When I began this course, I was juggling various ideas that all could have been very interesting. I decided to build the Skateboard Light because I like the idea of using a project for longer than its intended purpose, which in this case was this class. But the project did not come without challenge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was the first project in which I used the laser cutter to make parts and while the machine would occasionally give me trouble, I was able to get all the parts. Also, wiring the 24 leds used in this project was not a fun task, to say the least. However, I am very happy with the result and plan to use this in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One note about the software, I utilized the arduino library ShiftOut for sending data to the shift registers controlling the leds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below is a video of the Skateboard Light: (I figured out the exposure so it should look better than the video in my polish and present post)<\/p>\n\n\n\n