BlinkMs are a lot of fun by themselves, but they`re also little network devices, each having its own address on an I2C network. Here`s where I think BlinkM can really shine since it makes controlling multiple RGB LEDs pretty easy. For Maker Faire, I wanted to show off this facet by having a single Arduino control a dozen or so BlinkMs on a single
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I2C bus. The result is shown in the little video below. Controlling several RGB LEDs is no small task, BlinkM makes it easier and I wanted something for Maker Faire that demonstrated how simple controlling a dozen or so RGB LEDs could be. But I also wanted something that was eye-catching from a distance and robust enough for kids to play with. Since I`ve done some Cylon stuff before, a BlinkM version of that idea could be interesting and eye-catching. I had also been building my own rotary encoders and I figured a rotary encoder could be built that was pretty cheap and yet sturdy enough for thousands of kids to play with. A pretty simple schematic. Arduino is at the heart of things, of course. It`s a good brain for a task like this. There are two main facets to this project: dealing all these BlinkMs and making huge rotary encoder knobs. BlinkMs are I2C devices. There can be up to 127 different devices on an I2C network. 1 An I2C network or bus consists of two wires: SDA & SCL. SDA is a bidirectional data line and SCL is a clock driven by the bus master . In this case, Arduino is the bus master and BlinkMs are all I2C slave devices. The other two wires needed by I2C devices is power (+5V) and ground (gnd). While I2C networks were not originally designed to be more than a few inches long, most I2C devices can work on I2C buses several meters in length. In this case, the total length of the I2C cable is about 1 meter (1...
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