Boarduino In Rainbows
This here is the exotic scandinavian straw-spined porkypine. During the mating season, it illuminates into a magical rainbow, so as to attract other boarduinos
Controlling so many RGB leds is quite a challenge, especially without hardware support!
Read more about it at the ladyada.net forums…

March 18th, 2008 at 5:12 am
The TI TLC5940 is a good chip for doing this kind of thing. 16 channels of PWM and current sources in an SPI-controlled 28DIP. Fun chip to play with.