So last year I made a Christmas Ornament - figured I'd do something again this year. It's an MSP430 powered Christmas tree! It uses 2 PCBs that slide together. There is a button and a motion sensor (cheap spring-based motion sensor). It uses 12 leds - broken into two sets of 6 that are charlieplexed (so 6 pins total used).
I managed to score some cheap MSP430G2152's off of Newark for $0.50 each (although the $5 shipping cut into it a bit), but the 10 trees cost well over $100 in total (including $25 shipping to get them here before Christmas).
For those interested, gerbers and eagle files are attached. I'll post some code as well - it's just very basic right now.
Quick video (might put up a nicer one later)
It turned out so great - I actually got my wife to solder one!
