CyberAthena

CyberAthena is a modern rendering of the owl of Athena.

Athena is a goddess of wisdom and arts and the guardian of Athens. Owl is one of her symbol in Greek mythology. According to the myth, the owl sits on Athena’s blind side, so that she could see the whole truth.

CyberAthena comes with metal armour for futuristic touch. This serves well as the night watch and guardian of wisdom in the dark.

Features of CyberAthena

• 2x RGB LEDs back-mounted
• 1x PCB of beautifully rendered owl of Athena
• PCB size: 38.83mm x 45.22mm (width x height)
• Golden (new): ENIG finish or Silver: HASL finish with no lead
• 1x IS31FL3196A LED driver chip in QFN-20
• 1x SAO Header with SDA, SCL, GND and VCC

You need one Arduino board, any AdaFruit Feather board, or whatever dev board with I2C interface. You may have to solder fly-wires for proper hookup to the SAO header.

A short video clip is on twitter.

Notes

CyberAthena comes in two packages, either a soldering kit or fully assembled and tested board.

IS31FL3196A comes with a special function: synchronize the LED display with an audio input. The pad of designated audio-control pins are exposed for your further exploration.