Angry Face First Prototype

So I broke out the soldering iron again tonight and managed to get the lights for my Angry Eyes Bike Light wired up and some simple Animations programmed into the Arduino microcontroller. As it turns out the cover I 3D Printed for it was off (totally my fault) so I will have to go back to the drawing board for that.

Like that Last project the Bike Light I will be posting everything on my Github repository so you can download the code for the arduino, STL files for the 3D Printer, and all the notes I have made with wiring and anything else that I can think to add to make building your own easier.

I am still not sure how I am going to attach this to my bike. It would be easier to attach it to the Hipster bike than to the Macho Man. I would also like some better animations to show off what the lights can really do but for the moment this will have to do.

Bike Bag Light

My newest project

Been working on a safety light project for the last few weeks. I for one believe in bikes having lights and the more lights and the brighter the lights the better. One of the things I added to the programming was the ability to switch between different modes. Most of the modes are just for getting attention, like white and red blinking but I also added a pulsing rainbow and a cylon eye mode.

I can also easily change the program to add or change the animations The whole thing is powered by a usb battery charger. I picked up two of these chargers, a 5000 mah one and 10000 mah one. Once I get the chance to go out riding at night I will be able to see how long each of these batteries will work for.

Once I get the whole thing debugged and running I will post all the files and diagrams so anyone can build one. I will even post the parts list so that you can order all the parts and build one. Eventually I would like to replace the switch with a bluetooth link that I can control from my phone.

Edit - I started a github for all the files you need to build this for yourself

https://github.com/TerryBruce/Bikebag

Please let me know what you think