As I walked into the hardware store the other day my eye was caught by a large display of strobing lanterns. I was immediately drawn to them forgetting about why I was even in the store! After a bit of contemplation I thought that while they got my attention there were a number of things that could be improved:

using an old kerosene lantern rather than a plastic replica

using an RGB LED to provide a more interesting light than white

using an ardunio to produce a flicker effect rather than a strobe

I would like to say the above was the reason to build this project, but let us be truthful, the main reason was so that I could have a bit of a muck around on a rainy day!

I do like the end result and it will be hanging over the front door this Halloween.