Arduino's Create Agent is what you need to get started to coding, so whether you're on PC, Mac, or even on Chromebook, here's how to download the program.

He used an Arduino Mega and Adafruit Neopixel library combo to add and control the animations. To see steps in detail, check out the Instructable below. It seems worth a shot if you've got the skills.

With your breadboard connected to the Arduino and the power supply plugged into an outlet, plug the Arduino back into the computer with the USB cable. Next, run the Processing code we compiled ...

You can even install the library through the Arduino IDE, just open the Library Manager and search for “Digital Rain” to get started.

Installing the library is as easy as checking out the code from GitHub into your Arduino install, so that’s exactly what I did. I then spent a couple days playing around with it.