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LED Sound Board is Not Your Father
arduino hacks, darth vader eq, darth vader equalizer, led hacks, LED wall, star wars Comments Off on LED Sound Board is Not Your Father
Who doesn’t like Star Wars, LEDs, and music? [Stathack] was looking for a unique piece of art to put in his living room… so he decided to make his own Vader EQ.
The EQ is a massive 4′ x 5′ piece made from plywood and MDF. [Stathack] traced the familiar helmet onto it by using a projector to project the outline onto the surface. Not having access to an extra large CNC or laser, he then painstakingly used a jigsaw to cut out all the white pieces of the design — holy cow.
This process only took weeks and weeks of sanding, filling and sanding again due to the excellent precision of a jigsaw.
Once that was all done, he created the backing plate out of MDF to provide structural support and mounting locations for the LEDs. Bit of spray paint later and a simple circuit with the Arduino and it’s both done, and awesome.
Too bad he filmed the video vertically… sigh.
Need more Vader? How about your own Sous Vadar?
Filed under: Arduino Hacks, led hacks
