Thanks to Richard Albritton for sharing his awesome LARP tech project with us! Check out more info here.
Though I am not an avid LARPer, save the occasional 24 hour Zombie Nerf gun game, I have been working with a friend to add a bit of Tech into the weapons and artifacts that are commonly used. You may have seen the War Hammer project, but we wanted to try and make some more basic options that just add lighting and some feedback.
This was a good first application for the LEDiva chip that I have been designing. It is low power, easy to install, requires no programming, supports many colors as well as modes, has built-in hit detection using a vibration sensor, and rather inexpensive.
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