Latest Gadget Freak from Design News, a special Vday one! –
Looking for cool way of wowing that special someone on Valentines Day/birthday/whatever? Build her a flashing heart made from LEDs driven by a programmable microcontroller. Les’ gadget is simple to build and made from easily-obtainable parts. The unique thing about this design is the LEDs are in an X-Y matrix so each LED is addressable. This allows an unlimited combination of displayed patterns for the heart รขโฌโ not like some other designs out there! Source code and schematics are all available here and if you’re not into hand wiring, even the PCB can be had for a small fee. Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend but gadgets are forever.
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