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A DIY RGB LED scrolling message ticker

2014-12-24 Dan

led ticker

Going Crazy? Stay Busy

Happy Winter seasonal festive time to you all. I wrote another new instructable to help you stay sane through the holidays: a full-color LED message ticker. You can change the message without reprogramming anything.

Check out the RGB LED scrolling message tutorial on instructables.

Imagine it in your xmas tree!

2015 Projects

Now that I’ve got the M3 to Prusa i3 out of the way, my new priority is a gearbox I’m going to need to build my next robot arm. From January to end of March I have three university students helping me build the arm. Around that as I have time I’ll be programming my first custom PCB and bringing out another new robot that’s still deep under wraps.

Maybe after all that I’ll take a break for summer. LED art to Burning Man 2015, anyone?

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Programming LEDs with Arduino 201: A dynamic rainbow ASCII marquee

2014-12-10 Dan

I’ve been teaching Arduino LED programming classes as VHS and now MakerLabs here in Vancouver. Together we learn how to write a simple Arduino program that introduces conditions, loops, variables, and methods. It seems to go over pretty well.

At the end of the class I told people I would post a 201-level example of a dynamic scrolling ticker marquee. Word is bond, yo.

How to

– Upload this code same as in the class.
– Open the serial window.
– Set baud to 57600 and “send newline”.
– type a message at the top of the serial window and hit “send”. Your message appears on the marquee.
– Read through it to see how it be like it do.

Example

A video posted by Dan Royer (@imakerobots) on

Final thought

Following us on Instagram. We’re posting updates every day about our robot work. It’s the best way to stay on the cutting edge.

See Also

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2014 Black Friday week-long Deals

2014-11-28 Dan

From Friday, November 28 to December 5, 2014, All orders in the continental united states, Alaska, Canada, and Mexico can use the coupon code

BF2014

on checkout to receive free shipping. No exceptions!

Why all week?

I can guarantee delivery before xmas for any order before December 5. That happens to be 7 days after Black Friday. Just feels right to me.

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Makelangelo multilingual update released

2014-11-24 Dan

The official update is out! This version adds support for multiple languages and fixes a few bugs.

Get it for Windows

Get it for OSX

Post your multilingual translations to our forums and tell your friends! We’ve already received Italian and I am told that there is work being done on Japanese and French.

Update 2014-11-25: A bug slipped through! The download has been patched.