UFO Drones

This summer light up the night sky and fly safe with your drone. In this project, we'll show you how you can upgrade the IRIS quad copper with LED NeoPixel rings and 3d printed prop guards. These parts provide extra protection to your propellers and are extremely light weight.

What do I need to know?

If you've soldered a battery or wired up your own drone, you'll be surprised just how easy this project is! If your just starting out, here's a few guides to help you get started.

Prerequisite Guides

• Introducing Trinket
• NeoPixel UberGuide
• Collin's Lab: Soldering

You'll need a few tools and parts to get this project lit up.

Parts

• 4 16xNeoPixel Rings
• 1 Trinket 5V micro-controller
• 1 1200mAh Lithium Polymer Battery
• 1 PowerBoost 500
• 1 IRIS autonomous multicopter

Tools & Supplies

• 1 Wire Wrap Spool (3 separate colors are best!)
• 1 Slide Switch
• 2 JST Extension Cable
• Soldering Iron
• Solder
• Heat Shrink Pack