Overview
Stick with Neopixel technology with 8 RGB LEDs that can be individually managed, each of which can produce 256 shades of its own color, determining a total of 16,777,216 colors.
The data channel for communication is One-Wire serial type and can be controlled with microcontrollers like Arduino. Each stick can be cascaded to create various effects.
Power supply: 5 Vdc.
Conformities
Get Inspired
While touchscreens are nice, wouldn’t it be even better if you could simply wave your hand to your computer to get it to do what you want? That’s the idea behind this Iron Man-inspired gesture control device by B. Aswinth Raj. The DIY system uses an Arduino Nano mounted to a disposable glove, along with hall effect sensors, a magnet attached to the thumb, and a Bluetooth module. This smart glove uses the finger-mounted sensors as left and right mouse buttons, and has a blue circle in the middle of the palm that the computer can track via a webcam and a Processing sketch to generate a cursor position. You can see it demonstrated in the video below, drawing a stick man literally by hand, and also controlling an LED on the Nano. Check out this write-up for code and more info on the build!
