Step 1: Gather the materials Materials: – addressable RGB LED strip : I used a new variety of three conductor WS2811 strips. – an Arduino : I used a Arduino Leonardo. Any 5vdc Arduino should be adequate. – 4 AA batteries and a battery holder are a nice touch to make it more portable. – […]
LED Flipbookit: full color and brightness control with an Arduino Continue Reading
Being the giant fan of LED’s that I am i’m always trying to come up with new ways I can put them throughout my house. Today i’m going to show you how to create a simple, yet extremely eye catching, RGB Bluetooth controlled Shelf lighting system. The beauty of integrating Bluetooth into the system is
Bluetooth RGB Shelf Lighting using Arduino Continue Reading
Have you ever wanted to control electronics with your smartphone? The Arduino ADK (Android Development Kit) is the Arduino Mega with a built in USB host device, ready for your smartphone to be plugged in! We’ll make a simple introductory project with a few LED strips and a relay (to control the high voltages of
Arduino ADK LED Lighting Continue Reading
I’ve been working on a project that used a 16×2 LCD display and wanted a nice finish that also allowed me to seal against water and other liquids. I also needed impact resistance, low cost and the ability to be changed easily if worn or broken. I considered many different ideas:- 1) A full sheet
Home Made Bezel / Window for LCD, LED, TFT Displays. Continue Reading
Construct a Tardis that spins and blinks! Total Build Time: 30 mins · Coding: 5 mins · Construction of the Tardis: 20 mins · littleBits LED and motor assembly: 5 mins Tardis.wmv(320×240) 10 KB Step 1: Gather all needed parts. LittleBits: · (2) Wires · (2) Power supplies · (2) 9v Batteries and Connectors ·
Spinning Tardis with blinking LED (Powered by littleBits) using Arduino Continue Reading
A while ago, when I first started using Arduino, my first project was a 4x4x4 LED cube, I built it from a Guide I found here in Instructables, I didn’t know anything about programming, and little about electronics, yet I was able to build it and make it work, I didn’t know how it worked
4x4x4 RGB LED Cube using Arduino Continue Reading
To Learn about the basic LED usage practice, read here. What is a RGB LED? With an RGB (Red Green Blue) LED you’ll be able to produce any colour that is flashing everyone’s eyes. At first glance, RGB LEDs look just like regular LEDs, however, inside the usual LED package, there are actually three LEDs, one red, one
RGB LED with Arduino 101 Continue Reading
Description This little project makes a great ornament to hang in your window at Christmas time. It is a 20″ wide star with 50 “neopixel” leds around the perimeter. Each led is individually addressable and it is controlled by an arduino device which can be programmed to sequence the leds in various patterns. Depending on
Led Star with Arduino and WS2811 Neopixels Continue Reading
This sketch uses the Serial.parseInt() function to locate values separated by a non-alphanumeric character. Often people use a comma to indicate different pieces of information (this format is commonly referred to as comma-separated-values), but other characters like a space or a period will work too. The values are parsed into ints and used to determine the color
Read ASCII String using Arduino Continue Reading
Sometimes you need to do two things at once. For example you might want to blink an LED (or some other time-sensitive function) while reading a button press or other input. In this case, you can’t use delay(), or you’d stop everything else the program while the LED blinked. The program might miss the button press
Blink Without Delay using Arduino Continue Reading
