any type of kid born today has a bright future ahead of them—mostly including watching radiant rectangles for 80 or 90 years. To provide his progeny a jump-start on a lifetime of watching LEDs flicker, [Dan] produced a hectic box. It’s truly just an Arduino, RGB LED matrix, as well as a programmed particle system, however if we’re fascinated by it, it will most likely strike an infant’s mind.

The concept for this hectic box originated with an earlier Hackaday post that utilized an 8×8 matrix of RGB LEDs to produce a moving color cloud. [Dan] took this job as a jumping off point as well as produced an infant’s hectic box with four modes that are sure to be entertaining.

Inside the is a Rainboduino: an Arduino compatible board capable of driving an 8×8 RGB LED matrix. likewise stuffed inside the hectic box is a 9V battery, rocker switch for the power, as well as four arcade buttons that cycle with each mode. The very first mode is some kind of ‘plasma cloud’ simulation, the next is a ‘painter’ light display. The final two modes spell out [Dan]’s spawn’s name, as well as all the numbers as well as letters of the alphabet.