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Animated LED Snowflake

December 3, 2008 by Caleb Kraft 7 Comments

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfmNrci7uqE]

[unusualelectronics] posted this animated LED snowflake. It has 61 LEDs, is controlled by a PIC microcontroller, and can perform about 30 different effects. The instructions are quite thorough, including diagrams for soldering and source code for the microcontroller.

Posted in home hacks, LED Hacks, NewsTagged christmas, led, microcontroller, pic, snowflake

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