Update and Small Project with Quick Video Turnaround

Hello, I've still been working on stuff in the background. The VGA capture video is pretty much fully researched at this point and I have about half to two thirds of the script done for it. It's just ended up being way more complex than I thought because there are a lot of small details you could overlook that can completely ruin the capture if you don't know about them. So I'm having to get into the weeds with how video encoding works a bit and it's added a whole other layer of complexity on top of all the mess that is VGA itself.

The computer build is finally on track to a resolution. I've had an RMA case accepted by Intel to replace the CPU. I'm just waiting on shipping instructions to send it off. I'm not holding my breath for getting a new chip quickly though. Mail is getting slammed HARD right now and I currently have a late package that hasn't even had a tracking update in over a week. So I assume it's going to be a while for that to get sorted.

In the meantime, I've been thinking about the idea of adding lighting to my work space that is more intentional rather than just a single big room light. This naturally ends up being LED strips and RGB strips are really common for this. I had an idea for a cool way to use them though and after some additional input came up with a cool use for them. Creating artificial daylight that simulates a window throughout the day. So I got some RGB strips and used a Raspberry Pi to run some custom code and was able to put together a demo of it. I've mentioned it a bit on Twitter and some people really seemed to like the idea so I think I'm going to make a proper video about how to make one yourself. If you leave out power supplies and the LED strips which would be implementation specific, it'll only cost about $15-20 to make a light controller using an RPI0W and some easily available transistors with a bit of soldering. So pretty much anyone could make it without a lot of cost.

This video is a demo of how what I have so far can cycle through different colors and intensities throughout the day. This is speed up, but using the RPI's system clock that can be synced to the internet it works well to keep in time with the day.