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Beacon2 is a lighted beacon that will be used on top of a flag pole at Burning Man 2010, to help us locate our camp (and be blinkie and flashy).
Project Status
Basic design work and BOM assembly started.
Design Overview/Ideas
- Enclosure will be a CD spindle likely, as it's a good shape and easy to work with.
- Each layer board will have 10 LEDs around the perimeter (every 36deg).
- Multiple layer boards will stack together to add a vertical component to the image.
- Boards will communicate via I2C.
- The whole assembly will be solar charged, likely using NiMH batteries.
- Needs to last all night! Last year's beacon was mostly out by 0200.
- Boards will use the ATmega644P/V chip.
- Means we can use the Arduino/Sanguino bootloader.
