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Arduino BLINK Blueprints

By : Utsav Shah
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Arduino BLINK Blueprints

By: Utsav Shah

Overview of this book

Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino has been used in thousands of different projects and applications by a wide range of programmers and artists, and their contributions have added up to an incredible amount of accessible knowledge that can be of great help to novices and experts alike. Want to build exciting LED projects with Arduino? This book will be your companion to bring out the creative genius in you. To begin with, you will get introduced to the maker movement and the open source hardware development Arduino boards. You will then move on to develop a mood lamp and a remote-controlled TV backlight. As you progress through the book, you will develop an LED cube and will learn to use sound visualization to develop a sound-controlled LED Christmas tree. You will then move on to build a persistence of vision wand. At the end of each chapter, you’ll see some common problems, their solutions, and some workarounds.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Designing an LED cube


As mentioned before, the main focus of this chapter is on soldering. In this section, you will learn how to design an LED cube, which will have intense soldering, and creative elements like LED control and Arduino programming.

Required components

Before getting into the cube design, make sure you have following components for this project:

  • Arduino UNO

  • 64 LEDs: You can use any color LED. Although 64 LEDs are required for this project, I would recommend you to buy at least 100 LEDs in case some LEDs get burned during the soldering process.

  • 16 resistors: These must be appropriate to your LEDs. If you are not sure which resistor to purchase, get 500 Ω/1k Ω resistors.

  • Connecting wires

  • A printed circuit board

  • Thermocol

  • Soldering iron and solder wire

Principle behind the design

Before you read this section, make sure you have the listed components or have already ordered them. This section is the most important part of this chapter as it explains the key principle behind the project...