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Thanks to a $1000 grant from the [http://kwawesome.com/ KW Awesome Foundation], we will be conducting a pumpkin carving and learn-to-solder workshop for kids 8+.
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Thanks to a $1000 grant from the [http://kwawesome.com/ KW Awesome Foundation], we were able to hold a pumpkin carving and learn-to-solder workshop at [http://www.themuseum.ca THEMUSEUM].
  
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= Date/Time/Location =
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;Organizer
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October 29, 2011 at THEMUSEUM, 10am - 5pm
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:Ben
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;Participants
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:...
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:Mid-to-late October, 2011
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=Who's doing what?=
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= Publicity =
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* Poster: [[File:Hacky_Halloween_poster.pdf]]
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* Short blurb: ''Learn how to carve a pumpkin and solder your own flickering LED candle. Pumpkins, electronics and admission are free. 10am - 5pm at THEMUSEUM, 10 King St W Kitchener. Presented by kwartzlab makerspace and sponsored by KW Awesome Foundation.''
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* Write and send it on to CTV, The Record, The Chronicle, and the UW and WLU papers.
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* Banner on our front page
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* Brief interview on Rogers Talk Local
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* Pre-event blog post: [http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2011/10/hacky-halloween-october-29th-themuseum/]
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* After event blog post: [http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2011/10/hackyhalloween-2011-photos-posted/]
  
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=Materials needed=
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= Insurance =
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Our insurance covers external events.
  
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=Tasks=
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== Budget ==
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== Venue ==
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100 kits & pumpkins
  
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'''Waterloo Town Square''': Ben is checking with Tracy, the co-ordinator for possible event dates. There are tents and table available.
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* Pumpkins: $250
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* Carving Materials (Knives, etc): $?
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* Soldering Materials (Parts & PCBs): $650
  
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'''Science Open House''': Martin Scherer from the University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering has offered space at their Science Open House (Saturday October 29th between 10am and 4pm, geared toward kids). He's offered resources and advertising for our event. More about Science Open House here: http://science.uwaterloo.ca/events/2011-science-open-house.
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= Materials =
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== Carve ==
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* pumpkins (Nauman's Farm will give us 100 pumpkins for $250)
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* carving saws([http://www.instructables.com/id/Pumpkin-Carving-Saws/])
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* scoops
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* Pushpins for pattern transfer
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* toothpicks, to repair pumpkin after carving accident
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* patterns, printed out from zombiepumpkins.com
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* scissors, for cutting excess paper from the patterns
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* tape, to hold the pattern on the pumpkin while transferring the pattern
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* newspapers, to protect tables from pumpkin guts
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* pails, to hold pumpkin guts
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* fine point markers, for marking out patterns
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* large kitchen knife to slice goop off the lids
  
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'''The Museum''': Ben and I talked to Lori-Ann. The 29th weekend is too busy, but the 22nd weekend might be a possibility. Need to follow up with email. [Doug]
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== Solder ==
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* Soldering stations (8+)
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* Sponges
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* Solder (63/37 SnPb)
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* Diagonal cutters
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* Repair/rework tools: solder sucker, desoldering braid, flux, helping hands/vise, pliers, wire strippers, tweezers, scalpel, etc
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* Power bars/extension cords
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* [http://www.tvbgone.com/mfaire/soldercomic/soldercomic.pdf "Soldering is easy!" Instructions]
  
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== Pumpkins ==
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= Soldering Kit =
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co-ordinator: Doug Moen
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We'll find a pumpkin farm or other vendor who is willing to bring pumpkins to the venue, sell them, and take back the unsold pumpkins. (We'd like to avoid this task ourselves.)
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[[File:HackyHalloween_Kit.jpg|320px]] [[File:HackyHalloween_Assembled.jpg|320px]]
  
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* Herrle's (doesn't have the staff or trucks to bring out and sell pumpkins. They recommended we try the Shantz family or a smaller pumpkin farm). They would sell us pumpkins at a wholesale price, though.
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The Hacky Halloween kit is a barebones version of the kwartzlab [[kick]].
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* Closest grocery store (Valu-Mart if we're at Waterloo Square)
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== Pumpkin carving knives==
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[[Media:Hacky_Halloween_-_Assembly_Instructions.pdf|Assembly Instructions]] (PDF)
  
