Arduino...the right choice? (shift light)
ok to start off with, I know absolutely nothing about programming stuff...everything I will be doing will be researched and youtube
what I am trying to do is create a shift light that increases the bulb/light/lumen/brightness (pick a word) intensity as the rpm increases.
I have seen people use arduino (not sure what any of it is beyond that name keeps showing up) to create sequential shift lights (1 light, then 2, then 3, etc. depending on rpm level) but I cannot find anywhere that has a premade unit or someone that has made a steady increase.
so far the only idea I have other than a single progressive bulb is
1) use a sequential that has several lights and put all the lights next to each other, the lowest rpm bulb/led being tinted heavily and bulb tint progressively decreasing as the rpm's climb . example: 5 lights, 1st at 3000, 2nd at 3500, 3rd at 4000, etc...
I think that would give a similar result to what im looking for except it will obviously be less smooth than one bulb changing intensity.
I found a string of youtube videos talking about "arduino" earlier but have not had a chance to look at them yet. I will continue to look around but wanted to see if anyone has had any experience in this area before...thanks for any constructive input y'all may have!!!