# Glowing Skullcandy Headphones Mod ## Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4X2TXiSFMY Mod your headphones to glow! Express your personal blinken-style by adding 14 color-changing NeoPixels to a white pair of Skullcandy headphones. This intermediate-level soldering project embeds a FLORA main board in one earphone and uses a piece of ribbon wire to connect to the other earphone. Each pixel is addressable, so the colors an animation possibilities are endless! ![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/010/437/medium800/flora_RisaRose_Skullcandy_LED_Headphones.jpg?1396905769) Project assistance and modeling by the inimitable Risa Rose! - [Next Page](https://learn.adafruit.com/glowing-skullcandy-headphones-mod/tools-and-supplies.md) ## Featured Products ### FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible [FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible](https://www.adafruit.com/product/659) FLORA is Adafruit's fully-featured wearable electronics platform. 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This tool is good for holding small PCBs and wires for tinning or soldering to parts.   - Every... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/291) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/291/guides) ### Digital Genuine Hakko FX888DX-010SV (936 upgrade) [Digital Genuine Hakko FX888DX-010SV (936 upgrade)](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1204) Known by engineers for making excellent quality tools & soldering irons! This is a genuine Hakko FX-888D with **digital temperature control**! We worked hard to get the best and a great price, these are **not**  knock-offs. This iron is an upgrade to the... 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