Most decorations are static, and that’s fine, but what if that snowflake on your tree could do a whole lot more than look good? The Arduinoflake is an awesome invention that lets you learn how to make your own hardware and program a device using Arduino.
Once built, you can program the Arduinoflake to utilize your own custom animations using 30 LEDs grouped into 18 independently controlled segments. Since it runs on Microchip’s ATmega8A MCU, it can be programmed like any other Arduino dev board using the IDE which will make programming a breeze.
An integrated touchpad allows you to quickly switch through animations, but the creator was able to use this function to hack the device and play the classic game snake.
For those who don’t have time to assemble and program it, a turnkey version is available as well.
