Animating The PIMORONI Cosmic Unicorn: A Raspberry Pi Pico W Project | DrJonea.co.uk

Explore the world of vibrant LED displays with our latest project on the PIMORONI Cosmic Unicorn, powered by the Raspberry Pi Pico W. Please visit my website to get more information: drjonea.co.uk/
In this video, I'll guide you through playing large animations on a 32x32 LED display board, leveraging USB mass storage for dynamic content. Discover how to bring your animations to life, step by step, from preparing your animation files to programming the Raspberry Pi Pico W for seamless display.
What You'll Learn:
Setting up your PIMORONI Cosmic Unicorn with Raspberry Pi Pico W
Preparing animations for LED display
Reading animation data from USB storage
Programming tips for smooth animation playback
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⏰Timestamps
0:00 Introduction to the project
1:30 Equipment overview
2:45 Preparing your animations
4:00 Setting up Raspberry Pi Pico W
6:00 Demo of large animations on Cosmic Unicorn
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This video is about Animating The PIMORONI Cosmic Unicorn: A Raspberry Pi Pico W Project. But It also covers the following topics:
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Cosmic Unicorn Tutorial
Custom LED Animations
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[@HassanShahzad-cc9nl]

Hey im looking for a easy tutorial on having an esp32 subscribe to custom messages. I havent got a specific microROS workspace as im just using the agent and it seems to publish and subscribe to data just fine. Great videos by the way

[@DrJonEA]

Thanks for the compliment.
I've not seen much out there on custom msgs. Mainly picked up on this for Pico from the forums.