Arduinoflake

Name: Arduinoflake
SKU: 15652
Price: 23.00 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)

(7 Reviews)

Arduinoflake is no ordinary decoration. Connect it to your computer and experience world of hardware by programming your own animation.

Designed by Jiří Praus in Czechia

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Arduinoflake is no ordinary decoration. Connect it to your computer and experience world of hardware by programming your own animation.

Arduinoflake Another decoration? No! Arduinoflake is not only decoration. Learn how to make your own hardware by assembling and programming this beautiful frozen-looking snowflake. It's a new and fun…

Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (5.00)

Documentation: (4.57)

Shipping: (5.00)

Communication: (4.86)

Kevin | June 6, 2021

Tasteful, well-designed and a good introduction to SMD

I bought a few of these as a gift. SMD soldering looked a bit daunting so I opted for the ones with the chips already attached. I did the remaining SMD components myself with a normal soldering iron and left the non-SMD soldering for the new owners. Tweezers, extra soft flux and good illumination were the only extra things I used. It was easier than I thought but it takes time and care is needed not to lose the tiny components.

I don't have one but the large (around 20cm?) anglepoise-style illuminated magnifying lenses look ideal for this.

I think the LEDs are slightly dimmer when running from the CR2032 battery. USB power is fairly bright close up with all LEDs on.

Vlastimil | Jan. 6, 2020

Great christmas tree decoration

Had really fun soldering this kit together! There are two hard parts - the USB-to-Serial chip and USB micro connector. I had butchered the connector, but luckily had a spare one.
We put it on the top of the christmas tree and everyone commented, how nice it is.
I can highly recommend it!

The patterns are nice and the snake game is quite challenging :)

Petr | Dec. 26, 2019

Perfect, WYSIWYG

I hanged it in the window for Christmas. I would appreciate explanation of how to power it using AAA batteries. I know it's possible in theory, but don't know how, so I used usb cable, but it's a bit ugly :) I used the option to have it fully assembled, bc I'm lazy and don't have any tools anyway. I plan to try reprogramming it during long winter evenings. It was perfectly crafted I really like it. Thanks, Jirka!

Donald | May 11, 2019

Unique and Beautiful, and not just for winter

Years ago I wrote a screensaver which generated snowflakes. It required a computer and monitor and changing the program to create different patterns required a lot of work....
Arduinoflake is really amazing. The integration of circuit board and display is wonderful. The touch interface makes is easy to select one of the stock algorithms, and the ISP makes it straightforward to add your own algorithms. There are two options for battery power.
The only thing I added was a way to hang it (a little hot glue and a cord).
As with most SMD, the soldering was a little finicky, but practice makes practiced. The PCB masking and some flux made assembly quick.
I recommend this as a great design and as a nice gift.

Edward | May 2, 2019

An excellent kit and exceptional customer service

One of the first things that struck me about the Arduinoflake upon opening was the care which it had been packaged and parts labeled, and the quality of everything included. I immediately decided to order several more for kits for gifts.

Jeffrey | March 9, 2019

Arduinoflake worked perfect

After receiving the Arduinoflake I inserted a battery and then found the on/off switch. Worked like a charm. Emailed Jiri and he responded quickly and was very good with his explanations.

Response from Jiří Praus | March 15, 2019

Thank you for your review. Further versions of Arduinioflakes will have better labeled the on/off switch so it is easy to spot and use. Thank you for your feedback!

Kevin | March 4, 2019

I love this very imaginative project.

This was a great kit. Packaging and documentation was awesome with every part labeled in a unique way with step by step instructions. Even extra components included! I did look up what the interior of a LED looked like so I was sure which way they went. This was my first smd project. Man some of those smd's are tiny. Don't sneeze. It works great and I love the touch pad. I posted so my Christmas friends would see this.

Response from Jiří Praus | March 18, 2019

Thank you! I am really glad you like it. I always try my best to provide the best experience. This is a total win! Awesome that your first SMD project is Arduinoflake. That is also one of the reasons I include extra components - they are tiny and easy to lose.

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