Once you get your drone to fly, the next question will inevitably be: how can I quickly add LEDs to it and create an international incident?

Thanks to Ted Marskon, who designed The ArduPilot Mega (APM) LED Breakout Board for the DC Drone User Group, we now know the answer.

The APM LED Breakout Board controls LED strands that indicates “arming” of the drone and GPS lock.

Check out this video demonstration to see how it works.

We’re featuring Nova Labs hardware innovation all this week leading up to NoVa Maker Faire. Stay tuned!