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I made this for my Halloween costume this year.

It's a 16x5 LED matrix installed inside a cheap motorcycle helmet I found on Amazon. I used the Arduino to program all the animations. (arduino.cc)

The LEDs are on cardboard, so I punched holes between every single LED and some larger slits around the sides in order to see out.

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Andrea Allen 11 months ago

I distinctly remember doing most of the work on this helmet. Thanks for the shout out.
Casey Pugh 11 months ago

No problem!
Julia Quinn 11 months ago

did this take you a while?
Matt 11 months ago

That is really cool. What controls the display, an Arduino? It's weird, I'm in the process of making the same type of video as I solder together this mini segmented LED display that will read out live Digg stats. But yours is cooler...by a lot.

edit: whoops just saw the description, Arduino it is
melka 11 months ago

I was waiting for this video for some time, glad to watch it now ^^
Chad Pugh 11 months ago

Who helped you animate the LED repeating patterns? Just curious because it looked fantastic!
Casey Pugh 11 months ago

I think it was my brother that designed some of the patterns.
Jason Lane 11 months ago

Holy crap!
But can you see?
Casey Pugh 11 months ago

Yes, I can. The LEDs are on cardboard, so I just punched holes between every single LED and some larger slits around the sides. I could see pretty well.
Thommy Browne 11 months ago

Well done Mr. Pugh.
Casey Pugh 11 months ago

Thank yee.
Buck Flashroy 11 months ago

Very cool.
Jym Davis 11 months ago

W O W

{amazing}
Pikku 11 months ago

Have you made the controller by yourself?
In about one year im a skilled eletrician, leds arent a problem, th programming is i guess :D
havent worked with microcontrollers yet, only with bigger controls like S7, but thats not what i'd need for sumthing like that i guess :D
Andrea Allen 11 months ago

Casey asked me for a bunch of help. I was happy to lend him my expertise.
Pikku 11 months ago

haha ye sure :D
(for real?)

damn im so bad in noticing irony...
Casey Pugh 11 months ago

She helped cut the wires :)

I used the Arduino's microcontroller (ATmega168). You should check out arduino.cc. The Arduino makes hardware programming super simple!
Pikku 11 months ago

Pretty nice advise, thanks for sharing :)
freshINK 11 months ago

love daft. love the helmet. was it tough breathing in that thing?
Casey Pugh 11 months ago

Very hard to breathe! I could only wear it for brief periods of time before I'd start sweating and panting. I should drill in some more breathing holes.
gotshoo 11 months ago

Now all you need is a lit up pyramid.
Caleb Stephens 11 months ago

That is THE single best haloween costume ever.
James Lewin 11 months ago

Very nice, especially the LED animation!

I put a link up to this at Synthtopia:
synthtopia.com/content/2008/12/03/how-to-make-a-daft-punk-helmet/
Casey Pugh 11 months ago

Thanks!
Phil T 11 months ago

That's some effort - puts my deadmau5 head to shame - uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gDw9hA3ezuY
James R. 11 months ago

Aweosme!
Amenon 11 months ago

Nice tidy-looking work. Must have taken some patience but great result!
Viktor Asger 11 months ago

Enjoy !
Alex Graham 11 months ago

great job, always good watching someone carrying out skilled work and seeing it develop bit by bit
loonachic 11 months ago

this is bad ass, casey!
Kevin Sheurs 11 months ago

awesome man...bring this to the office!
Aurélien 11 months ago

awesome
Alfonso GJ 11 months ago

Great man! You should make a tutorial on this :P
Brian Marquardt 11 months ago

I agree. Awesome vid though!

Just wondering, where did you run all the wires to?
Davis 11 months ago

i can say firsthand that wearing this helmet made you feel like you were from the future.

i can also say firsthand that i think i drunkenly halfway broke it. sorry!
LA 11 months ago

I love to solder thin wires. I learned the skill working for AT&T. You look like you possess the skill as well...great job!
Zeke the Plumber 11 months ago

LED board is cool. but i'm sorry, it looks nothing like either of the Daft Punk helmets. good try though.
Casey Pugh 11 months ago

Yea, I wanted to do some plastic molding to make it look more like one of the originals. Unfortunately, Halloween crept up too quickly.
Russell Arteaga 11 months ago

What song is that?
charliesteadman 11 months ago

If Soxiam made a helmet like this, he'd rule.
Emrys Roberts 11 months ago

Congrats for getting a mention in Kanye's Blog. Kick Video too, and I want that helmet, LOL. :)
Mark 10 months ago

That's incredible! You could make a killing selling those on Ebay.
panel of experts 9 months ago

Saw this on Kanye's BLAGGGG!!! wohowhowohwohwhwow
Monkee Thirteen 9 months ago

so are you willing to share your schematic and arduino code? This is bad ass!!!!! Great work.
wyatt prill 8 months ago

Do you mind making a DIY? Or just the parts about the LED? I would appreciate it alot if you did.
Robin Waarts 7 months ago

cool project...

(via flickr.com/photos/sloth_rider/3424962047/)
Hayden 6 months ago

Hey can you email me some thorough instructions on how to do it? thx bro...
also great job!
(hi326900@yahoo.com)
cyrix522 6 months ago

Serious dedication man. I'd love to have a DP helmet of my own, and this is just 20 degrees of awesome.
James Grissom 4 months ago

i <3 u
Kenneth Cartier 4 months ago

Casey, I was looking at doing something similar for Halloween this year! I want to do a 36x11 board but I cant figure out the whole arduino thing as was hoping you could help me understand it a bit more.
thanks,
Mr. Cartier
Daniel Ramos 3 months ago

Hey, Do you think you could do one of these on commission?
Dan Twedt 1 month ago

I like...wot did it cost?