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Fiber Optic Jelly Fish Skirt

Build a wearable flashy "jelly fish skirt" using LED strings and optic fibers. Durable enough to dance and wear to parties or Burning Man!

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Fiber Optic Jelly Fish Skirt

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 5V/16MHz
SparkFun Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 5V/16MHz
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5v usb battery pack li-on 2000 mAh
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Slide Switch
Slide Switch
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clear fiber optic cable 1mm thickness
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e6000 adhesive
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hot glue
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prototype board
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velcro strips - 3-4 inches of each side
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nylon strap - 1in width
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ws2812b programable LED strip - 60 LED/M
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Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Hot glue gun (generic)
Hot glue gun (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)

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Schematics

Circuit Diagram

Code

Arduino Code

Arduino
#include <FastLED.h>

#define LED_PIN     5
#define COLOR_ORDER GRB
#define CHIPSET     WS2811
#define NUM_LEDS    25

#define BRIGHTNESS  200
#define FRAMES_PER_SECOND 60

#define switchPin 4

bool gReverseDirection = false;
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];

CRGBPalette16 currentPalette;
TBlendType    currentBlending;


void setup() {
  delay(3000); // sanity delay
  FastLED.addLeds<CHIPSET, LED_PIN, COLOR_ORDER>(leds, NUM_LEDS).setCorrection( TypicalLEDStrip );
  FastLED.setBrightness( BRIGHTNESS );
  pinMode(switchPin, INPUT_PULLUP); // toggle switch

  currentPalette = RainbowStripeColors_p;
  currentBlending=LINEARBLEND;
}

int i=0;
int pattern=0;

void loop()
{
  // Add entropy to random number generator; we use a lot of it.
  // random16_add_entropy( random());
  i++;
  
  if (i==100) {
    if (digitalRead(switchPin)) {
      pattern=1;
    }
    else {
      pattern=0;
    }
    i=0;
  }
  
  if (pattern) {
    Fire2012(); // run simulation frame
  }
  else {
// from ColorPallette example sketch
    static uint8_t startIndex = 0;
    startIndex = startIndex + 1; /* motion speed */
    
    FillLEDsFromPaletteColors( startIndex);  
  }

  FastLED.show(); // display this frame
  FastLED.delay(1000 / FRAMES_PER_SECOND);
}

void FillLEDsFromPaletteColors( uint8_t colorIndex)
{
    uint8_t brightness = 255;
    
    for( int i = 0; i < NUM_LEDS; i++) {
        leds[i] = ColorFromPalette( currentPalette, colorIndex, brightness, currentBlending);
        colorIndex += 3;
    }

}


// Fire2012 by Mark Kriegsman, July 2012
// as part of "Five Elements" shown here: http://youtu.be/knWiGsmgycY
//// 
// This basic one-dimensional 'fire' simulation works roughly as follows:
// There's a underlying array of 'heat' cells, that model the temperature
// at each point along the line.  Every cycle through the simulation, 
// four steps are performed:
//  1) All cells cool down a little bit, losing heat to the air
//  2) The heat from each cell drifts 'up' and diffuses a little
//  3) Sometimes randomly new 'sparks' of heat are added at the bottom
//  4) The heat from each cell is rendered as a color into the leds array
//     The heat-to-color mapping uses a black-body radiation approximation.
//
// Temperature is in arbitrary units from 0 (cold black) to 255 (white hot).
//
// This simulation scales it self a bit depending on NUM_LEDS; it should look
// "OK" on anywhere from 20 to 100 LEDs without too much tweaking. 
//
// I recommend running this simulation at anywhere from 30-100 frames per second,
// meaning an interframe delay of about 10-35 milliseconds.
//
// Looks best on a high-density LED setup (60+ pixels/meter).
//
//
// There are two main parameters you can play with to control the look and
// feel of your fire: COOLING (used in step 1 above), and SPARKING (used
// in step 3 above).
//
// COOLING: How much does the air cool as it rises?
// Less cooling = taller flames.  More cooling = shorter flames.
// Default 50, suggested range 20-100 
#define COOLING  55

// SPARKING: What chance (out of 255) is there that a new spark will be lit?
// Higher chance = more roaring fire.  Lower chance = more flickery fire.
// Default 120, suggested range 50-200.
#define SPARKING 120


void Fire2012()
{
// Array of temperature readings at each simulation cell
  static byte heat[NUM_LEDS];

  // Step 1.  Cool down every cell a little
    for( int i = 0; i < NUM_LEDS; i++) {
      heat[i] = qsub8( heat[i],  random8(0, ((COOLING * 10) / NUM_LEDS) + 2));
    }
  
    // Step 2.  Heat from each cell drifts 'up' and diffuses a little
    for( int k= NUM_LEDS - 1; k >= 2; k--) {
      heat[k] = (heat[k - 1] + heat[k - 2] + heat[k - 2] ) / 3;
    }
    
    // Step 3.  Randomly ignite new 'sparks' of heat near the bottom
    if( random8() < SPARKING ) {
      int y = random8(7);
      heat[y] = qadd8( heat[y], random8(160,255) );
    }

    // Step 4.  Map from heat cells to LED colors
    for( int j = 0; j < NUM_LEDS; j++) {
      CRGB color = HeatColor( heat[j]);
      int pixelnumber;
      if( gReverseDirection ) {
        pixelnumber = (NUM_LEDS-1) - j;
      } else {
        pixelnumber = j;
      }
      leds[pixelnumber] = color;
    }
}

Credits

buzzandy

buzzandy

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former tech startup guy (Sales and marketing/fundraising). now just hacking electronics projects full time!
Thanks to Linawassong.

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