This circuit simulates a firefly with a tiny microcontroller. If put together with other fireflies, they will flash randomly. But after some time they will start to interact with each other and the flashes will start synchronize until all fireflies flash at once.
The kit contains:
- Firefly PCB
- ATtiny13V microcontroller
- bright RGB LED (~4000mcd)
- phototransistor
- capacitors and resistors
- sockets and header
Not included is a power supply and the ping pong ball.
This kit is easy to build and to hack. It can be programmed with custom firmware to build anything around an RGB-LED, e.g. an RGB mood light.
Please visit the Synchronizing Fireflies How To for more details and instructions.
This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 26 October, 2008.
