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Glowing Mirror Mask
Halloween Masquerade Magic with NeoPixels
by Erin St Blaine
Create a holographic glowing mask with NeoPixels and a Hallowing. We've included three designs you can create with a vinyl cutter or cut by hand. Be the scariest skeleton on the street, the fiercest diving dragon, or the fanciest fairy at the faire.
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HalloWing Light Paintstick
Create bitmapped light paintings with HalloWing or Circuit Playground Express!
by John Park
You can create beautiful light paintings with pixel art magically floating in mid-air using a strip of NeoPixels and the HalloWing or Circuit Playground Express! Start with a bitmap up to 30x100 pixels, and then capture the image with a long exposure photograph!
Neon LED Signs
Make your own neon-style signs with LED "neon" strips. Animate the sign with a Metro M0
by John Park
Use MakeCode or CircuitPython to code the animation of multiple "neon tubes" connected to the Metro M0 and an 8-channel Darlington driver. Mount it into an enclosure with buttons to turn the sign on and off and to start and stop the blinking!
Proximity Based Lighting
Have lights react when something gets close. Useful or spooky? You decide.
by Dave Astels
Using a TrinketM0, NeoPixels, a distance sensor breakout, and some CircuitPython code, make a small board that will control lighting based on how close something is.
LED Trampoline
NeoPixels make you wanna, Jump, Jump, Jump!
by Ruiz Brothers
Use ItsyBitsy, NeoPixel strip and a vibration sensor to make an interactive Trampoline powered by Circuit Python.
Cosplay Glow Fur Raver Bandolier
Accent your burner costume with NeoPixels
by Erin St Blaine
Create a furry, glowy bandolier that can be worn dozens of ways: make leg wraps, arm wraps, a hat band or head dress, a chest harness, a belt or whatever else you can dream up. Great beginner project.
Ever-Burning Flame Painting
Illuminate your artwork from the inside
by Erin St Blaine
Neopixel strips and acrylic paint create the illusion of a roaring fire you can hang on your wall. A capacitive touch button makes the flames burn high or die down. Powered by Circuit Playground and the FastLED arduino library.
Dotstar LED and Glass Pebble Floor
Add dramatic color changing lighting to your walkway
by Erin St Blaine
Put a stunning light installation in your floor or walkway. Control it with a click of Circuit Playground's onboard buttons. Glass pebbles create a classy diffused look that will accent any home beautifully.
Wonder Woman Cosplay Bracers
Block bullets with Motion & Sound
by Erin St Blaine
Use Circuit Playground's onboard accelerometer and microphone to block invisible bullets from all directions. Neopixels and side-glow acrylic create a super cool lightning effect guaranteed to protect your friends from all imaginary foes. Now where did I park my invisible plane?
Pulse Room
Control room lighting & sound with the beat of your heart.
by C. Cunningham
Technology connects us to the outer world, but have we lost touch with our inner selves? Join Collin at home, as he attempts to remedy this modern condition by controlling room lighting & sound with the beating of his own heart.
Glowing Viking Rune wayFinder
Create ancient magic with modern science
by Erin St Blaine
3d printing and laser-cut acrylic combine with neopixels and Arduino to create a movie-worthy Viking rune artifact. Wear it as a belt buckle or cloak clasp and launch your epic cosplay deep into the lost realm of magic and fantasy.
Ninja Timer: Giant 7-Segment Display
Build a huge timer for an event or race. It's a digital segment display made from RGB NeoPixels!
by John Park
Laser-cut acrylic is layered to create large, sharp, segments that are backlit by NeoPixel strips, and controlled with an Arduino. Huge buttons for start and stop are wired in over CAT5 network cable.
Level Shifting 3.3V microcontrollers and NeoPixels
Level shifters are like little bilingual translators for your electronics!
by John Park
NeoPixels rule! But, they expect 5V logic, which can cause them to act funny when controlled by 3v3 boards, such as Feathers, M0-based Arduinos, Teensy 3, and others. Not to worry! A level shifter can translate 3v3 logic to 5V and get things talking again in no time!
