Instructables userCarlSpowered through a big Arduino project with digital LEDs.
The animation effects are powered digitally instead.
CarlS warns that it’s not a small project.
He used an Arduino Mega and Adafruit Neopixel library combo to add and control the animations.
To see steps in detail, check out the Instructable below.
It seems worth a shot if you’ve got the skills.
There are more visuals and he was even nice enough to post the code he used.
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