LED Projects

LED Matrix Flappy Bird Game (1)

Arduino based Bi-color LED Matrix Flappy Bird Game

We have built quite a few projects using the Bi-color (Red and Green) LED Matrix Driver Module kits from jolliFactory and have published them as instructables here. Each of these modules uses two MAX7219 Display Driver ICs to drive a Bi-color LED Matrix. These ICs are excellent because they take a lot of work off the micro-controller …

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Digital Picture Frame (1)

Fun With The Arduino Esplora: A Digital Picture Frame

With this article I kick off my series on the Arduino Esplora board. Today’s project is a nice (and cheap!) little digital picture frame that uses the Esplora’s TFT Screen add-on. Materials Needed In this section you will find the materials that you need to obtain to build this project. Arduino Esplora Board The Arduino Esplora is the most feature rich …

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Arduino Tutorial Chapter 2 3 Schematic and Breadboard Diagrams (1)

Arduino Tutorial – Chapter 2.3: Schematic and Breadboard Diagrams

Schematic Diagram You may remember, if you studied electronics as part of your science course at school, that there is a specific way of drawing circuit diagrams. Each component has a particular symbol (which may vary slightly depending where in the world you live) that allows anyone to look at the drawing and build the …

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Simulating and controlling GE Color Effects Lights

Simulating and controlling GE Color Effects Lights with Arduino

Overview This project builds a Christmas lights controller for the GE Color Effects lights allowing programmed control of up to 8 sets of Christmas lights. Furthermore, it provides a function specific language for programming patterns for these lights and an emulation environment for testing the programs requiring the lights to be built or hung. Pre-reading …

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Input Output Arduino Shield (1)

General Purpose Input Output Arduino Shield

This example shows technique for calibrating sensor input and shows the sensor outputs by controlling LEDs and SSD, also shows how to monitor the state of a switch. Hardware Required 8 LEDS 2 push button switches 2 sliding switches 4-SSD with MAX7221/7219 LM35 Speaker Circuit In this circuit according to the above diagram 8 LEDs were connected …

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Audible Memory Chest Instructables

Build An Audible Memory Chest [Instructables How-To] using Arduino

If you’re a fan of the Harry Potter series then we also bet you were pretty taken with Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore’s pensive—the magical object that could not only store memories, but actually let people fall into and re-experience the events. This week’s Instructables How-To from aspiring Tel Aviv-based hacker and inventor, Zvizvi, shows you how to make a box …

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