Are you tired of being ignored? Do you want a fashion accessory that says, “Pay attention to me!” If so, you should check out [Al’s] recent instructable. He’s built himself a necklace that includes a display made up of 512 individual LEDs.
This project was built from mostly off-the-shelf components, making it an easy beginner project. The LED display is actually a product that you can purchase for just $25. It includes 512 LEDs aligned in a 16 x 32 grid. The module is easily controlled with a Pixel maker’s kit. This board comes with built-in functionality to control one of these LED modules and can accept input from a variety of sources including Android or PC. The unit is powered from a 2000 mAH LiPo battery.
[Al] had to re-flash the firmware of the Pixel to set it to a low power mode. This mode allows him to get about seven hours of battery life with the 2000 mAH battery. Once the hardware was tested and confirmed to work correctly, [Al] had to pretty things up a bit. Some metallic gold spray paint and rhinestones transformed the project’s cyberpunk look into something you might see in a hip hop video, or at least maybe a Weird Al hip hop video.
The Pixel comes with several Android apps to control the display via Bluetooth. [Al] can choose one of several modes. The first mode allows for pushing animated gif’s to the display. Another will allow the user to specify text to scroll on the display. The user can even specify the text using voice recognition. The final mode allows the user to specify a twitter search string. The phone will push any new tweets matching the terms to the display as scrolling text.
It look unique, albeit, a bit big. Why not use oleds, and try making the size of a locket or maybe 2″x2″, slightly smaller than the size of modern, touch, cell phone screens?
Because BLING!
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[Flavor] Could have just worn a watch…
As hue said because of Bling!
The iBandwagon is lame as f\/ck
So do I have to be a rapper to wear this?
Errrr… rappers aren’t the only people without taste.
Like the project. Might make a better belt buckle.
Passé . There was a LED scrolling text belt buckle a few years back on DX.
It looks like a punishment plaque with your signs written on it than a fashion.
Would I wear it out to dinner with the wife? Hell no. Would I wear it to a maker fair or con? Oh yeah! I’d program it to display my name and then run it through game of life to its end state over and over again. It would also be a fun wearable lofi tetris/pong/??? platform. Lighten up- it’s all about fun.
^ This.
+1.
work great in a pinball setup
Mr. T would be proud.