11 Dec
2013
11 Dec
'13
2:03 p.m.
for less than the price of a fancy cup of coffee, you can rescue a child
from the boredom of not having their very own microcontroller to program.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313&_nkw=atmega3…
while you're shopping for all the kiddies on your list, get a spool of
addressable LEDs for just 27 cents per light - and cut the spool into
pieces whose length corresponds to how much you care about each recipient.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WS2812B-WS2811-RGB-LED-Strip-5M-150-300-Leds-60LED-…
and of course they will need a way to power the thing while they're
wearing it, so don't forget a rechargable USB battery pack for only $2.53
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Portable-Mobile-Power-Bank-USB-18650-Battery-Charge…
don't forget micro USB cables: (short or long)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10CM-USB-2-0-A-to-Micro-B-Data-Sync-Charge-Cable-Co…
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-2-0-Male-A-to-Data-Charger-Cable-Android-…
and here's the source to get it to do POV with one color:
https://github.com/jerkey/pov_ws2811
maybe someone will make a color POV for it?
http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2013/08/08/coming-soon-minipov-rgb-led/