Story Introduction This is my first Arduino project. My work was inspired by several maker projects that created Persistence of Vision Displays [2,3,4]. Persistence of vision (POV) refers to the optical illusion whereby multiple discrete images blend into a single image in the human mind and believed to be the explanation for motion perception in cinema and animated films [1]. The […]
Our RGB matrix panel driver shield for Arduino Uno has been slightly revised. The shield now also carries the DS1307 RTC chip on board along with a CR1220 coin cell battery holder on the back. It is applicable for driving popular 16×32 RGB matrix panels with HUB75 (8×2 IDC) connectors. Row and column driver circuits are already
You will need: TPP2, TPP2(G2), TPP3, or TPP3(G2) board One Tibbit #57 One Tibbit #20 Optionally, one Tibbit #00-3 (if you are going to power your smart LEDs from your TPS system) Several SK6812RGBW LEDs (or a board, or a LED strip containing these LEDs) Optionally, one Tibbit #10 (12V->5V regulator) Optionally, one Tibbit #18
Test application for the FPGA Tibbit in the smart LED controller configuration Read More »
Spice up your poker games with these cool blinking chips. They can be programmed on the fly to have a certain number of the LEDs illuminated to indicate value, or you can have the lights blink in a cool pattern. They make great playing chips for championships or great prizes to hand out to the
A smart bulb is an internet or Bluetooth-capable LED light bulb that allows lighting to be customized, scheduled and controlled remotely. Smart bulbs are among the most immediately successful offerings in the growing category of home automation and Internet of Things (IoT) products. In today’s market many types of smart bulbs are available form price
How it started It started with the idea to make a technical proof of concept combining the Physical Web and WebBluetooth. The Physical Web is an effort by Google to allow interacting with “things” without fiddling around with installing apps or setting anything up. The basic idea behind that is that the “thing” broadcasts a
Hardware components: Atmel ATTiny85 × 1 LED (generic) × 3 Resistor 221 ohm Or similar, I used 220 ohm × 3 SparkFun Pushbutton switch 12mm or similar × 1 Coin Cell Battery Holder × 1 Coin Cell Battery CR2032 any 3v cell that fits is fine × 1 Hand tools and fabrication machines: Soldering iron
I’m thinking about a new project, something a little unusual but still with a rich history of information upon which to base the build. On Tindie, I found the RC2014 project which is a build of a Z80 platform but based on some modern components. That got me thinking. My next project must be a
This project is a modification of my previous Bluetooth-enabled LED matrix display project, which used 8×64 monochromatic LED matrix (total 512 LEDs) for displaying scrolling text message. The original project used Bluetooth for display data transfer from a smartphone, but this one now uses Wifi. The display message is sent through web browser to a ESP8266
ESP8266 Wifi enabled 8×64 pixel LED matrix display Read More »
ATMega32 switch code is extremely simple to implement, and this article looks into how to write the code to make an LED light up when a switch is pressed. The atmega32-switch-code.c program tests the switch input to the ATMega32 Development System. There are many ways to write the code, but I have chosen the simplest
