Arduino Flower-shaped Project

Made by moises-dias / Garden / Lights / Music / Plants / Sensors

About the project

This project is a creative Arduino circuit, designed in the shape of a flower. Featuring LEDs with customizable blinking patterns – random, spinning, or synced with ambient sound.

Project info

Difficulty: Difficult

Platforms: Arduino

Estimated time: 1 week

License: GNU General Public License, version 3 or later (GPL3+)

Items used in this project

Hardware components

	Perforated Panel	x 1
	Lilypad Arduino 328 Main Board	x 1
	Mini Push Button Switch 2-pin Qty. 4	x 1
	An Adjustable Potentiometer Can Open Up Many Interesting User Interfaces. Turn The Pot And The Resistance Changes. Connect Vcc To An Outer Pin Gnd To The Other And The Center Pin Will Have A Voltage That Varies From 0 To Vcc Depending On The Rotati	x 1
	Leds - Those Blinky Things. A Must Have For Power Indication Pin Status Opto-electronic Sensors And Fun Blinky Displays.this Is A Very Basic 5mm Led With A Red Lens. It Has A Typical Forward Voltage Of 2.0v And A Rated Forward Current Of 20ma.	x 5
	Leds - Those Blinky Things. A Must Have For Power Indication Pin Status Opto-electronic Sensors And Fun Blinky Displays.this Is A Very Basic 5mm Led With A Green Lens. It Has A Typical Forward Voltage Of 2.0v And A Rated Forward Current Of 20ma.fe	x 5
	Leds - Those Blinky Things. A Must Have For Power Indication Pin Status Opto-electronic Sensors And Fun Blinky Displays.this Is A Very Basic 5mm Led With A Blue Lens. It Has A Typical Forward Voltage Of 3.4v And A Rated Forward Current Of 30ma.fea	x 5
	Resistor 1k Ohm 1/4 Watt Pth - 20 Pk	x 15
	Arduino Jumper Cables M/m 65 Pack	x 1

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Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

	Soldering Iron	x 1
	Wire Stripper	x 1

Story

I really enjoy creating things, such as games and electronic projects. I had an Arduino Lilypad that I bought a few years ago but ended up not using it. Wanting to create something special for my girlfriend, I decided to start a project, but without anything specific in mind. After looking up inspirations, I decided to create a flower (because she is kinda addicted to plants) and then other ideas emerged, like using a perforated circuit board in the shape of a flower and a leaf, using LEDs in a circular pattern on the flower and using a sound sensor in a leaf.

It has three interactive modes: one with a spinning LED effect, another with random LED blinking, and the third, where LEDs respond to ambient sound, lighting up in sync with the sound detected.

Here is a video showing all functionalities:

Schematics, diagrams and documents

Arduino Flower Circuit Design

Code