Fnordcube - A RGB-Lamp For Your USB-Port
The fnordcube is a project based on the fnordlicht
project.
The fnordcube is an electronic device which can be attached to a
computer via USB. The cube is capable of emitting many different
colors. This is done by driving three different LEDs inside the cube
which combine to a single color on the outside of the cube.
It can be fully controlled by the connection to a computer. A program
is supplied which receives special UDP-packets and sends them to the
cube.
If you are interested in the internals check the source code bellow.
The package contains a simple application which lets you choose a
specific color and displays it on the cube.
If no application is accessing the cube it just fades though a variety
of colors.
The hardware consists of an Atmel ATMega 8 microcontroller and an FTDI
FT232R USB-UART chip. These are surface mounted on an etched PCB.
The cube comes from a commercially available color changing cube which
runs on batteries. The PCB is a replacement for the original electronic
and the battery holder.
 Currently there is support for *nix and Windows operating
systems. The
archive contains executables for both. |