Spinning Light Display

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Difficulty: Easy
Great for builders of all skill levels
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Comes with a custom circuit board
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Description

The Spinning light display uses a motor to spin the board at high speed while pulsing the lights to make patterns in the air as it zooms around. It is easy to build, easy to use, and fun to show off!

The device uses POV (Point of vision) so that by pulsing the lights at exact intervals the Spinning Light Display can produce what the eye sees as patterns. The Spinning light display has a header so that programmers can update the software on the chip to make it display text or different patterns. I loaded on all the patterns it would hold, so have fun!

Here is a video demonstration:

Make It!

You'll need a few tools to build this project
(1) A soldering iron & solder (Soldering Tutorial)
(2) Diagonal Cutters

You'll also need a 2xAA Batteries. The project takes about 20 minutes to build.
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