticUnicorn

M40 x 100m hex standoff for the #GiganticUnicorn sorry no banana for scale :-)

That better, same as the screen @gadgetoid.com rainbow example code on 64 @pimoroni.com old school Unicorn hats. #GiganticUnicorn

We have rainbows! 64 old school Pimoroni Unicorn hats #GiganticUnicorn

Passed all basic checks, all Unicorn hats fitted and powered up, time to flash firmware on the Pimoroni keybows, and start spitting out rainbows! #GiganticUnicorn

Passed all basic checks, all Unicorn hats fitted and powered up, time to flash firmware on the Pimoroni keybows, and start spitting out rainbows! #GiganticUnicorn

First power up, all DC to DC converters are powered on and outputting correct voltages, time to start adding the Unicorn hats. :-) #GiganticUnicorn

Finally all the wiring has been done! 263 crimps crimped, 40 meters of cable ran. Just need to test the power side, drop the firmware on @Pimoroni keybows and then connect 64 old school Pimoroni old school Unicorn hats. #GiganticUnicorn

High voltage side wiring done, just last row of the Unicorn hat wiring to finished the ready for testing. I will be showing off my #GiganticUnicorn at Liverpool Makefest on the 5th July.

Started wiring the #GiganticUnicorn. First 2 rows have been wired for the @pimoroni.com old school Unicorn hats, USB leads for the keybows are installed and dressed. Just six more rows plus power left to wire.

My method for dealing with those pesky power only usb cables is to mark them with red heat shrink. I don't throw them away because sometimes a power only cable is useful :-)

256 hex stand offs installed, ready for mounting 64 x old school @pimoroni.com Unicorn hats #GiganticUnicorn

Base board painted and glued, just laying out parts that need to be installed not including the @raspberrypi thinking may cut down the number of DC-DC converters and limit the brightness of the Unicorn hats in firmware. Still have 64 leads for hats to make up. #GiganticUnicorn

Robot club at Makespace tomorrow, open to non members as well.