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--- project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:start [2025/06/10 18:32] – [ECAD] Peter Siegmund
+++ project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:start [2025/06/12 21:48] (current) – [EDA/ECAD] Peter Siegmund
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-====== Mole Beacon Light ======
+====== Mole Beacon ======
-===== Introduction =====
 {{ :project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:mole_beacon_light.png?200|}}
+===== Introduction =====
 For our Warnemünde section, which includes a water area, we also need a lighthouse so that our ships can travel safely.
-Since Warnemünde has two [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molenfeuer_Warnem%C3%BCnde|Mole Beacon Lights]] (one green and one red), I decided to recreate the green beacon light. I did some research and found some good reference images for this project.
+Since Warnemünde has two [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molenfeuer_Warnem%C3%BCnde|Mole Beacons]] (one green and one red), I decided to recreate the green beacon light. I did some research and found some good reference images for this project.
-First, I replicated the building in [[software:onshape:start|]]. This was not as easy as I initially thought, but in the end, I was successful.
+===== Design =====
-{{:project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:testprint_01.jpeg?200 |}}
+{{:project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:mole_beacon_light_cut_through.png?200 |}}
-The more interesting part was the electronics. I used an [[hardware:esp32:start|]] as the controller and decided to connect it to the [[..:..:system_control:start|]] with my generic BLE system. Then, I tested if I could replicate the beacon signal (2 seconds on and 2 seconds off). It was the first time I had used hardware timers and interrupts for the LEDs. The beacon's LED will illuminate transparent PLA, making the light visible.
+First, I replicated the building in [[software:onshape:start|]]. This was not as easy as I initially thought, but in the end, I was successful.
+The more interesting part was the electronics. I used an [[hardware:esp32:start|]] as the controller and decided to connect it to the [[..:..:system_control:start|]] with my generic BLE system. Then, I tested if I could replicate the beacon signal (2 seconds on and 2 seconds off). It was the first time I had used hardware timers and interrupts for the LEDs. The beacon's LED will illuminate transparent PLA, making the light visible.
 A more challenging part will be the outdoor lights, as the building has two of them. I will try to use 0402 3V LEDs and hope that I can print a miniature enclosure to mimic the real lamps.
-===== Design =====
 ==== MCAD ====
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 The modell was created in [[software:onshape:start|]]. More about that later.
-==== ECAD ====
+==== EDA/ECAD ====
+The two PCBs are created within [[software:kicad:start|]].
-The two PCBs are created within [[software:kicad:start|]]. The WIP rendering of the main (LED) pcb could be seen here.
+This is the LED board, with is located a the top within the building. Is has connections to the WS2812B RGB LED and the three outdoor 0402 LEDs, which are within separate housings.
-{{ :project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:light_board_front.png?400 |}}
+{{:project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:light_board_front.png?300|}}
-{{ :project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:light_board_back.png?400 |}}
+{{:project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:light_board_back.png?300|}}
+{{:project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:light_board_schematics.png?600|}}
 ===== Source Code =====
 [[https://github.com/mars3142/warnemuende_lighthouses|Github]] Action: {{https://github.com/mars3142/warnemuende_lighthouses/actions/workflows/esp32_build.yaml/badge.svg?nocache&.png}}