Project Liberty Light is a patriotic electronics and embedded systems project created to celebrate the upcoming 250th birthday of the United States of America (July 4th, 2026).
Built around dual WS2812B LED matrix panels and powered by an Arduino Uno, this project transforms programmable LEDs into a dynamic illuminated American flag display featuring interactive controls, animations, and future audio-reactive functionality.
Designed as part of the Motbots project ecosystem, this series blends:
- Embedded systems
- Arduino programming
- LED animation
- Power management
- Real-world electronics wiring
- Interactive hardware design
…all into one large-scale patriotic build.
While originally designed for America’s 250th celebration, Project Liberty Light can easily be adapted for:
- Fourth of July displays
- Veterans Day
- Memorial Day
- Patriotic events
- Workshops and maker fairs
- Educational demonstrations
- Interactive LED art projects
Project Liberty Light currently uses:
- 2x WS2812B 8×8 LED Matrix Panels
- Arduino Uno
- FastLED library
- Push-button control system
- Rocker Switch
- Inline fuse protection
- External 5V power supply
The project combines the two LED matrices into a single 16×8 programmable display capable of rendering:
- American flag graphics
- Color modes
- Interactive controls
- Future animations and audio effects
- 🇺🇸 American flag LED display
- 🔘 Push-button mode switching
- 🎨 Multiple color modes
- ⚡ Dedicated power control switch
- 🛡️ Fuse-protected power system
- 🔌 External DC power adapter support
- 💡 Adjustable LED brightness
- 🧠 Custom serpentine matrix mapping
- Arduino IDE
- C++
- FastLED
- WS2812B LEDs
Contributions, ideas, improvements, and patriotic lighting experiments are always welcome. If you'd like to contribute:
- Fork the repository
- Cretae a new branch
- Commit your changes
- Open a pull request
This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file below for details.
Created by Motbots