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A project log for Warehouse 13 Tesla Gun

A simple replica of the tesla gun from one of my favorite shows. My first project, hoping to get it light up in different brightness levels.

melissa-matosMelissa Matos 04/12/2022 at 14:350 Comments

So I've been making progress on the lighting guts for the gun. I wanted green lights for the dials, yellow flickering lights for the rear vacuum tubes, and a blue flashing light when it fires, based on this YouTube video of the prop replica.

Here is what I have so far. I need to get the blue neopixel ring to flash when fired. I probably will switch it out for a single pixel light, but this is what I have on hand for now. I would like the intesity of the blue light to change as well, based on the setting on the knob. So the next step will be getting a potentiometer hooked up to this mess.

But here's how it's working so far.

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