My Storage has a Search Bar! Gridfinity + 8,552 LEDs = Litfinity!
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- My most ambitious project begins...
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I'm building a massive smart workshop organizer system, with mechanical vertical carousels, automatic inventory tracking, and a truly astounding number of rainbow lights. First step: Prototype the core features, registering, searching, and of course lighting the bins.
It turned out to be a great chance to show you how to prototype - aggressively cutting time, squashing assumptions, and avoiding time sinks are critical when the project is so massive.
Source code and design files for this project will not be shared. I just don't have the time to prepare such a massive set of assets. I may change this policy in a later stage - it all depends on how quickly I can pull this project together.
Also, I got to use a Pantheon HS3. It's truly bananas. pantheondesign.com
Key components:
RGB Tape, 144 LEDs per meter: amzn.to/3unxL6b
RGB matrix, 64x64, 2mm pitch: amzn.to/3utjJ3c
49E Hall sensor: amzn.to/3RczXGM
T-Display-S3 ESP32, 1.9": amzn.to/47rsB7L
Glass reed switch (HIGHLY SUSSY): amzn.to/3uBWWSA
Plastic reed switch (LESS SUSSY): amzn.to/3Gfwscf
Raspberry Pi 400: amzn.to/3uthQDr
PN532 RFID Reader Module w/ Tags: amzn.to/4a2Vidc
Key models:
Laptop Frame for Pi 400 by n602: www.thingiverse.com/thing:537...
Gridfinity basic frames:
Timetable:
00:00-03:00 Why? How? What?
03:00-05:43 What made this possible
05:43-07:37 Setting constraints
07:37-11:12 Lights and sensors
11:12-13:54 Everything goes wrong
13:54-17:07 Building base station
17:07-20:40 Building baseplate
20:40-23:54 Baseplate, base station, database
23:54-27:50 Thankies
27:50-28:14 The most elaborate Patron thank-you of all time
Credits:
"Wall-E" by Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios
"Vertical Carousel Storage System SSTEEL" by SteelDesign Vietnam
"Vertical Storage and Retrieval Carousel VSR" by SpaceSavingStorage
"B***h Please" by Michett
Stock footage, effects, and CGI from Storyblocks
Interference SFX by Partners in Rhyme
Other SFX by www.zapsplat.com
Play button image from Wikimedia Commons - Věda a technologie
Please don’t limit your future builds to only projects the common maker can achieve. Being shown ideas that are currently out of our reach is a fantastic way to stretch our imaginations, and it provides inspiration to grow our skills and climb out of our comfort zones! Keep it up Zack!
100% agreed. I would never make this but I still learned a lot
Also Hard Agree. If I wanted to make this I’ll know what mistakes not to make. But great to see the thought processes. Might find inspiration for other projects
@@ajTwistlol😮😊
Came here to say this. Also if a proprietary project gains enough traction, you could decided if you want to dedicate the time to a hobby compatible iteration, or hell, even make something to sell.
Hard agree. Do not limit builds. Just don't go exclusively either direction - build what's cool.
While I enjoy seeing you design and make things that I could also print, I love to see your creativity go wild and do your thing. I don’t think you should need to worry if it’s accessible for people/hobbyists to make. You inspire me no matter if I can make the thing you’re making or not.
Plus, most people are too stupid to pull it off anyway.
I'd still appreciate it if he dropped the whole thing as-is when he's done so people can try to figure out if they're interested.
This!
100%, the occasional inspiration for my own projects is great (Gridfinity is the reason I bought my first printer) but mostly I'm here because I just wanna see smart people make cool shit.
@@hellterminatorthis. Even if one thinks their work can’t be of use to others, it can’t hurt to post it!
The greatest thing about Open Source is how others can adapt things in really useful ways!
(Also can just be used for inspiration/parts of other projects)
But TLDR: No you don’t need to limit your projects to other’s needs (within reason, no gilded doorknobs please), but do still Open Source all the things!
I need this in my life, right now! I have no idea where most if my parts are these days... edit "hallucinating ball bearings again" now that's a mood 😫😫
I have spreadsheets - item/shelf/row/column/layer/etc(brand, use-by, packs,qty/pk) and have to keep it manually, but it works for both the pantry AND my workshop major parts storage. The Litfinity setup would be great.
how are you going to know where the bin with the specific label is... that's the point of the project. on a small scale labels are great. imagine an amazon warehouse not logging locations electronically and relied on employees reading every label in the entire place to find one item.@@iWhacko
@ the ball bearings: I hate that I've been there. I bought some for a spool holder I printed years ago and they've been randomly floating around my workspace(s) through too many moves for years and the 2 times I've gone to look for them I've questioned my memory and my sanity. Then of course they randomly appear on my bench a few weeks after I looked for them and now I can't even remember why I was looking for them in the first place.
