Thanks to Greg for sending in his very cool light suit project! He writes:
I made a light suit using the ws2812 LEDs. I used the AWESOME neopixel library to interface with the lights. The NES powerglove was gutted, and fitted with an arduino pro mini to interface with the buttons and bend sensors. I love going to EDM shows and the glove allows me
to play the suit like an instrument…it makes me part of the show!I’ve loved your blog for ages and am a huge fan of wearable Wednesday…would be a dream to make it 😉
Check out more info on the build at Greg’s blog here.
I’ve been cooking this up in my head for a while now, and here it is…or at least the first version of it. This is technically my 4th light suit to make, and my best yet 🙂
One of my favorite bands Hypercrush had a video where one of the guys was wearing a power glove that had lasers coming out of the ends. I had already made a light suit, and thought…what a waste. I thought “Why not control the suit with the power glove?” And thus it was born.
This new generation uses individually addressable LEDs that are controlled by a single pin…no pulse width, no mosfets…soooo siimple.
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Aaaaahhhhhh, you guys posted my suit! Dream fulfilled. 🙂