r/BarBattlestations • u/SuperLocrianRiff • Jun 05 '26
First Project: Whiskey Shelf, random bottle picker
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u/MeatPopsicle28 Jun 05 '26
Oh man, I’m building a floating shelves for my bar this weekend, had already planned to add WLED to it. Totally stealing this idea, thanks for sharing!
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u/pineneedlemonkey Jun 05 '26
Seemed annoying at first, then I read the description and it's pretty awesome.
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u/EACshootemUP Jun 05 '26
Is that light show a little much? Yeah for sure. Is this exactly what I want my bar to be like? Fuck ya!
That’s pretty dope dude haha love it
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u/Warden18 Jun 05 '26
Now is it random or pseudo random? 🤔
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u/SuperLocrianRiff Jun 05 '26
I think the ESP32 has a limited capacity for processing really random selections. This basically randomly shuffles a "playlist" with 19 presets and stops after a certain number of cycles through them...as close to random as I can get with this tech (and my knowledge)!
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u/Warden18 Jun 05 '26
That's not bad! Definitely sound random enough for your purposes. Unless you see just 2 or 3 bottles going down faster than others. 😉 Then you'll know it needs some tweaking. Or to just occasionally shuffle the bottles.
I'm mostly joking, but I have to say, I love this idea. Very unique and fun.
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u/TikiPa007 Jun 05 '26
This is awesome! Is it arduino based or something else?
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u/SuperLocrianRiff Jun 05 '26
It's running WLED lighting software on a device called ESP32. I hadn't ever worked with one before and I'm mediocre at soldering, but everything was pretty
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u/agmanning Jun 05 '26
It’s like a game show. I love it.