Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
In this video I create a color changing nightlight based on a famous symbol from one of my son’s favorite video games. Because space was tight, I decided to use an ATtiny microcontroller instead of an Arduino. These are very inexpensive and are a great way to shrinkify your Arduino projects. ATtiny come in multiple configurations (number of pins and amount of memory). One of the most popular is the ATtiny85 which only has 8 pins and is very small.
The light up display is made using ½ inch (12mm) thick acrylic sheet that is cut using a bandsaw and abraded using sandpaper.
The following are affiliate links for products used in this video. Purchasing these items through these links will not increase your price, but may result in a small commission that will help my channel continue to produce useful and entertaining videos.
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In this video I create a color changing nightlight based on a famous symbol from one of my son’s favorite video games. Because space was tight, I decided to use an ATtiny microcontroller instead of an Arduino. These are very inexpensive and are a great way to shrinkify your Arduino projects. ATtiny come in multiple configurations (number of pins and amount of memory). One of the most popular is the ATtiny85 which only has 8 pins and is very small.
The light up display is made using ½ inch (12mm) thick acrylic sheet that is cut using a bandsaw and abraded using sandpaper.
The following are affiliate links for products used in this video. Purchasing these items through these links will not increase your price, but may result in a small commission that will help my channel continue to produce useful and entertaining videos.
ATtiny microcontroller: ebay.us/wacDcB
5V waterproof LED strip: ebay.us/bc3jOb
2N7000 Mosfets: ebay.us/vIyzOk
Clear acrylic sheet: ebay.us/dAec7j
