Draft Punk Style Helmets

One of the great things about geek-ing out is the ability to draw a crowd, and the Daft Punk Style Helmets project does just that. The concept of driving LEDs has been done and done again, but the presentation of this project is what sets it apart: an array of LEDs mounted on the visor of the helmet, which changes its light patter based on the ambient music.
Inspired by Daft Punk, the electronic music duo, the project aims to recreate the dazzling light show put on by the helmets. The brain of the project is the Pro board. The low-profile of the board makes it easy to conceal within the inner lining of the helmet. The other main ingredient is a Velleman Sound-to-light kit, which handles picking up the ambient sounds. The output of the kit feeds into the Pro, which then uses some logic to drive the LEDs.
Since the pattern is driven by software, its possible to write more complicated code than what is written for the project, to create fancier light patterns to draw an even larger crowd.

More information and source code for the project is available at the source link below.

Source: http://stuffthatjohnbuilds.blogspot.com/2011/02/daft-punk-style-helmets.html

Intermediate Project
Difficulty: 3.5/5.0