Content for WS2811

Raspberry Pi Scoreboard

“Today I’ll explain how I made this scoreboard which is controlled by a raspberry pi and powered by a 5V power supply. It uses a combination of ws2811 and ws2812b leds for the lighting and the structure is made …

WiFi Controlled LED Strip Matrix Display Clock Light

“Programmable LED strips, e.g. based on WS2812, are fascinating. Applications are manifold and you rapidly can get impressive results. And somehow building clocks seem to be another domain which I think about a lot. Starting with some experience in …

LED Sound Reactive Infinity Cube End Table

“Wow! Whoa! What a cool effect! — These are some of the things you’ll hear upon completing the guide. A completely mind-bending, beautiful, hypnotic, sound-reactive infinity cube. This is a modestly advanced soldering project, it took me about 12 man …

Tap Tap Rainbow - a 2 Player Quick Reaction Game

“2 weeks ago my daughter had a genius idea to make a quick reaction game with rainbow colors (she’s a rainbow expert :D ). I instantly loved the idea and we started thinkering how we could make it into a …

RGB HexMatrix | IOT Clock

“RGB LEDs Triangular/Hexagonal Pixels Matrix HexMatrix is the LED matrix having many triangular pixels. Six pixels combining makes a hexagon. There are many different animations that can be shown on the matrix form FastLED library, Also I have designed …

Cryptic Wall Clock

“The passage of time is something we cannot control. It happens at the same rate if we are sleeping, awake, bored, or engaged. With current events, it’s important to remember time will pass. While we are waiting for time …

Cyberpunk Multi-Sensor for Security

“I decided to make a security multisensor after we were robbed while living in the jungle of Ecuador. We now live in another city but I wanted way to receive notifications for any activity in our home. I’ve seen …

Big LOVE Sign Marquee Letters

“This project was quite a challenge. The sign was to be 1.5 m high, and at the same time be quite light and resistant to impact. I received the order for letters from the wedding photographer, the product was …

Retro LED Strip Audio Visualizer

“As a musician and electrical engineering student, I love any project that intersects these two fields. I’ve seen some DIY audio visualizers (here, here, here, and here), but each had missed at least one of the two goals I …

Huge Flexible Transparent LED Matrix Under $150. Easy to Make.

“I want to start by saying that I am not a professional, I dont have any degrees in electronics. I simply enjoy working with my hands and figuring things out. I say that to be encouraging to all you nonprofessionals …