This project brings the spectacle of a thunderstorm to life through an interactive light art installation that reacts to sound. Using a WS2812B LED strip controlled by an Arduino Nano, the system listens for loud noises via a microphone module, responding instantly with bursts of light that mimic the unpredictable beauty of lightning strikes. Each…

As can be seen in the video, the circuit is working! The microphone has been integrated into the circuit, and the lights react to noise. A loud clap is intended to trigger the effect, but since I had one free tapping, the mic works instead of clapping. The issue was ultimately a missing common ground…

My failure was pretty straightforward my circuit did not work, and my LEDs would not turn on. Several things could be contributing to this issue. First, the Arduino Nano Every limits the current far lower than needed to power the LED strip. As a result, I had to switch to add a separate power source,…

For my Maquette, I created a scaled-down, nonreactive version of my project. It comprises fairy lights wrapped around a wire frame, supporting a polyfill outer layer. This model was primarily to test the lighting effect through the polyfill and its effectiveness in simulating a cloud. An additional diffusing material might be necessary for the final…

Reactive Thunder Cloud A cloud-shaped sculpture embedded with a programmable LED strip inside a fluffy, cotton-like material. The LED strip will flash white light in response to loud noises (such as claps, voices, or music), simulating the effect of lightning in a thunderstorm. The intensity of the flashes will correspond to the volume of the…