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Co-ordinator: Steph
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== Hacking ==
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=== Programming ===
  
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* Pumpkin carving kits from the dollar store?
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Optiboot bootloader ([[Media:Optiboot_hackyhalloween.hex|optiboot_hackyhalloween.hex]])
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* large spoons (if not included in kits)
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* drop clothes (pref. newspaper)
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* pails to collect compost material (where does the compost go?)
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* Jeff says that dollar store pumpkin knives produce poor results. If we want to teach kids to do this: http://www.instructables.com/id/jeff-os-2008-pumpkins/ then we need knives like this: http://www.instructables.com/id/Pumpkin-Carving-Saws/ As for safety, he says not a problem, and has taught this to kids at a church workshop.
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== Electronics: the "pumpkin card"==
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Makefile:
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== Soldering irons, solder, LEDs, etc==
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<nowiki>
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hh: TARGET = atmega328
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hh: MCU_TARGET = atmega328p
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hh: CFLAGS += '-DMAX_TIME_COUNT=F_CPU>>4' '-DNUM_LED_FLASHES=1' -DBAUD_RATE=9600
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hh: AVR_FREQ = 1000000L
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hh: LDSECTION  = --section-start=.text=0x7800
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hh: $(PROGRAM)_hackyhalloween.hex</nowiki>
  
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One-page soldering comic: http://www.tvbgone.com/mfaire/soldercomic/soldercomic.pdf
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To compile bootloader:
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<nowiki>
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make clean
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make hh</nowiki>
  
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* 6-10 soldering stations with 5 volunteers minimum
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Append to boards.txt and select in the Arduino IDE under Tools->Board
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<nowiki>
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HackyHalloween.name=Hacky Halloween w/ ATmega328P (1MHz IRC)
  
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== Publicity==
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HackyHalloween.upload.protocol=arduino
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'''Press release''':
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HackyHalloween.upload.maximum_size=30720
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* Write and send it on to CTV, The Record, The Chronicle, and the UW and WLU papers.
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HackyHalloween.upload.speed=9600
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* [[User:Alex W|Alex W]] 22:31, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
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HackyHalloween.bootloader.low_fuses=0xFF
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HackyHalloween.bootloader.high_fuses=0xDA
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HackyHalloween.bootloader.extended_fuses=0xFF
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HackyHalloween.bootloader.path=atmega
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HackyHalloween.bootloader.file=optiboot_hackyhalloween.hex
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HackyHalloween.bootloader.unlock_bits=0x3F
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HackyHalloween.bootloader.lock_bits=0x0F
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HackyHalloween.build.mcu=atmega328p
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HackyHalloween.build.f_cpu=1000000L
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HackyHalloween.build.core=arduino
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HackyHalloween.build.variant=standard</nowiki>
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=== Arduino sketch ===
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<nowiki>
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/*
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  Hacky Halloween
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      by
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    kwartzlab 
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  October 2012
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  Code by James Bastow <james@jamesbastow.com>
  
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== Insurance==
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  This software is in the public domain.
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* Gus is looking into insurance we'll need for the event
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*/
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* Maybe this depends on the venue. If we are one of the events at Science Open House, maybe we are covered by their insurance?  Ditto for The Museum?
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== Budget and capacity planning==
 
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How much money are we spending per kid (cost of electronics, knife, etc)? What are the fixed costs (venue, possibly insurance)? Based on the foregoing, and a $1000 budget, how many pumpkin carvers can we support?
 
  
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The current rough estimate is 100 kids.
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int LED1 = 9;    // LED on digital pin 9
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int LED2 = 10;  // LED on digital pin 10
  
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Assuming each participant doesn't get a dedicated carving station (i.e., there will be rolling attendance), we also need to determine how many stations we can set up.
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void setup()
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{
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  randomSeed(analogRead(0));
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}
  
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== Event Management (on the day of)==
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void loop()
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{
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  analogWrite(LED1, random(127,255));
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  analogWrite(LED2, random(127,255));
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  delay(random(20,100));                           
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}
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</nowiki>

Latest revision as of 21:28, 24 October 2012

HackyHalloween.png

Thanks to a $1000 grant from the KW Awesome Foundation, we were able to hold a pumpkin carving and learn-to-solder workshop at THEMUSEUM.

