Mobius Lantern

These steps will show you how to make your own Mobius Lantern with color changes.

Step 1 Collect your materials!

You will need the following materials:

-- Mylar
-- string or transparent fishing line
-- tricolor LED
-- http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardDiecimila or other microcontroller
-- battery pack, at least 5V
-- approx. 10-100 ohm resistor calculate the value of your resistor here based on the materials you have available

In addition, you may need:
-- scissor
-- transparent tape
-- cutting board
-- cutting knife

Comments

[Manakel]

can somebody tell me how is the circuit diagram?
please

[akatsuki666]

man you od not kno how long i been looking for a simple program like yours ty vm

[leahbuechley]

lovely! those Luxeon LEDs are insanely bright! I keep meaning to use them for something like this. Will they actually kind of illuminate a room when you run them off the Arduino?

[joejoerowley]

Cool! Nice Instructable!

[JellyWoo]

very nice! two questions: 1. can you use wall outlet power? 2. how much is the whole project? thanks.

[susannes]

thanks for the comment and questions. 1. Yes, you can use a power supply to power the arduino, you just have to hide the cable, may-be you can find a white one. 2. hhmm....not sure, I put it together out of parts I had around. the LED is about 8USD, the board 20USD (but you could use a cheaper one) or so, power supply 5USD, battery may-be 10USD, 5USD for a big sheet of mylar....

[JellyWoo]

oh, okay, thanks, great project!

[urbosssez]

oh, also if your cheap like me wait for after holiday stuff i waited for after valetines day and got a cheap heart that changed RGB colors it only cost me i think $3 or less and no arduino needed

[JellyWoo]

oh, cool.