NeoPixel Bracelet
3D Print a NeoPixel Bracelet!
by Ruiz Brothers
A Slim NeoPixel Bracelet design using a Trinket, Skinny mini NeoPixel strips with a 3d printed enclosure!
MicroPython Smart Holiday Lights
Decorate with MicroPython-powered holiday lights you control from a web page!
by Tony DiCola
Learn how to animate a strand of NeoPixels with MicroPython running on the ESP8266 WiFi microcontroller. Control the lights directly from a web page!
Glowing WhoVille Hat
Be the brightest Who in Whoville
by Erin St Blaine
This twinkling hat made with Fosshape and Flora will make you the life of the party this holiday season.
Rainbow Chakra LED Hoodie
Ground yourself in Burner Style
by Erin St Blaine
Learn two different methods for adding LEDs to a hoodie or jacket, with neopixel button control for changing colors and modes.
LED Campfire
Because it's not camping without a fire
by Erin St Blaine
Sit around this mesmerizing LED campfire and tell stories, sing songs and bask in its firey glow -- no lighter fluid required.
Dauntless Dotstar Gauntlets
This is some serious cosplay tech. Throw it down.
by Erin St Blaine
Pre-recorded video plays back on a handmade LED matrix, creating effortless and endless shifting light patterns on your wrists. Move over, Iron Man.
Imaging & Choreography for KineticPOV Toys
Tell a story with your poi or staff project
by Erin St Blaine
How-to video that goes through choosing music, creating and converting images, and choreographing a timecode-scripted performance for the Supernova Poi or MorningStar Double Staff projects, or any project using the KineticPOV code.
Remote Controlled LED Tea Light Sconce
Dotstars and IR control bring your wall to life
by Erin St Blaine
Turn an old candelabra into a colorful 3d Printed LED display that will enhance the decor of your home or office. Change modes and brightness with a remote control, and harness the power of FastLED to add your own color animations.
Alohamora Bottle
Cast a magic spell with capacitive touch
by Erin St Blaine
Create a magical interactive potion bottle costume accessory with lights and mystical touch interaction. Unlock all the magics with science!
Pixie CyberWig - A Wearable WiFi LED Visualization
Wireless video on your head
by Erin St Blaine
Dotstar LED cyber dreds wirelessly reflect the colors and movement on your computer screen. Use music visualizers to effortlessly project sound reactivity and color to your costume.
Supernova Poi
They'll be able to see you spinning from Planet 9
by Erin St Blaine
These prodigious POV poi pack a pretty punch. Super fast and super high resolution Dotstar LEDs a giant 2200mAh battery, easy control with an infrared sensor and remote, and a galactic amount of memory so you can upload hundreds of images and spin all night.
LIGHTSHIP: LED Animation over WiFi
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
by Phillip Burgess
Use the Adafruit Feather M0 WiFi board and DotStar LEDs to create mobile luminous art pieces — one or many — synchronized from your computer via wireless networking.
Halo Energy Sword
Master the legacy weapon of the Covenant!
by Ruiz Brothers
3D Print an Energy Sword with NeoPixel LEDs
DotStar Pi Painter
Ultimate light-painting rig!
by Phillip Burgess
DotStar LED strips and the Raspberry Pi computer join forces for some of the smoothest, highest-resolution light painting you'll see anywhere!
Gemma Firewalker Lite Sneakers
Your new favorite LED sneakers
by Becky Stern
Feature upgrades galore over the original Firewalker project-- use GEMMA and a vibration switch to create sweet animating-effect LED kicks!
Morning Star POV Double Staffs
288 points of twirling, programmable lights
by Erin St Blaine
Remote-controllable twirling double staff batons create a mesmerising light show. Upload your own logos, patterns, or pictures. An IR remote control lets you easily change pattern, brightness, or speed.
Bike Wheel POV Display
Light up your ride!
by Becky Stern
Illuminate your bike wheel with DotStar LED strip and create a persistence-of-vision display with your own custom graphics! A Pro Trinket microcontroller hosts the show powered by a waterproof AA battery pack.