Randofo published the details on this flamethrowing Jack-O’-Lantern on Instructables. This bad boy is designed for remote control via Squidbee RF modules so you can shoot a one-second burst of flame on command. (As randofo observes, you should be able to substitute any Arduino/XBee combo for the SquidBee.) This definitely qualifies as a Dangerous (Halloween) […]
Category Archives: Holiday
Arduino sound-responsive Halloween skull
Boris presents this project just in time for Halloween. It’s a simple Halloween skull which employs an Arduino to read the level from sound sensors and controls a servo connected to the skull’s mandible. You can see more project details and get the source code from the Open-Electronics website. Via the contact form.
70 LED matrix in a jack-o-lantern
Hack a Day made a Jack-o-lantern that shows animations on a LED matrix. Mike shows you how to design and run a multiplexed display with an AVR. Then he guts a pumpkin and installs 70 LEDs with power tools. Gourds, LEDs, and power tools, what’s not to love? We’re big fans of blinken-pumpkins.
Hackable Christmas card build time-lapse
Piotr got a hackable Christmas card PCB on free PCB Sunday, and made this time-lapse video of his build. Excellent use of tweezers, a key tool for surface mount soldering.
Hackable Christmas ornament to ship
Seeed Studio sent word that the Hackable Christmas ornament is out of production and should start shipping in a few days, about 2 weeks early. Great job Seeed! There’s still a couple of ornaments available. A surface mount kit is $12, and Seeed will assemble yours for $3 more ($15 assembled).
Instructables version of the Hackable Christmas card
The Instructables version of the Hackable Christmas card & ornament is up. Seeed has copies of the card as a surface mount kit for $12, or assembled for $15. The card is already being manufactured so it can be delivered ASAP. The Seeed stock numbers aren’t accurate, less than 100 are being produced and we’re […]
Prototype: Hackable LED Christmas card & ornament
Holiday cards that blink and beep have always fascinated us. This is our hackable DIY version, made with an ATtiny13A and a few LEDs. Push the button to play a short light show in the tree. We’re sending these to friends and family this year. It’s a handmade, hackable gift, and it was a ton […]
Instructables version of remote pumpkin
We posted the Instructables version of the RGB remote control pumpkin.
Remote control color changing pumpkin
Halloween is only a few days away. We’re getting into the spirit by building a remote control color changing pumpkin. Channel buttons 0-8 on the remote toggle the colors of the rainbow. Button 9 activates an ‘angry pumpkin’ mode that flashes a scary red strobe for a few seconds. It uses a minimal PIC 18F2550 […]