Complete tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/chinese-dragon-puppet-with-motion-reactive-flame-effect/overview
See Erin St Blaine’s latest tutorial: Build a motion-reactive Chinese dragon puppet using Circuit Playground Express, NeoPixel LED strips, and Microsoft MakeCode. This is a simple project that’s great to build with kids. They’ll love dancing and shaking this dragon as he lights up with his own programmed flickering flame lamp!
From the guide:
The Chinese dragon, with its bright colors and intricate designs, has become an iconic symbol of Chinese culture and festivals. This instructable will show you how to turn an inexpensive Chinese dragon decoration into an animated puppet, and then how to take your dragon puppet to the next level by adding motion-reactive flame lights to create stunning visuals that will make your The audience was fascinated.
This is a simple beginner level project that involves a little soldering. You can download our code samples, or learn to create your own fire effects using MakeCode, Microsoft’s drag-and-drop code editor. This is a great project to do with kids.
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