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Elvis cape with 40 NeoPixels and CircuitPython
Need to turn your Elvis jumpsuit up to 11? Adafruit to the rescue.
In this quick project, we added 40 programmable lights to an off-the-shelf Elvis costume. NeoPixels and CircuitPython made this easy. Wiring it up took a few hours.
Parts used:
- Circuit Playground Express
- Two packs of Flora RGB Smart NeoPixel v2
- Circuit Playground Express Enclosure
- 3x AAA battery holder with power switch
- Wires and solder
- Glue gun and lots of glue sticks
- Velcro to attach to costume
How'd it go?
Success! This was for a gymnastics competition awards banquet in Memphis, and it survived the all-night party.
- The wiring harness was a little too bulky, that could be thinned out a lot.
- It only took a little bashed-together python code to make the whole thing appropriately ridiculous: