LED VU Equalizer Jacket With SPEAKERS

Want a cool, smooth jacket that will get lots of attention?

How about one that lights up to music?



This video shows the jacket in action more clearly.

This is probably the most creative idea I have had up to date.

I thought to myself one day, man leather jackets are cool. How can I make it cooler?

And then it hit me.

I had always loved graphic equalizers, so why not put the equalizer in the jacket. And add LED's. AND A SOUND SYSTEM.

"Get kicked out of a party? No problem! the party is in YOUR JACKET!"

Lets get started.

Step 1 Bill Of Materials

Here is the list or materials needed.

• 1 X Leather Jacket
• 2 X Speakers (sub-woofers recommended)
• 1 X Amplifier (optional) link
• 16-30 X Ultra High Brightness Blue LED's link
• 1-3 X Blue LED Strips link
• 1-3 X Blue EL Wire link
• 2 X Ultra High Brightness Red LED's (something I failed at :P) link
• 1-3 X 9V battery clips link
• 1-3 X 9V 2AA battery holder/converter link
• 1 X old headphones
• 1 X 3.5mm port
• 1 X 80mm or bigger Fan
• 1 X Ultra High Brightness Green LED (I accidentally got the 100mcd; aka no brightness LED) link
• 1 X Solder 60/40 + Soldering Iron
• 1 X General Use PCB board link
• 1 X Hot Glue+ Glue Gun
• 2 X VU LED EQUALIZER JACKETS link
• 1 X DPDT switch link
• 1 X 9Volt battery
• 2X AA battery
• Some Speaker Wire

For those who have previous knowledge of electronics, I would recommend building a VU METER from scratch :

http://www.instructables.com/id/LM3915LM3916-VU-Meter/

http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-VU-meter-that-dances-to-computer-music/

http://www.instructables.com/id/VU-Meter/

Comments

[duggerpato]

Nicely done. Although I think it would work better to have the equalizer LED displays on the outside of the jacket. It's cool, but not that cool if you have to walk around a club with chicken wings to show how cool it is.

[husamwadi]

I edited my Jacket so now that the panels are on the outside, and also switched out the huge bulky pc speakers for some low profile amplified round speakers.

I'll upload pictures soon

[duggerpato]

cool, man.

[husamwadi]

lol my sister told me the same thing. alright fine! ill put them on the outside :P

[The Old Fart]

this instructable has given me some idea for others and I thank you very much

[husamwadi]

may I ask what that idea is :P

If you make more than 1 million dollars off of your idea you owe me 500$ :)

[husamwadi]

Please Leave a Comment and Rate 5 stars, thanks

[vishalapr]

Very Nice, I still didn't rate it, but I will soon!