http://www.iaeme.com/IJECET/index.asp 7 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering and Technology (IJECET) Volume 8, Issue 4, July-August 2017, pp. 7–12, Article ID: IJECET_08_04_002 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/IJECET/issues.asp?JType=IJECET&VType=8&IType=4 ISSN Print: 0976-6464 and ISSN Online: 0976-6472 © IAEME Publication PERSISTENCE OF VISION USING ARDUINO K. Anusha Assistant Professor, ECE Department, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu L. Baala Gajakreedan Department of ECE, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu S. Nishanth Kumar Department of ECE, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu S. Vignesh Rajarathinam Department of ECE, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu ABSTRACT Persistence of Vision (POV) Wands are a fun way to create interesting long exposure photographs and light displays. The wand consists of a single row of LEDs controlled by an Arduino Uno. When the wand is turned on it appears to be flickering in a random pattern, but if you move it quickly back and forth, you will see text or an image appear. This wand project is incredibly customizable, I've included all CAD files, firmware, build documentation, and schematics. Feel free to choose your own color LEDs, write personalized messages, and maybe even add something new to the project! Keywords: Persistence of vision, LED, Arduino, Wand. Cite this Article: K. Anusha, L. Baala Gajakreedan, S. Nishanth Kumar and S. Vignesh Rajarathinam, Persistence of Vision using Arduino. International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering and Technology, 8(4), 2017, pp. 7–12. http://www.iaeme.com/IJECET/issues.asp?JType=IJECET&VType=8&IType=4 1. INTRODUCTION The core phenomenon on which the entire project is based on is Persistence of vision. Persistence of vision is the phenomenon pertaining to the human eye by which an afterimage is thought to persist for approximately one twenty-fifth of a second on the retina. The way this phenomenon of persistence of vision works is based on the belief that human perception of motion (brain centered) is the result of persistence of vision (eye centered). Any motion that we see around us is the direct implication of persistence of vision phenomenon at work. The