"You do not deserve to make progress just because you put in the work."
That's a hell of a life lesson in the most straight forward wording, should be taught to everyone doing anything.
I literally said "wow" outloud when I heard that. Amazingly well put
@@rajangill5801 I've been preaching it to everyone I know ever since lol
That sums up my entire dissertation process! 😂
It would be nice to have access to the source code and models. Even if there is no documentation it could be useful to someone who wants to make something similar.
Could be Patreon only or something since it's not as refined as he might want for public
I was going to say the same thing. Access to files, even with out documentation can help us, viewers, make our own projects.
@@KevinCrouch0 Then it should be free ...
Here's another version of this project, but with source code & models: czcams.com/video/y0jUn3OTQTg/video.html
and it doesn't even use the shittiest tech company's shitty software.
@@flagman3116based oracle hater
Spread your wings and fly Zach honestly most of your projects feel to ambitious for a feline like me but always a great source of inspiration
Imagine having your name as your username and people still spelling it wrong. lol. Apparently Zack Freedman and Erik from Internet Comment Etiquette have something in common.
Also funny to see many of his 99.9% ideas 😁
@@PermissiveMoggytbf it could just be autocorrect
I came here to say the same. Cannonball!
I love you, Gus The Cat
“You do not deserve to make progress just because you put in the work” is a great philosophy. So many people confuse working hard with doing good work.
The absolute best maker channel on youtube.
Coding? ✅
3D printing? ✅
Electronics? ✅
Really bad CNC? ✅
Wackadoodle projects? ✅
Bits of wisdom and project philosophy which helped me personally get a new job a few hours ago? ✅
Ranked alliteration? ✅
Good job on the job!
This is got to be the most ADHD OCD thing I've ever seen and I am absolutely loving it
We are his core audience I think lol
Lol
It speaks to my soul on the deepest level.
Facts
This seems like an ideal way for me to procrastinate
You know that someone is good at what they do and excited about a project when you watch a thirty minute video about it and it feels like 5 minutes.
Wait, that was thirty minutes, it flew
Oh my word, it is 30 minutes
Wait, wha- O.O
Make the bottom of each shelf on the carousel out of acrylic, then put qr codes on the bottom of each tray. Then you just have a camera at the bottom of the carousel that scans all the trays. And then you use a small projector to light up the trays
This is such a great idea. Keep the bins and trays as simple and cheap as possible.
i feel like an idiot for not thinking of this
Might be easier to just keep the barcode from the UPC for each item when purchased and use this instead of a QR code. This could then be looked up via an API to see what it is, where to buy it and how much it costs at your favorite jungle web site.
@@ewasteredux True but then you have to peel of the bar code and stick it on the trays. But mabye you could have a scanner were you just scan the barcode from the UPC and the tray, and then components gets linked to the qr code on the tray.
@@sanderbuschify , Just looking for a way that would not incur as much work (because I personally am lazy). Not sure creating a whole new code would be worth it, but then again, it isn't for me. Maybe Zack would prefer the QR code. Regardless, great outside-the-box thinking!
i love that even Zach falls to the trap of turning Prototypes into projects by accident, looking forward to see where Litfinity ends up going
If not having to make it accessible means you can do bigger and cooler projects I'm all for it.
The fact of the matter is we don't come to your channel for tutorials. We come for entertainment and inspiration. In my mind part of the fun is figuring out how to do things yourself, so when I see a video that talks about a cool thing you make, and you talk in general terms how you did it, going on my own, researching and learning and adapting it to fit my particular need and making it my own is part of the fun
All of your projects don't have to be easily re-createable stuff like this is still super inspiring!
Granted I have worked on a similar project before, just never got around to finishing it as you've so clearly demonstrated it's a huge heckin' project!
I am cool with you splashing out at long as you don't stop making stuff we can replicate. I hate when a channel starts out resonating with us small guys and then gets to a point where we can't follow along anymore, but you being happy with what you are producing is important and should take at least some precedence in the projects you take on.
