Under Cabinet Lighting

I picked up some 36mm LEDs from Adafruit and built a quick under-cabinet lighting system. The "brains" are held in an aluminum project box under the cabinet (brains = Adafruit Trinket Pro 5V, Rotary Encoder, Pushbutton, and ON/OFF switch). 

36mm Square 12V Digital RGB LED Pixels - WS2801

The code is ugly, so I won't post it -- unless someone really wants it.  I just wanted to get this project done so it's really band-aided together. All in all, it was about 2 hours of assembly and 8 hours of programming. It features 6 different modes:  Color Selector, 2-tone Gradient, Ripple Effect, Lava Lamp, Fireplace, and Whiteout.  

To operate: flip the switch, toggle through the modes using the rotary-encoder pushbutton, and adjust each mode by rotating.

Special Thanks to Balázs Suhajda for Ripple Effect. 

At any point you can push the auxiliary pushbutton and it will transition to white for a cool, clean, (and very bright) white working light. Push it again and it softly transitions back to the mode you were last on. I started to implement a dimming feature, but gave up for the sake of getting the project completed. 

I know updates have been few and far between, but they will resume again at a normal pace -- I promise.  Don't think I've given up working on some new Chippernut ideas, either. :-)  I'm working on some exciting stuff.  V2 code for the existing shift light is complete, I just have to run it through some tests. Also:  here's a teaser currently on my breadboard. There's a significant shortage of wires... but hopefully soon...