LED Strips Everywhere for Everyone! workshop

This workshop will be given:
Easterhegg 23, Day 3: Sunday, 5-April, 8:00pm - 9:30pm
at the Solder Enrichment Center

NOTE: You do NOT need to register to take this workshop -- please show up early to ensure a seat at the Solder Enrichment Center.

Abstract

Learn how to program LED strips.
It's super easy and fun to make your life trippy and beautiful.
For total beginners.

Learn how to light up LED strips with a cheap Arduino, and make your life trippy and beautiful!

For total beginners -- no knowledge needed at all.

Presenter

Mitch Altman.

Full Description

LED strips are really inexpensive, and hackers have created many easy methods for controlling them to make way cool patterns and colors. In this workshop you will learn an easy way to control LED strips and make them do what you want. We will take advantage of a very inexpensive Arduino clone to do our work. I'll show you everything you need to know to use existing programs -- as-is, or to hack on -- to control the colors in your world with LED strips.

Workshop Itinerary

Intro to Red-Green-Blue (RGB) LEDs
Very brief intro to Arduino
How to use an Arduino to control an LED strip
Some demos of programs you can download
How to order LED strips

Materials cost

The workshop is free, but if you would like to partake in the hands-on aspects of the workshop, Mitch will have materials for €20.

Registration -- NOT required

You do not need to register in advance to take this workshop -- just show up early to ensure a seat.:

Software

Optional: Bring your laptop if you want to go home with the free Arduino software installed on it.
Arduino software runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux.:
Arduino software

Summary

     What: Learn to program LED strips and make your life trippy
     When: 8:00pm to 9:30pm, Day 3 (Sunday, 5-April)
     Where: Solder Enrichment Center
     Who: Anyone and everyone can learn to program LED strips. Ages 10 to 100
     Max #: 35 participants -- This workshop will fill up, so please do arrive early!
     Cost: €20 for materials

Instructor: Mitch Altman

website: LED Strips Everywhere for Everyone!

Buy a kit to guarantee a seat, or come by early! (And please do arrive early, regardless!)

Optional: Bring your laptop if you want to go home with the free Arduino software installed on it.
Arduino software runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

Links

More info about the LED Strips Everywhere for Everyone! workshop
Ardiuno website