Ramp up programmable LED troubleshooting with the BlinkBox
— July 23rd, 2018
Programmable LEDs are amazing pieces of hardware, allowing hackers to add a rainbow of colors to projects at reasonable prices. Troubleshooting these devices, however, can be a pain, so Devon Bray developed the “BlinkBox” to help with this task.
The resulting Arduino-based tester can work with multiple types of LEDs, and is able to cycle through each individual LED module in a string, and change the animation pattern as needed. He had previously done this kind of testing on a breadboard, but his new iteration is much more permanent and professional looking.
You can find CAD and code for it on GitHub if you’d like to build your own!
July 30th, 2018 at 15:18:15
wow it’s wonderful