Don't sweat about making sure that your personal projects are community ready. Making these videos is what inspires creators to do what you do!
Even if a cool project doesn't have community facing documentation and guides, it's a fun challenge for me to make a concept that I like from a cool video.
I come to watch you kick ass with your own projects. Don't limit the difficulty of your projects just so a build guide can be published. I get the most value from seeing how you overcome difficulties. Keep pushing the limit!
I think it's awesome to do these non-repeatable projects from time to time! It brings out a lot of creativity and might inspire more people to prototype and design solutions to their own problems.
"When you fail, do not try to salvage it. You do not deserve to make progress just because you put in the work.
Make it fast. Make it sloppy. Assume it's going right in the trash."
Some of the best words of wisdom I've heard in a long time and the ones that need to become widely known these days. For this quote alone I might have to just follow this page. Lol
I love the patron reel at the end of each of these, your dedication to reading them all out no matter how ridiculous makes it amazing.
I really enjoy your videos Zach, and the ones about the f*ck-ups are actually really helpful :)
The segment about printing a test piece before printing the entire full-size part is one of the most useful things I've learned the hard-way while 3D printing. I would definitely recommend this for things like cases with openings for USB ports, or pieces that interface with each other.
I would say it's totally OK to "splash out" sometimes, but some general notes about how we might recreate the concept would be welcome. ie. general pseudocode, STLs (with the understanding that we aren't going to get the same level of strength without god-tier filament)
This is awesome! As for accessibility, I'd say keep stuff as accesible as possible, even if it is kind of scuffed or hard to do. You've already designed super complex projects that are made accessible and this is a lot closer to the stuff you've already done.
I feel that perfection is the enemy of good in this situation.
By not limiting yourself to layman accessibility, you open our eyes to what's possible with a little ambition. Your creativity is invaluable. Please continue being you.
I think a mix of both is ideal. I love seeing creative ideas that I could potentially do myself. At the same time, you are far more capable than I will ever be and it's a wonderful thing to see. Thanks for all the awesome content Zack!
Love seeing these kinds of projects! Can't wait to see an update on how it's working!
The tone shift in this video is palpable. I really get the impression you're pushing the boundaries of both your technical knowledge & your methods/best practices. Providing testimony and exposition on unnecessary inefficiencies from within the trenches of a project with so much complexity (along with lessons learned) are exactly what I want to see from someone as passionate and engaged as you. Sorry, but I love to see you struggle and suffer! Please make more videos like this. This one was inspirational. I also can't wait to see this goliath become a seamlessly integrated into your workflow :)
I want you to know I appreciate all the work you put into this. You created your own headache but for a good cause. Thank you for 28 minutes of pure entertainment
Mix it up dude, show us what you can do but just don't forget to keep the kids entertained with some new toys too
I don't think anybody mind you making projects for yourself (not sharing the files and making it accessable for hobbyists) but do share other stuff like stl files on your other projects like you've been doing
I love that you put so much work into making your projects accessible but I also love to be inspired and been shown cool stuff I can not replicate yet. I think there is a good balance in between so you get the best of both worlds.
Zack your content, humor, and way of thinking is what stands out. I mean think about what every other CZcamsr does. They attract people based off their content/personality. Your videos are amazing and what you've done for the community is amazing (and a plus that wasn't required). I think seeing you go gung-ho with what your imagination could do would inspire greatly.
My dude, make anything you like! Making it accessible to others is just going the extra mile! If you do make it accessible to us, great! Maybe a few of us will build it. But even if you don't, the inspiration is still a massive help! I've started quite a few projects off of yours. If you get even more ambitious, so will our ideas! I say go as far as you can! Being a maker is about pushing yourself further, which is hard to do when you're keeping everything simple. Push yourself! See what you can do, and the rest of us can be inspired by it!
Descending into madness in the most organized way 🥰
Love the builds, even if I can't build them myself. You do a great job bringing us along for the ride and giving us inspiration, insights, and intuition on our own builds.
Your videos make me feel seen. They also make me laugh, feel stupid, smart, joyous, overwhelmed, and inspired. All at once. You are awesome so i will watch regardless of whether the project is accessible or not.
