The LED mau5head Project

So today I am going to be explaining my first project I am going to be working on. I am going to be building a mau5head like the one Deadmau5 wears. Lots of people make mau5heads.... there is tutorials all over the web on how to make them. But they are his original head. The one with the white smiling mouth and 2 bulging eyes. As far as I know, no one is attempting what I am going to attempt. I am going to make a mau5head that can create designs like how his does. Through the research I have, I have concluded that Arduinos (http://www.arduino.cc/) are usable to create LED grids, thus allowing pretty designs. The Arduino will be using an Arduino Mega, which has a lot more outputs than a normal one, and it has more flash memory available too. Unfortunately, it is the old version, so it only has 128kb of memory, instead of 256kb, and I am really hoping it is enough. My goal is to have a minimum of an 18X18 array grid of LEDs. Normally, this would be semi easy if you multiplex them. (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=LED+multiplexing) Well, I am not using normal LEDs, I want to be able to have many, many colors available so I am using RGB LEDs. These LEDs have 4 pins, 1 pin for each color and a common cathode pin. Thus making it so I will have to deal with a lot more wire that I originally wanted. I will give the specifics and math in a later post. For now, just think of it at a very low quality TV on a sphere. I haven't gotten the Arduino yet, and until I do, I am just going to be working on concepts and theories. That's about it for now, stay tuned for more!

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