Garrett Mace of macetech LLC creates awesome LED projects, including the ultra-cool LED Shades. His original design, which he created back in 2012, has now been made available under an OSHW-compatible license. Garrett provides the Eagle CAD files, schematics, board pictures and example Arduino code on his blog, where he also shares other projects and updates.
Garrett now has a newer version of the LED Matrix Shades for sale on the macetech web store. The new design is much improved, with hinged folding legs, better resolution, increased reliability and a more elegantly incorporated battery.
However, the older open source version still has its charms. The simple two-layer board and shift register control is much easier to build in a home electronics lab. It’s perfect for the maker on a budget.
Whether you’d rather pay for cutting edge tech-chic, or fire up your soldering iron and print your own boards, these glasses look like a lot of fun.
This week, July 14-19 2014, we’re exploring wearable electronics of all kinds on Make! If it is electronic and belongs on your body, we’d love to hear about it! You can find all of our wearable articles by going here.
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