shadowBox
Rapid Prototype
By: Kweku White
The shadowBox is an interactive silhouette projector meant to display the pieces of art. It uses over 150 LEDs to maximize the amount of output within the small container. Those LEDs have different color settings which can be used as a background for the art I am trying to display. Those settings are changed using 2 buttons with each one cycling through 10 color combinations and displays.
>>Description
This project was created for the purpose of enhancing a room inside of my place of residence. I wanted to add some style to a room of my choosing in my special way. The concept of projecting art on a wall using silhouettes was inspired by a projector and hand shadows.
>>Pupose/Inspiration
Above are the primary steps I took in creating the shadow box. After programming the LED matrix with over 10 settings along with wiring the buttons I began to wrap my LED strips around a dowel. That dowel would serve as a light source and support for the piece of art that would later sit on top. Then I wrapped a strip of 150 LEDs along the inside of a laser-cut box.
>>Steps
Finally, I added the art piece on top of the LED and the results were moderately successful. I realized that my prototype worked best in a completely dark setting.
>>Steps
The 3 major challenges of this project were the strength of the lighting. The amount of LEDs the Arduino could handle before the display power began to fall short. Also, the surface area of light that got through the box.
>>Challenges
