April 14, 2014

Making an Arduino-controlled replica vintage sign

Vintage neon and other merchandising signage can be quite expensive it found in working condition, however with a little effort you can reproduce your own version with an Arduino and a small amount of external circuitry.

One example of this is demonstrated by the "pscmpf", who uses Arduino-controlled solid-state relays to switch in and out bulbs which are fitted to a wooden arrow. The end result - once decorated appropriately - could fit into any 1950s scene or be used for all sorts of signage applications, and is demonstrated in the video below:

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