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= LED Strips Everywhere for Everyone! workshop =

This workshop will be given:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Friday, 31-May, 10:00pm - 11:30pm
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== Abstract ==
''Learn how to program LED strips.<br>It's super easy and fun to make your life trippy and beautiful.<br>For total beginners.<br>''
[[File:LEDstrip.jpg|left|500px|Making an LED strip do its thing]]Learn how to light up LED strips with a cheap Arduino, and make your life trippy and beautiful! For total beginners -- no knowledge needed at all. LED strips have become really inexpensive. Lots of people have created inexpensive methods of controlling their color and brightness. This workshop shows one way to control LED strips, to make them do what you want. We will use a very cheap Arduino clone. I'll show you everything you need to know to use existing programs -- as-is, or to hack on -- to control the colors in your world with LED strips.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''What''': Learn to use and program [https://cornfieldelectronics.com/cfe/projects.php#ledstrips LED strips] to make your life colorful and beautiful<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''When''': May 31st, Friday, 10:00pm - 11:30pm -- <span style="color:orange">'''''Please arrive early to purchase materials so that we can start on time'''''</span><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Where''': Hardware Hacking Village (Workshop 6 tent -- see Map, below)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Who''': Anyone and everyone can have fun learning to program and use LED strips. Ages 10 to 100<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Max #''': 40 participants</span><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Cost''': £20 for materials -- includes everything you need!<br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Instructor''':  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman Mitch Altman]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''website:''' [https://cornfieldelectronics.com/cfe/projects.php#ledstrips LED Strips Everywhere For Everyone]<br>

<span style="color:orange">'''Register on the EMF system to secure a spot, or come by early to be on the waiting list. (And please do arrive early, regardless!)'''</span><br>
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== Full Description ==
[[File:35C3_LEDstrip_tunnel.jpg|right|500px|LED strip tunnel at 35C3, Leipzig, Germany]]<br>
LED strips have become really inexpensive. Lots of people have created inexpensive methods of controlling their color and brightness. This workshop shows one way to control LED strips, to make them do what you want. We will use a very cheap Arduino clone. I'll show you everything you need to know to use existing programs -- as-is, or to hack on -- to control the colors in your world with LED strips.

== Workshop Itinerary ==
* Intro to Red-Green-Blue (RGB) LEDs<br>
* Brief intro to Arduino<br>
* How to use an Arduino to control an LED strip<br>
* Some demos of programs you can download<br>

== Software ==
OPTIONAL:  bring a laptop if you want it set up for programming LED strips.<br>
If you bring a laptop, please download the free and open source Arduino software before the workshop -- Windows, Linux, or MacOS are all fine!:<br>
[https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software Arduino software]

== Links ==
[https://cornfieldelectronics.com/cfe/projects.php#ledstrips More info about the '''LED Strips Everywhere for Everyone!''' workshop]<br>
[http://www.arduino.cc/ Ardiuno website]<br>

==Contact==
'''Mitch Altman''': <mitch AT CornfieldElectronics DOT com><br>
'''DECT''': 4273 (HARD)

== Map ==
[[File:HHA_EMF_map.jpg|900px|left|Location of Hardware Hacking Area (at Workshop 6 tent)]]