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This is a pretty simple project that makes a cool, flickering led star! Perfect for the holidays!
Time needed: A few hours
Complexity: Low
Cost: For materials, <$5, for arduino board: around $30
Skills needed: Soldering
Time needed: A few hours
Complexity: Low
Cost: For materials, <$5, for arduino board: around $30
Skills needed: Soldering
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This is a very simple project and only requires a few parts.
1x Arduino. Anything from an ATTiny to an UNO will work, as long as you have the means to program it. This will not work with a Mega. Sorry!
LED's, any color (preferably yellow/orange ish. Any color will do though). You will need 30-50, depending on how big/what shape you want your star. The LED's I got were clipped short, so it was harder to solder.
Perfboard. I used an 70x90mm sheet.
Wire
Soldering tools (soldering iron, wire strippers, helping hands etc)
1x Arduino. Anything from an ATTiny to an UNO will work, as long as you have the means to program it. This will not work with a Mega. Sorry!
LED's, any color (preferably yellow/orange ish. Any color will do though). You will need 30-50, depending on how big/what shape you want your star. The LED's I got were clipped short, so it was harder to solder.
Perfboard. I used an 70x90mm sheet.
Wire
Soldering tools (soldering iron, wire strippers, helping hands etc)
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I'm new at Instructables, so I'm not sure if this is correct, but my understanding is that you must post your video to a site like YouTube or Vimeo and create a link to it. Currently your video is playing automatically, even if you're not at that step, and because there are no video controls, you can't pause it or anything.
So, I might be wrong, but you should either post the video elsewhere, or confirm this fact with a member who's been around longer than I have.
Regardless, I think it looks great. Thanks for sharing!