Electronics, Lighting, & Gadgets - Make your own blinky! Courtesy of Laydyada

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JeanCoutu
11-03-07, 09:30 PM
Well this one's great. In part 5 of her Arduino tutorial, Ladyada shows us how to make a blinky light! More expensive then store bought though but, hey...
http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2007/11/arduino-tutorial-5-build-a-flashy-bike-light/

She's probably best known by people here for spokepov, a system to display images in your bike's wheels using persistence of vision. Available as kit and so on, really hot.
http://www.ladyada.net/make/spokepov/

ken cummings
11-03-07, 10:30 PM
This is a perfect post for this forum. Now where can I get one already made? To just bolt on, hit a button for the image I want, and go.
rodrigaj
11-04-07, 07:53 AM
I sent this to my 17 year old nephew who has too much time on his hands. He recently made a decent lava lamp and I'm thinking this might be a great winter project. His folks foolishly bought him a car, turning a kid who was a commuter into another automobile driver. But... this is America.

jeff-o
11-05-07, 10:54 AM
This is a perfect post for this forum. Now where can I get one already made? To just bolt on, hit a button for the image I want, and go.

Ummmm... www.nashbar.com? ;)

And I agree, great post to a very informative site.
JeanCoutu
11-10-07, 10:51 PM
Eh, Nashbar don't seem to have spokepov's.

Hokey spokes are kinda similar, except they rather suck because you can't make them display anything other then the pre-programmed patterns. But you can buy them ready-made.
http://www.hokeyspokes.com/

But seriously, ladyada's site explains how to make them from scratch, step by step. Check here, and progress through the menu on the left.
http://www.ladyada.net/make/spokepov/makeprep.html