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Blinkie prototyping, etc
Sep. 25th, 2010 12:16 pmI'm supposed to be coming up with a new blinkie design for Duckon 20, so I picked up an Arduino LoLShield. This is a 9x14 grid of LEDs, charlieplexed, the max that an Arduino board can drive without extra driver chips. I figured it'd be good for prototyping blinkie patterns, etc before actually building anything.
I just got it together and ran the basic test and then the "game of life" demo.
Heck, this is a pretty cool blinkie just as it stands. Of course, $55 ($30 for the Arduino, $25 for the LoLShield) is a bit much for a blinkie, but over half of that is the Arduino, which is highly programmable and can do about anything. Some people may go for it, or may already have an Arduino. It does take some patience to solder up 126 LEDs though.
No, I'm not planning to make this the next blinkie, but I think it's very likely that it'll be what *I* am wearing around cons, assuming that I'm not wearing the next blinkie for advertising.
I just got it together and ran the basic test and then the "game of life" demo.
Heck, this is a pretty cool blinkie just as it stands. Of course, $55 ($30 for the Arduino, $25 for the LoLShield) is a bit much for a blinkie, but over half of that is the Arduino, which is highly programmable and can do about anything. Some people may go for it, or may already have an Arduino. It does take some patience to solder up 126 LEDs though.
No, I'm not planning to make this the next blinkie, but I think it's very likely that it'll be what *I* am wearing around cons, assuming that I'm not wearing the next blinkie for advertising.
