Thanks to Jeffrey for writing in about his awesome Burn Wheel project for burning man. Check out the Instructable for the project here. He writes:
I actually just wanted to drop you fine folks a line about my latest Instructable! Its a modification of a self-balancing wheel to add biometric security and integrated lighting. It incorporates the following Adafruit products:
- OLED 128×64
- Perma-protos
- 8-Neopixel Strips
- Bunch of JST connectors
As well as all of their accompanying libraries. So thank you, because without them it wouldn’t have been possible!.. or at lease would have taken a LOT longer 🙂
Featured Adafruit Products!
Monochrome 1.3″ 128×64 OLED graphic display: These displays are small, only about 1.3″ diagonal, but very readable due to the high contrast of an OLED display. This display is made of 128×64 individual white OLED pixels, each one is turned on or off by the controller chip. Because the display makes its own light, no backlight is required. This reduces the power required to run the OLED and is why the display has such high contrast; we really like this miniature display for its crispness! Read more.
NeoPixel Stick – 8 x WS2812 5050 RGB LED with Integrated Drivers: Make your own little LED strip arrangement with this stick of NeoPixel LEDs. We crammed 8 of the tiny 5050 (5mm x 5mm) smart RGB LEDs onto a PCB with mounting holes and a chainable design. Use only one microcontroller pin to control as many as you can chain together! Each LED is addressable as the driver chip is inside the LED. Each one has ~18mA constant current drive so the color will be very consistent even if the voltage varies, and no external choke resistors are required making the design slim. Power the whole thing with 5VDC (4-7V works) and you’re ready to rock. Read more.