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November 09, 2023

DIY LEGO Lighting: Creating Custom Light Effects

November 09, 2023/ Chris Roberts
DIY LEGO Lighting: Creating Custom Light Effects

What does it take to make custom lighting effects for LEGO creations? Today we dive into the hardware, tools and coding you need to make your MOCs shine.

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November 09, 2023/ Chris Roberts/ 2 Comments
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Lighting, Customization, New Hashima, Soldering, Adafruit, Coding
December 07, 2015

You Can Practically Smell The Flux

December 07, 2015/ Tommy

This is so awesome. I spent many, many hours breadboarding, repairing and designing printed circuit boards way back when, so this latest build from 6kyubi6 for Iron Builder resonates on many levels for me. Brilliant on every level.

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Real-world, Soldering, Props, Iron Builder, PCB, Electronics, LEGO

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