Making a successful persistence of vision device usually involves either the device holding the LEDs to move quickly, or the person holding the device to move it quickly. The former is preferable, and a great example of an Arduino-based POV display has been documented by Instructables user "duboisvb", whose POV device is mounted on an ordinary desk fan. Then by using a small Arduino-compatible board, seven LEDs, a hall-effect sensor and other circuitry the device can detect rotations and display the LEDs for greatest effect - for example:
That's a neat and simple POV project, and you can find out more from here. And for more, we're on twitter and Google+, so follow us for news and product updates as well.
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