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Thunder And Thunder And Lightning Storm Arduino Projects

Thunder And Thunder And Lightning Storm Arduino Projects

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Thunder and lightning projects vary in display as well as use.  We will cover displays that can be used in dioramas and model train layouts and those that can be used as room and table top lighting effects.

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If you have questions, comments or need help with this ,or any other project, or animating your own diorama or train layout scene, either go to our Free Help page click on the button to the right.

 

Here is a list of the designs

To make it easy for you, circuit boards and arts are available for some of these are available and information about availability will be in each of the design tutorials below.

Thunder Sound Only – You may only want the rumble of thunder in the background. This shows how to do it. Arduino project here builds a sound control board that can be used to activate lightning flashes.

Triple pixel LED lightning with thunder sound – This is perhaps the most attractive display of any that we have seen.  This page takes you step by step through the process on making this.

How To Make An AutoStart Thunderstorm With Colored Lightning – Click here

How To Make An Arduino Controlled Pixel LED Thunder And Lightning Storm. – Click Here

How make a Thunder And Lightning Storm Using Three WS2812b LED Strips that flash when triggered by thunder sounds on a Mini MP3 Player.  – Click Here

How To Make A Thunder And Lightning Storm With LED Light Bulbs. – Click Here

How to make a thunder and lightning storm using a WS2812B Pixel LED strip that is programmed to randomly flash some blue color among the white. – Click Here

Thunder, Thunder Storm, And Lightning Arduino Projects – Click Here

How To Add A Multiple Flash Thunder And Lightning Storm To Your Scene – Click Here

How To Add A Three Lightning Bolt Thunder And Lightning Thunderstorm To Your Scenery – Click Here

How To Make A Lightning Cloud With Blue Shaded White Lightning. – Click Here

Lightning And Thunder Effect – Arduino, DF Player Mini, NeoPixels.  Uses a single neopixel.  Good wiring diagram

Simple Lightning Effect With LEDs – very simple.  uses 5 mm bright white leds

How to make cloud with rain, thunder and lightning –  A fun project for a tabletop.  More like a stand alone cloud.

Free Help

If you have questions, comments or need help with this ,or any other project, or animating your own diorama or train layout scene, either go to our Free Help page click on the button to the right.
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