So I'm trying to recreate a Pokeball project from a couple years ago, the Phoenix Orb, I just want to make a fun 3d printed one for myself, and so I want to copy the electronics and make it glow with LEDs and have a main glowing button that can change the glow and also to play sounds on a small speaker, but that is easier said then done, especially since you never get a circuit diagram or anything, but some times you can see inside the ball when a youtuber opens it, and this is where my questions starts.
The board is a Arduino Pro Mini 328P, some small sites sell the board, but I cant find anything really official about it. But there is a board called the Arduino Pro Mini 328, this board has many of the same details, runs ATmega328, 5V, etc, but its look is different, with a main difference of the original board being 8MHz but this new board being 16MHz, and my main question is, will this, what seems to be a newer board, work like the old board which isn't sold much any more? Or should i just
Here's a video that shows you how the ball somewhat works
And another of youtubers cutting one of the balls in half, but this ball lacks the extra LEDs since it doesnt have the transparent parts on the shell
P.S. Just to add, I'm not smart when it comes to this, after I figure out the right board, then I'm going to need to figure out how to even code it right which will be its own hell.
Unless the code for the Pokeball is time sensitive --- it should not be --- either board should work.
Although why one would buy the newer board when the older one is still available and is less expensive makes no sense to me.
UKHeliBob:
Does the ball do anything other than flash a couple of LEDs ?
I must say that I was underwhelmed by the video
A few LEDs and sound, also the swaps from one type of LED to another, does patterns, plays certain musical ques, and the button is animated and changes colour sometimes also.
ieee488:
Unless the code for the Pokeball is time sensitive --- it should not be --- either board should work.
Although why one would buy the newer board when the older one is still available and is less expensive makes no sense to me.
Well if theres a reason the older board has been upgraded, i dont see why not to use the new one, also the place that sells the new board is local, and the new board most likely has better documentation on it right now then the old one, also the price isnt cheaper for me, 9 Euro is still 16 AUD to me
dvanw6:
Well if theres a reason the older board has been upgraded, i dont see why not to use the new one, also the place that sells the new board is local, and the new board most likely has better documentation on it right now then the old one, also the price isnt cheaper for me, 9 Euro is still 16 AUD to me
The “older” board appears to be compatible with a 0.1” matrix prototype board and could even, with some female headers, be made “pluggable” . The short single row would have the angled male headers inserted from the top because this is for the ftdi programmer.
The “newer” board has the pins A4 A5 A6 and A7 offset from the 0.1” matrix and are more difficult to work with.
6v6gt:
The “older” board appears to be compatible with a 0.1” matrix prototype board and could even, with some female headers, be made “pluggable” . The short single row would have the angled male headers inserted from the top because this is for the ftdi programmer.
The “newer” board has the pins A4 A5 A6 and A7 offset from the 0.1” matrix and are more difficult to work with.
Gonna admit, I understood very little from what you just said
Ahhh ok, well I shouldn't be needing to use boards like that, from what I've seen, the button, speaker and battery all connect to the one board, so I shouldnt need to worry about pins
