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I bought an old trench coat from a thrift store and outfitted it with 350 programmable LEDs , an Arduino to control them, and a 24 AA battery bank for a music f
by loufe 7y ago
I bought an old trench coat from a thrift store and outfitted it with 350 programmable LEDs , an Arduino to control them, and a 24 AA battery bank for a music festival last year, it was a hit. I'm currently working on adding another 150 LEDs, fixing the power system (I burnt out the Arduino after a couple hours), and looking into adding a microphone and learning some sound programming to make the suit change colours to the beat for this year. I always wanted a living technicoloured dreamcoat.
- technicolorwhat 7y agoNo way. Show me.
- loufe 7y agoSorry for the delay! http://159.203.59.159/Dreamcoat/ http://159.203.59.159/Dreamcoat/
- canada_dry 7y agoNice! Only 5mos til Burningman.
- jtms 7y agoSuper sad, but id say Burningman is highly unlikely to happen this year
- adictator 7y agoSmaller LEDs may make it look even better.
- barbs 7y agoDid you make an account just to ask this comment? haha :D
- technicolorwhat 7y agoyes
- leggomylibro 7y agoNice! FYI, you can use those USB phone-charging battery bricks for a nice compact 5V output in those sorts of projects. I think TSA-approved ones run up to 100Wh, and they're easy to recharge. Most of them will cut power after a minute of so if you don't draw more than like 100mA of current, but that shouldn't be a problem with 350 LEDs. It'll save your Arduino's voltage regulator some grief, too :)
- loufe 7y agoAh that's a great idea for the Arduino itself! My board burnt out because my independant battery source for the board didn't work out so I wired it in parallel with my batteries (3x8 AA batteries in series put through a voltage adjuster). I'll be buying one!
- harikb 7y agoSuggestion - it should light up when you sense someone else within 6 ft (or may be it already keeps people away)
- op03 7y agoCheck this out - might help with the implementation/ideas - https://halleyprofita.wordpress.com/portfolio-2/flutter/ https://halleyprofita.wordpress.com/portfolio-2/flutter/ http://correll.cs.colorado.edu/?p=2315 http://correll.cs.colorado.edu/?p=2315
- bartread 7y agoThis is super cool. If you haven't seen it already this session on wearables from Strangeloop is definitely worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwnt2NFvBhQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwnt2NFvBhQ