This attractive illuminated scene can serve as a lamp or a living piece of art for your home.
Environmental Sensing
The NeoPixel strip that illuminates the city scene is controlled by a Circuit Playground Express, and is programmed to react to certain environmental conditions.
Two modes allow the NeoPixel strip to dim or brighten the strip in accordance with ambient light levels, or adjust its color based on the temperature measured by its onboard thermistor.
Parts
The electronics for this project are simple, a Circuit Playground Express paired with a short strip of NeoPixels can work wonders together. Portable power supplies are also recommended, though not strictly necessary.
Circuit Playground Express is the next step towards a perfect introduction to electronics and programming. We've taken the original Circuit Playground Classic and...
$24.95
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Adding glowy color to your projects has never been easier: no more soldering or stripping wires, clip 'em on and glow! This Adafruit NeoPixel LED Strip with Alligator...
$12.50
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This battery holder connects 3 AAA batteries together in series for powering all kinds of projects. We spec'd these out because the box is slim, and 3 AAA's add up to about...
$1.95
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Battery power for your portable project! These batteries are good quality at a good price, and work fantastic with any of the kits or projects in the shop that use AAA's. This is a...
$1.50
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Materials
In addition, for this project you will also need:
- Scrap cardboard (a piece about 6" x 24" will work)
- Construction paper (100lb paper is excellent for this project)
- Hot glue & hot glue gun
- Double-sided foam tape
- Scissors & hobby knife
- Laser cutter (optional)