Contents

Date/Time/Location

October 29, 2011 at THEMUSEUM, 10am - 5pm

Publicity

  • Poster: File:Hacky Halloween poster.pdf
  • Short blurb: Learn how to carve a pumpkin and solder your own flickering LED candle. Pumpkins, electronics and admission are free. 10am - 5pm at THEMUSEUM, 10 King St W Kitchener. Presented by kwartzlab makerspace and sponsored by KW Awesome Foundation.
  • Write and send it on to CTV, The Record, The Chronicle, and the UW and WLU papers.
  • Banner on our front page
  • Brief interview on Rogers Talk Local
  • Pre-event blog post: [1]
  • After event blog post: [2]

Insurance

Our insurance covers external events.

Budget

100 kits & pumpkins

  • Pumpkins: $250
  • Carving Materials (Knives, etc): $?
  • Soldering Materials (Parts & PCBs): $650

Materials

Carve

  • pumpkins (Nauman's Farm will give us 100 pumpkins for $250)
  • carving saws([3])
  • scoops
  • Pushpins for pattern transfer
  • toothpicks, to repair pumpkin after carving accident
  • patterns, printed out from zombiepumpkins.com
  • scissors, for cutting excess paper from the patterns
  • tape, to hold the pattern on the pumpkin while transferring the pattern
  • newspapers, to protect tables from pumpkin guts
  • pails, to hold pumpkin guts
  • fine point markers, for marking out patterns
  • large kitchen knife to slice goop off the lids

Solder

  • Soldering stations (8+)
  • Sponges
  • Solder (63/37 SnPb)
  • Diagonal cutters
  • Repair/rework tools: solder sucker, desoldering braid, flux, helping hands/vise, pliers, wire strippers, tweezers, scalpel, etc
  • Power bars/extension cords
  • "Soldering is easy!" Instructions

Soldering Kit

HackyHalloween Kit.jpg HackyHalloween Assembled.jpg

The Hacky Halloween kit is a barebones version of the kwartzlab kick.

Assembly Instructions (PDF)

Hacking

Programming

Optiboot bootloader (optiboot_hackyhalloween.hex)

Makefile: 

hh: TARGET = atmega328
hh: MCU_TARGET = atmega328p
hh: CFLAGS += '-DMAX_TIME_COUNT=F_CPU>>4' '-DNUM_LED_FLASHES=1' -DBAUD_RATE=9600
hh: AVR_FREQ = 1000000L 
hh: LDSECTION  = --section-start=.text=0x7800
hh: $(PROGRAM)_hackyhalloween.hex

To compile bootloader: 

make clean
make hh

Append to boards.txt and select in the Arduino IDE under Tools->Board 

HackyHalloween.name=Hacky Halloween w/ ATmega328P (1MHz IRC)

HackyHalloween.upload.protocol=arduino
HackyHalloween.upload.maximum_size=30720
HackyHalloween.upload.speed=9600

HackyHalloween.bootloader.low_fuses=0xFF
HackyHalloween.bootloader.high_fuses=0xDA
HackyHalloween.bootloader.extended_fuses=0xFF
HackyHalloween.bootloader.path=atmega
HackyHalloween.bootloader.file=optiboot_hackyhalloween.hex
HackyHalloween.bootloader.unlock_bits=0x3F
HackyHalloween.bootloader.lock_bits=0x0F

HackyHalloween.build.mcu=atmega328p
HackyHalloween.build.f_cpu=1000000L
HackyHalloween.build.core=arduino
HackyHalloween.build.variant=standard

Arduino sketch 

/*
  Hacky Halloween
      by
    kwartzlab  

  October 2012

  Code by James Bastow <james@jamesbastow.com>

  This software is in the public domain.
*/


int LED1 = 9;    // LED on digital pin 9
int LED2 = 10;   // LED on digital pin 10

void setup()
{
  randomSeed(analogRead(0));
} 

void loop()
{ 
  analogWrite(LED1, random(127,255));
  analogWrite(LED2, random(127,255));
  delay(random(20,100));                            
}
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