I think the more advanced projects have a place here. Sure, I do still want to see some that I at least have a chance at making, and arguably I do feel like I personally would prefer it to be the majority (so I can get my moneys worth out of my workbench lmao), but so long as everything is still open source, and more importantly, that you yourself enjoy what you're making, go for it. Full send. You're a brilliant, funny creator, and I don't have any desire to limit you. I'll still get hyped for all your uploads either way.
Nice project but Dude, Oracle? Really!
Absolutely keep making big projects that you have no intention on anyone else ever making. Especially based off project you do plan on others making. It can give others ideas for their own projects
I personally enjoy watching people build complex things that are going to make their life easier. I think its great to make large scale projects only for yourself and its cool to see the upper end of someone elses ideas and projects is they didnt have others in mind
We love seeing your videos regardless of if we can build them ourselves (obviously we like being able to build them but it isn’t mandatory)
It would be cool to make the files available for those of us stup… ambitious enough to try. But I understand that isn’t always possible
it would be really cool if you spun hobbyist grade content as either a second series or keep it to its own channel/playlist so that "flagship design Zack" can shine. I feel like you have equal passion for both.
Finally been able to print gridfinity for my drawers after getting a printer and as a fellow ADHD OCD maniac it feels so rejuvinating. I love seeing you not just make new projects but also TEACHING us what you did wrong and how to avoid it. Keep up the great work Zack!
@Zack, I can't build 90% of your normal projects, but your methodology is why I am here... and your videos are fun. Use what you can to make what you can. I will watch the videos if they are still Freedmanesque.
I was making the same but with LED for each row and column (unfortunately not for gridfinity) with wireless NFC reader based on esp32 and web based interface to manage it all but then got distracted by other cool projects(you know what i'm talking about) and newer finished it. It will someday
13:09 - This is the thing that I realized few years ago but there are still people that are very confident with what they doing and their work ends up like in 13:08
Have you considered M.I.M.O.S.A It's basically what you've described.
It's ok. Use whatever tools you like, and open-source the part you did. Let your hacker audience figure out how to do it with stone knives and bearskins.
Database geeks can figure out how to replace Oracle in the project with PostgreSQL or something. And all the hackers are good at figuring out some material to substitute for the unobtainium.
I am 100% sure that sqlite or even a simple key-value pairs list is absolutely fine.
Seeing ideas like this actually get made inspires me to push myself in the things that I do! I love this
I love to see both hobby level projects and bigger projects like this. This may be above hobby level for most people but it is entertaining and informative. We can still learn from what went right and wrong or what solutions you use.
I think it's ok to ball out every once in a while like this, but I think most of your videos should be something we can all build
I would say that projects hobbyists could do is great, but I love to see larger than life projects as well. A mix of the two would be wonderful, even if the larger projects only came once a year or even less often.
Very happy to watch any mix of accessibility of project replication! I love inspiration for things I can do as well as living vicariously through the skills and tools (etc) accessible to others
This is SO SICK.
Keep up the awesome work!
In my opinion, everzone who would acctually get a noticeable efficentcy boost out of this can or should be able to build this with enough time without u limiting yourself, so my point go all out if u want to please exactly those people
Sooooooo we should totally add Alexa or Google home to this…
I would personally love to see your most ambitious projects. Most people are going to have a hard time doing anything you make anyway. But the inspiration of seeing you do amazing work and the creative atmosphere you generate here are what keeps me coming back. Maybe in the future you can try to do both community and personal projects but I definitely would love to see some big builds.
This project is so over the top that I cannot help but adore it. Keep it rocking voidstar
Man, I love your content, however you really need to reduce the "productivity or die" mentality. Take this advice as constructively as possible, none of what im about to say is an attack on your character, just what im noticing watching your content. You make so much of a big deal about saving time, productivity this, and productivity that. I get that you are highly focused on that, but it detracts from your videos. I want to hear your experience, but you put way too much emphasis on how you do things only to throw it away, or you over engineer and then bludgeon yourself with the regret. You contradict yourself with the way you view learning moments. Often you will talk about how doing the thing is super important to learning, but then you beat yourself up about spending an extra hour designing functional cable management. "I did this thing, but it was a waste of time" is a running beat in your videos... over and over and over. I understand that some things need to be optimized, we only have so many weekends in life for these sorts of things, but life is not meant to be speedran at 1000mph. At the very least we as viewers don't need to endure the workflow that works best for you at such a fine detail.
