Arduino 'Budurasmala' with RGB LED

In 2018 and 2019, the Sri Lankan Buddhist Society of Calgary (SLBSC) built a thorana, a free-standing ornamental, to celebrate the Wesak festival in Calgary. I was responsible for programming the LED strips to create complex effects. We have used WS2812B addressable RGB LED strips for both the Buddha halo (budurasmala) and strings around the paintings.

• Code for the budurasmala - PandalCodeV8_New_19_4.ino

A single strip of 1344 LEDs is used, and 28 LEDs were used for a radius.

• Code for the Strings - Pandal_String_New_19_2.ino

2019 Design

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Thorana Camera Footage 1 - 2018.mp4

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Thorana Camera Footage 2 - 2018.mp4

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