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Lights, Camera, Action!

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Well, something like that. Ok… maybe just the lights bit.

But hang on – there’s more to this little project than just lights

(note the audio in the video isn’t brilliant for a number of reasons – firstly, it’s a lo-fi recording because there’s only so much space and data throughput you can achieve with a low-powered 8-bit microcontroller. But also, the song itself is recorded with heavy distortion on the vocals for the verses. And it’s being played through a tiny speaker, with no enclosure or bass-boosting properties. In real-life, even on this relatively low-fi playback device, it does actually sound much better!)

So wait – we’ve got lights. Of course we’ve got lights. It wouldn’t be a Blinky Production ™ without flashing lights.

But we’ve also go sound. Music even.

But look closer…..

Flashing lights synchronised with the music???

In real-time? On a crappy little 8-bit Arduino?

I know, right?

Now I just need to wait for the glue to dry on the “light rigging” and add the whole thing to the diorama…..

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