Why build a light suit? Probably because I’ve watched tron a few too many times (the 1984 version of course). I’d just discovered Arduino and was very excited, I’d made LED’s flash and buzzers sound but now I wanted to make something new and interesting, the idea of a light suit popped into my mind. …
I love the idea of the BlinkM (individually addressed RGB leds controlled with 2 pins), but not so much the price (nearly 15 quid each!). Luckily, the hardware is open source and somebody has brought out an alternative firmware (although if you know where to look, you can find the official firmware). This is the …
Dr Blinkenlights… (or how I learned to afford the BlinkM) Using Arduino Read More »
This was one of the first programs i wrote for the arduino after having it a few days we will be making l.e.d police lights with minimal materials Step 1: You will need. You will need Arduino (or suitable clone) Breadboard 2x 240ohm resistors 1x Clear Red l.e.d 1x Clear Blue l.e.d Some Jumper Cables …
Introduction: Lighting is an important aspect of visual art. And if the lighting can change with time it can become a significant dimension of the art. This project started with attending a light show and experiencing how the lighting could totally change the color of an object. We began to explore this in lighting fabric …
Dynamic LED Lighting Controller for Art Using Arduino Read More »
In this instructable I will show you how to make a 4x4x4 LED cube that will be controlled by an Arduino Demulionove. now yes you might say” that Arduino has only 14 I/O pins well also the 6 analog pins can be used as pins 15,16,17,18,19,20. that way giving us enough pins (16 columns + …
Video not playing? See it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tiiWwC6Zo Background Every Christmas we set up a large LEGO train layout in a section of the living room. This year, I ended up winning an eBay auction for a number of older-model LEGO road plates, one of which included a T-intersection. At about the same time, I saw a …
LEGO T-Intersection LED Traffic Light using Arduino Read More »
This project uses green surface-mount LED’s along with an AVR ATTiny45 microcontroller to simulate the behavior of fireflies in a jar. (note: the firefly behavior in this video has been greatly sped up in order to be easier to represent in a short film. The default behavior has significantly more variance in its brightness and …
There are lots of Instructables on how to use SSD1306-based 128×64 OLED displays. Many of these write-ups are very informative but just about all of them look like an unfinished science project. (In fairness, most are directed at getting up and running with the display, not creating a finished product). Here’s a quick and easy way to …
128×64 OLED Enclosure the Easy Way Using Arduino Read More »
A while back, we constructed a pair of LED skateboard truck-risers. That project was intentionally created without the aid of advanced tools and techniques. We decided to try the concept again but without limiting ourselves. This time around we used custom designed PCBs and 3D printed parts. There was no limiting ourselves to hand tools and …
To blink an LED with an Arduino using Python, you will need to: Connect the LED to the Arduino board. You will need to connect the positive leg of the LED (the longer leg) to a digital output pin and the negative leg (the shorter leg) to a ground pin. Install the PySerial library, which …
