STATUS LIGHT tells YOU THE CODE IS BORKED once again
[Arthur] is mentor himself product development. rather than produce a few mock-up products, he’s taking the path of creating genuine gadgets he can use. His present gadget is a condition light for automated software application tests. We’ve seen test as well as GitHub condition lights before, nevertheless this is the very first one to integrate with an outside web service. The condition light’s specify is based upon output from CodeShip, an on the internet constant deployment test engine.
The electronic style is simple. An electric Imp retrieves test condition data from CodeShip. The Imp then sends the condition data over two GPIO lines to an AdaFruit Trinket. The Trinket controls a NeoPixel ring. A eco-friendly sound indicates all tests are passing. Purple indicates tests are in progress. A spinning red sound (of death) indicates one or a lot more tests have failed. Power is supplied by means of a tiny USB connector.
[Arthur] spent rather a bit of time on the mechanical style of the condition light as well. All the parts are 3D printed. This enabled him to swiftly go with a number of revisions of each part. We like the utilize of white PLA for a frosted impact on the top section of the light, as it diffuses the eye piercing glow from all those RGB LEDs. As a completing touch, [Arthur] produced a fake product page for his light. He doesn’t have any type of plans to offer it, however we hope he drops the source as well as STL data so we can produce one of our own.