Dynamic Led Hula Hoop

Creator: robotgeek Status: Planning Born On: 00:47, 11 July 2009 (CDT) Last Updated: 17:20, 26 January 2011 (CDT)

Overview

LED Hula Hoops are common and fairly straight forward to put together. A fresher take on this idea is to add an accelerometer and micro-controller to the setup. The micro-controller communicates with the accelerometer, gets the motion information and toggles the LEDs to produce interesting patterns.

TODO

• Procure Parts - Electronic (Accelerometer, Microcontroller, LED, FETS, Resistors and batteries), Mechanical (Hula Hoop)
• Micro-Controller & Accelerometer Communication
• LED Circuit Control
• Hula Hoop Construction
• Hula Hoop Wiring
• Testing and Debugging

= References

• Making a Led Hula Hoop at http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Hula-Hoop/
  • Ask Ratmandu about his LED strips
• Look at Arduino Decimila board at shop
  • I think we have a bare bones arduino in the shop, one of these would fit inside the tube :)
• Accelerometer - http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=252