Adafruit's Punk LED Collar

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July 26th, 2013 14

Are you a geek with a punky side? Adafruit has put together a Punk LED Collar kit that might be for you. It takes a cue from the classic spiked collar, but replaces the spikes with LEDs. Ten bulbs adorn the collar, and a built-in potentiometer controls the brightness.

The kit uses common electronics parts, and they provide a tutorial for the build if you have the parts on hand yourself.

14 thoughts on “Adafruit’s Punk LED Collar”

Andy in Tucson says:

July 26th, 2013 at 2:37 pm

This is soooo not punk.

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1. Michael Colombo says:
  
  July 28th, 2013 at 11:01 am
  
  Straight from LadyAda “Because DIY is punk. Complaining on the internet is not punk!”
  
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  1. Andy in Tucson says:
    
    July 28th, 2013 at 12:12 pm
    
    Yeah, I can just see someone wearing one of these things to a CBGB hardcore matinee back when.
    
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    1. Michael Colombo says:
      
      July 28th, 2013 at 1:34 pm
      
      Yeah me too. Glad I got to play there before it closed!
      
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Michael Colombo says:

July 27th, 2013 at 1:50 am

And why is that ?

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faithrivada says:

July 28th, 2013 at 10:55 am

Because it’s Cyberpunk! Which is even better. :)

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cde says:

August 4th, 2013 at 5:50 am

Round leds are not punk. Some time with a sander making those into pointy spikes, then it’s punk.

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