USB powered LED christmas tree with Sound

Here is the finished product.

The Christmas tree is made with an arduino ATMEGA-168 chip.

I used it as a belated christmas gift for someone in a gift exchange.

First instructable so please take it easy on me should i do something blaringly wrong.

Attatched are the scematic and the PCB Layout in PDF and EAGLE format.

Also attatched is the program i used for the ATMEGA-168

Step 1: Materials

Here are the Materials I used for the tree:

Stiff Stainless Steel Baling Wire
14 cut and stripped 5" segments of hookup wire (red)
An Arduino ATMEGA-168 Chip
A specified PCB (file attatched)
An old USB Cord
A Piezo Speaker
14 100 ohm Resistors
2 22pF Capacitors
1 100nF Capacitor
7 Red LEDs (diffused)
6 Green LEDs (diffused)
1 Amber LED (diffused)
A 16MHZ crystal oscillator
2 3 pin ICSP (in-circuit serial programming) headers      *six pins total
A Lid to an old can or tin.
Electrical Tape
Solder
Soldering Iron
Wire Cutters
Wire Strippers

Comments

[Basementjacks]

hi i was just wondering how long it took to make? im trying to find something to build that looks cool but is complicated enough for a third year college project!

[brucedamoose16]

it took a couple months to put together and several failed prototypes!

[chipper35]

Lots of photos! Good show!!

[arduino man]

I can't get the code.

[brucedamoose16]

whats the problem? does the file xmas.cpp not download ? it works on my computer

[brucedamoose16]

 sorry about the sideways picture. you can always tilt your head/ turn your monitor on its side