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= LED Strips Everywhere for Everyone! workshop = | = LED Strips Everywhere for Everyone! workshop = | ||
This workshop will be given: | '''This workshop will be given:'''<br> | ||
Day 1: Friday, | Day 1: Friday, 12-July-2024, 10:30pm - 12:00am, in Tobin 219 (Hardware Workshop)<br> | ||
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<span style="color:orange">'''NOTE: You do NOT need to register to take this workshop -- please show up early to ensure a seat at Workshop | '''Materials cost:'''<br> | ||
$40 for materials<br> | |||
'''No charge to observe the workshop'''<br> | |||
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<span style="color:orange">'''NOTE: You do NOT need to register to take this workshop -- please show up early to ensure a seat at Tobin 219 (Hardware Workshop).'''<br> | |||
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== Abstract == | == Abstract == | ||
''Learn how to program LED strips.<br>It's super easy and fun to make your life trippy and beautiful.<br>For total beginners.<br>'' | |||
[[File:LEDstrip.jpg|right|500px|Making an LED strip do its thing]]<br> | |||
Learn how to light up LED strips with a cheap Arduino, and make your life trippy and beautiful! For total beginners -- no knowledge needed at all. LED strips have become really inexpensive. Lots of people have created inexpensive methods of controlling their color and brightness. This workshop shows one way to control LED strips, to make them do what you want. We will use a very cheap Arduino clone. I'll show you everything you need to know to use existing programs -- as-is, or to hack on -- to control the colors in your world with LED strips. | |||
== Presenter == | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman Mitch Altman]. | |||
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[[File:35C3_LEDstrip_tunnel.jpg|center|500px|LED strip tunnel at 35C3, Leipzig, Germany]]<br> | |||
== Full Description == | |||
LED strips have become really inexpensive. Lots of people have created inexpensive methods of controlling their color and brightness. This workshop shows one way to control LED strips, to make them do what you want. We will use a very cheap Arduino clone. I'll show you everything you need to know to use existing programs -- as-is, or to hack on -- to control the colors in your world with LED strips. | |||
== Workshop Itinerary == | |||
* Intro to Red-Green-Blue (RGB) LEDs<br> | |||
* Brief intro to Arduino<br> | |||
* How to use an Arduino to control an LED strip<br> | |||
* Some demos of programs you can download<br> | |||
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== Required Software == | == Required Software == | ||
Please download the free and open source Arduino software before the workshop -- Windows, Linux, or MacOS are all fine!:<br> | |||
[https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software Arduino software] | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
[https://cornfieldelectronics.com/cfe/projects.php#ledstrips More info about the '''LED Strips Everywhere for Everyone!''' workshop]<br> | |||
[http://www.arduino.cc/ Ardiuno website]<br> | |||
Latest revision as of 18:14, 16 June 2024
LED Strips Everywhere for Everyone! workshop
This workshop will be given:
Day 1: Friday, 12-July-2024, 10:30pm - 12:00am, in Tobin 219 (Hardware Workshop)
Materials cost:
$40 for materials
No charge to observe the workshop
NOTE: You do NOT need to register to take this workshop -- please show up early to ensure a seat at Tobin 219 (Hardware Workshop).
Abstract
Learn how to program LED strips.
It's super easy and fun to make your life trippy and beautiful.
For total beginners.
Learn how to light up LED strips with a cheap Arduino, and make your life trippy and beautiful! For total beginners -- no knowledge needed at all. LED strips have become really inexpensive. Lots of people have created inexpensive methods of controlling their color and brightness. This workshop shows one way to control LED strips, to make them do what you want. We will use a very cheap Arduino clone. I'll show you everything you need to know to use existing programs -- as-is, or to hack on -- to control the colors in your world with LED strips.
Presenter
Full Description
LED strips have become really inexpensive. Lots of people have created inexpensive methods of controlling their color and brightness. This workshop shows one way to control LED strips, to make them do what you want. We will use a very cheap Arduino clone. I'll show you everything you need to know to use existing programs -- as-is, or to hack on -- to control the colors in your world with LED strips.
Workshop Itinerary
- Intro to Red-Green-Blue (RGB) LEDs
- Brief intro to Arduino
- How to use an Arduino to control an LED strip
- Some demos of programs you can download
Registration -- NOT required
You do not need to register in advance to take this workshop -- just show up early to ensure a seat.:
Required Software
Please download the free and open source Arduino software before the workshop -- Windows, Linux, or MacOS are all fine!:
Arduino software
Links
More info about the LED Strips Everywhere for Everyone! workshop
Ardiuno website
