Last week I invested some time to solder 64 Firefly boards. Only 2.432 solder joints later I was ready for some videos.
Every firefly acts completely autonomously, it has its own tiny controller, eye and luminary. They are all connected for power supply only.
Here are some different configurations.
Tags:firefly
Update 04. Dec. 2008: This article is replaced by the new howto.
This is a remake of the fireflies which I did a year ago. I was always fascinated by the emergence of patterns. One I like most is the synchronization of hundreds or thousands of fireflies. First they flash randomly but after some time and [...]
Tags:
I was always fascinated by the emergence of patterns. One I like most is the synchronization of hundreds or thousands of fireflies. First they flash randomly but after some time and influencing each other, they flash in sync.
The rule behind this is very simple. All fireflies have nearly the same frequency for their flashing, but [...]
Tags:
