On the Hackaday.io page for his gorgeous “Sunrise Alarm Clock”, [The Big One] is quick to point out that his design is only inspired by Japanese lanterns, and does not use authentic materials or ...

The circuit is driven by a MAX7219 IC that is being controlled through an Arduino microcontroller board, to create an 8X8 LED matrix. The connection of the LED matrix and the IC was done on a ...

It all started when [Damien Walsh] got his hands on some surplus LED boards. Each panel contained 100 mini-PCBs hosting a single bright LED that were meant to be to be snapped apart as needed. [Damien ...