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100000 Viewers!!!

Wow! According to Youtube's statistics, the video about my charlieplexed LED cube was watched over 100,000 times. Unbelievable! Unreal! Unforeseen! Thanks for all your interest and all the positve feedback. I don't know if I will be able to top that, but I will keep trying,

The Charlie Cube Mark II: 4x4x4 - Update

Update Build this simpler version instead! Introduction When I wrote my post on my charlieplexed LED cube, I never meant to publish build instructions. There are plenty of instructions around and a regular LED cube is much easier to make. Instead, I wanted to show that it is possible to use charlieplexing for such a cube. And I wanted to share my thoughts on how I got there. So I never

A Charlieplexed Knight Rider Light

Features Low cost and low part count Four different flashing patterns, easily modifyable Speed control and pattern switching via pot Introduction This is nothing special, really. "Knight Rider lights" or "Larson Scanners" seem to be very popular microcontroller projects. I guess they are the next step right after the blinking LED (a.k.a. the "Hello World" program for microcontrollers). I