Jack o'lantern with menacing eyes

For this project I created two 2 cm x 8 cm PC boards each with 6 green LEDs. I drive the LEDs with an Arduino so that the jack o'lantern eyes appear to move.

yellowdogsoftware

12 Oct 2019

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14rhb over 5 years ago +2

That's a really good effect Scott, well done. You could also do a single red LED line, this would be similar to the Cylon Centrurions in the Battlestar Galactica TV series. But would that pumpkin be retro…
beacon_dave over 5 years ago in reply to 14rhb +2

A small LED matrix might work quite well as it would allow the eyes to look up and down as well as to the left and right, and also to dilate. Bi-colour would allow you to switch between green and red perhaps…

beacon_dave over 5 years ago in reply to 14rhb

A small LED matrix might work quite well as it would allow the eyes to look up and down as well as to the left and right, and also to dilate. Bi-colour would allow you to switch between green and red perhaps based on a proximity sensor threshold.
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14rhb over 5 years ago

That's a really good effect Scott, well done.

You could also do a single red LED line, this would be similar to the Cylon Centrurions in the Battlestar Galactica TV series. But would that pumpkin be retro or futuristic?
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Author Author: yellowdogsoftware
Date Created: 12 Oct 2019 1:12 AM Date Created
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