Patrick Prescott
Published © GPL3+

Badger POV Bike Wheel

Using a SparkFun Badger, this converts a standard bicycle wheel into a spinning display of patterns

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Badger POV Bike Wheel

Things used in this project

Hardware components

SparkFun Badger
×1
LED Portable work light
×1
5 mm LED: Green
5 mm LED: Green
×144
100 ohm bussed resistor
×18
Shift Register- Serial to Parallel
Texas Instruments Shift Register- Serial to Parallel
×9
General Purpose Transistor NPN
General Purpose Transistor NPN
×6
Resistor 47.5k ohm
Resistor 47.5k ohm
×1
Capacitor 1 µF
Capacitor 1 µF
the data sheet for the shift register recommends a ceramic capacitor
×9
Hall Effect Sensor
Hall Effect Sensor
×3
heat shrink tubing
×1
9V Battery Clip
9V Battery Clip
×1
RJ45 tip
These tips make a perfect spacer for the hall effect sensor. Anything with similar size and magnetic properties will do.
×3
Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
F-F wires are the only necessary wires if yours are long enough. Mine, however, were too short, so I extended them with M-F wires also.
×1

Hand tools and fabrication machines

tweezers
An assortment is handy. This project called for some tight spaces.
variable temp soldering station
Small enough to insulate jumper wire connections
#2 phillips screw driver
#1 phillips screw driver
a mini screwdriver is best. This one will need to fit into some tight spaces in the flashlight
craft knife
coping saw
small wire cutters
small wire strippers

Story

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Schematics

Reduced Schematic

This schematic shows the essential parts of one spoke. It contains only one shift register and a third of the LEDs.

Code

BadgerPOV.zip

Arduino
No preview (download only).

Badger POV

This code programmatically makes some patterns, reads sensors for a digital low via the analog inputs, and then sends the pattern bits to shift registers.

Credits

Patrick Prescott

Patrick Prescott

3 projects • 22 followers
I love all sorts of making. Electronics is probably my favorite, but carpentry is a close second.

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