LED Display Snowboard

This project was started as a way to recycle a snowboard to
display in an art exhibition featuring recycled snowboards hosted by NZ Shred, New Zealand's first Snowboarding shop. I am not an artist but I am an engineer, so I decided a gloss white snowboard with LED backlighting would be a good way to contribute. Turns out a new 3D printer arrived moments before I began the project so it was a good opportunity to learn how to use my 3D printer and incorporate 3D printed parts into the project. I am happy with the results and learnt a lot from the process.

I will continue to update this with details and code over the next few days...

check out the final result here:

1. Retired / Recycled snowboard
2. ESP32 microcontroller
3. Numerous electronic parts
   1. screen
   2. buttons
   3. microphone
   4. logic level converter
   5. 6A power supply
   6. plugs and sockets
   7. PCB
4. Arduino IDE +FASTLED and ESP libraries
5. WS2812b LED strip (approx 4m)
6. Aluminum extrusion
7. Translucent 3mm acrylic strips
8. Heat gun
9. Sander
10. Spray paint
11. ...

I will be adding:

1. source code
2. photos
3. instructions
4. videos
5. links to sources and inspiration

the first thing do do was to find a suitable snowboard and strip it back removing damaged and chipped paint etc. sanding to remove dirt rust and scratches caused by years of fun