pov

Today I received the 330Ohm-resistors and bright blue LEDs I ordered. Each LED now has its own resistor, which makes all of them equally bright all the time.

So now I removed the old LEDs, replaced them with new ones, and moved them to the board to be on a straighter line. Now the LEDs are connected so that I don’t need the mirror()-function anymore. That makes the program faster and more synchronized. I also changed a bit the led()-function as I noticed that every led()-function was followed by a wait()-function and implemented some more characters.

Here are some new pictures and the new code:

NEW VERSION HERE.

This week I’ve been working on a POV. It’s my first microcontroller project ever, and it has been fascinating. The microcontroller I used is an Atmel ATMEGA16 programmed with an Atmel AVR Dragon.

The next step is to make it turn around on a motor and calibrate itself automatically with help from a base-placed IR-diode. I have even talked with a local company that will hopefully provide me with a Bluetooth module to make the possible dynamic text change from a mobile phone or any other Bluetooth device.

For those who don’t know, POV stands for Persistence Of Vision.