As Zack's wife, thanks for backing up like everything I say all the time. I'll be reading him this comment while looking at him pointedly.
grtz on 500k! well deserved
You are great. Just got my first printer this week and came across you. Fantastic information and the dry humor legit cracks me up
I love everything about this. The chaos, the organization, more chaos. It sings to me.
You are truly one of the makers of all time. Amazing. Much wow!
I like the wisdom about prototyping. maybe I'll apply it whenever I quit this first job I've ever had
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen. Zack, you are freaking amazing.
Your wisdom on prototyping helped me today. Build sloppy, build fast, fail fast, iterate fast! I was spending FAR too long on some ridiculous details… thanks 😄
Go ham, Zach! Even if a project is a bit out of reach the ideas and concepts will still be useful, and will certainly still be entertaining.
The vertical conveyor storage solution is shop storage perfection! Great idea - looking forward to following this project!
I thought about this but very quickly realized it was way beyond my skill level & I'd end up making all of the same prototyping mistakes & then some. Seeing you did it makes me SUPER happy!
This is amazing, got me hyped for a new project!
Such a cool project! Can't wait for more!
So much wisdom in this video, thank you for being so transparent about your mistakes!
I dont mind builds that i cant make, its a treat to have stuff i can put together but i can get just as inspired watching you make something one of a kind
Thanks for sharing all those fails through the “prototyping” (project).
It helps a lot to relate that other go through the same for having more understanding with myself.
Great to see the stretch projects. Accessible is cool, but seeing what is possible is epic!
Great video and awesome project! Can't wait to see the next parts!
I love how the "normal" names trip you up sometimes but you nail the tongue twisters!
this is awesome man! love it!
What a great project !!! Dude, I love your projects, I also love the content and videos, amazing, they're actually really fun to watch, but also extremely educational at once !!
Keep up the amazing work !!
I loved this one. Incredible. I appreciate that you share the failures. It’s both reassuring and educational.
Missed you Zach! Thank you for the update and video!
It's not the destination, but the journey that matters. This was so entertaining and a great lesson for all. Thanks
You are an entertainment: you don't do tutorials, you do stuff that are awesome. Keep having fun and show us the results of your crazy ideas.
Excellent as always!
As always, such an inspiration!!!
Always so fascinated at your creativity. In awe of your creations. In stitches of your comedy. You rock 🎉
These videos are not only educative and funny, well structured and edited but also they help me learning English as a second language! Here and there I snatch some idioms you use and I’m also now keen to contribute cumulative cascades of colossal alliterations into my regular linguistic usage. Thank you for your work!
Edit: „…my channels very third project“ - this is the stuff I love
This vid rocks!!! Not the project exactly, but your general process, both good and bad, was a serious smack in the head I needed. I've got a sorting project for both my shop bits and my minis, and you've put me in the right direction BIG THANKS!!!
SPLASH OUT!!! We're here for it!
I enjoy seeing the things that we common folk can't even begin to make simply because of how it's presented. It never feels like a "look at my unobtainable invention whelps!" but rather "Hey guys look at this neat thing I made *smile*". (Yes you say you're smiling out loud.)
Seeing the cool ideas for things like this I think if nothing else can grant people inspiration to think "How can I do this with a workaround."
I swear I just started planning this EXACT project for my electronics components organization. Of COURSE you'd be the one crazy enough to have done it already. Maybe now I can use this to convince my SO I'm not completely insane!
This is the best idea. We need to put this into every home.
Absolutely love this!
This is such an insanely cool project.
The camera quality looks great with the background!! Hope to see more content like this
Build whatever you want! I like watching either way.
Seeing aspirational projects is just as cool as projects that can reasonably be made by the viewer.
Seeing you push your limits pushes me to keep pushing mine-keep the projects coming!
Super excited about watching this project. Please don't limit your projects to what us mortals can do. I enjoy watching people make the coolest stuff possible. Stuff made here as a lot of crazy god-teir machines and his videos are great because his projects are entertaining to watch, not because I could build them.
I really like how much of this video focused on 'its a prototype, not a project, and here's what I did wrong.' Its a good mindset to teach
Don't worry Zack - All your projects are reach projects for me, I'll happily watch the crazy ones. The tips for completing projects are very much appreciated
Honestly these higher-level projects are great. I probably won’t be building something like this BUT it has given me a great idea how to solve my wife’s enormous book inventory issue. So even if a lot of this is above my level there’s still something to take away.
A good mix of doable/aspirational and just insane cool ones is my vote for future projects