Introduction: Stroboscope (zoetrope) Using Arduino and a Broken Xbox 360 DVD Drive Stroboscope (AKA zoetrope) is a device that creates an illusion of a moving picture by showing a rapid successions of frames "stopped" for a fraction of a second due to the persistence-of-vision (POV) effect. It is a very old toy; zoetropes have been amusing crowds since 19th century. It makes it all the more fun t