RGB LEDs are fairly useful in projects allowing for a wide range of color from a single unit. However they can be a pain in the neck to work with and they too often come with little or no documentation. I searched for some time to find a common resource on them and this Instructable […]
Demystifying 4 pin RGB LEDS (Radio Shack 276-0028) using arduino Continue Reading
This instructable primarily shows how to control the charging voltage from a solar panel to an energy storage device (capacitors in this case). I showed how to construct the light previously http://www.instructables.com/id/Human-Powered-Light-from-my-book-Doable-Renewab/ Step 1: This solar panel can produce up to 18 volts, but my capacitor bank should never receive more than 15 volts. I
Solar Powered LED/Ultracapacitor Arduino Regulated Light Continue Reading
This is an arduino controlled project and uses leds, jumper wires, and a breadboard. This is one of my first attempts on programming arduino and I am pleased with the outcome. I’m ten years old and I just started programming 2 weeks ago. Step 1: Parts Check Step 2: Placing the LEDs on the breadboard
Bouncing Multicolored LED line Continue Reading
It’s to make a fist pumping LED controller. What is it? Have you noticed yourself fist pumping to the music at a party or a club? That’s exactly for that. You would wear a band with a accelerometer/gyro mounted. As you move your hand around the air, the movement will trigger a light board and
How to make fist pumping with LED animation using Arduino Continue Reading
What is Teagueduino? Teagueduino is an open source electronic board and interface that allows you to realize creative ideas without soldering or knowing how to code, while teaching you the ropes of programming and embedded development (like Arduino). Teagueduino is designed to help you discover your inner techno-geek and embrace the awesomeness of making things
DIY Teagueduino Continue Reading
Time for something a little more advanced. Direct Port Manipulation. Normally when using Arduino software, the actual logic behind changing the values in pins is abstracted away with digitalRead and digitalWrite. Now, for most people that’s just fine. But it has some limitations. For one, it is a little slower than might be practical for
Arduino powered 7seg led display with Port Manipulation Continue Reading
In this instructable the main focus lies on the software which I’ve created – not so much on the hardware side. You needn’t to use a high- power led for this, you can use every RGB- LED you like. The “High Power RGB LED Moodlamp” is a high power rgb led lamp which can be
High Power RGB LED Moodlamp which syncs with Philips Hue Continue Reading
This instructable is meant to be a more complete explanation than others available online. Notably, this will provide more hardware explanation than is available in the LED Marquee instructable by led555. Goals This instructable presents the concepts involved with shift registers and high side drivers. By illustrating these concepts with an 8×8 LED matrix I
LED matrix using shift registers using arduino Continue Reading
In this project we’ll create a small add-on PCB containing the a MSGEQ7 spectrum analyzer circuit and show how it can drive the RGB LED cube kit from Freetronics. This allows the cube to display the seven bands over four horizontal planes. There is a small amount of assumed knowledge for this project – To save repeating
Arduino LED Cube Spectrum Analyzer Continue Reading
give your Arduino a 120 volt kick in the pants! The Arduino is a great tool for anyone interested in learning microcontroller programming, but after blinking some LEDs, what’s next? This project enables your Arduino to control real-world 120 Volt electrical appliances you have in your home. what can you use a plugduino for? Well,
Plugduino – Arduino based 120 Volt outlet controller Continue Reading
