Make a glowing stained glass window with over 2000 LEDs that animate and glow in hundreds of different patterns and colors, all without writing a line of code. The magic lies with WLED, a free, open-source LED animation program that runs over WiFi. Control your LED matrix with your smart phone or web browser, and watch your creation dance.

This guide uses the MoonModules v 14.5.0 beta ("Small Step") fork of WLED, which works on the MatrixPortal S3. As a bonus, it also contains the Animartrix library of effects -- a large pool of brand-new 2d animations that turn your LED matrix into a whirling kaleidoscope of color.

Use a laser cutter or a Cricut vinyl cutter to create a "resist" layer out of opaque material, and a black LED acrylic layer for diffusion, to make a beautiful stained glass window style art piece that shifts and moves with colored lights.

Inspired by Living Stained Glass as seen at the Autumn Lights Festival in Oakland, CA 

Parts

Additional Materials

• 1/4" MDF or plywood for the laser-cut image layer
• Scotch Glue Dots