We’ve got a new tutorial from Erin St Blaine: Making an LED Jellyfish Umbrella using NeoPixels and QT Py Pico W. . Create animation presets and playlists in your software and they’ll run automatically even when you’re not near Wi-Fi.
Complete tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/jellyfish-umbrella-with-easy-wled-wifi-control/
Make a jellyfish umbrella with animated lights, no coding required. This is an intermediate-level project that will provide you with advanced results. The software is easy to load and use. Get hundreds of animations and color combinations at your fingertips with any web browser or the free WLED app on your phone. The trickiest part of this tutorial is the wiring. There are a lot of connections to make and some challenging soldering to do, but the rest of the build is fairly simple. Make your jellyfish dance and flow with lights, tentacles and rainbow colors. This project would make a great camp “totem” for the holidays, or if made on top of an umbrella hat, it would make a great costume. It’s also easy to synchronize two or more jellyfish via Wi-Fi using WLED.
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