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Pinned by pburgess
Hackable Halloween Prop Yields Short-Throw Projector
This project reaches the obligatory Doom adaptation in the third act, but takes some interesting twists and turns along the way…
Background
Making my annual pilgrimage to all the Halloween stores this year, this “Jabberin’ Jack” animated Jack-o’-lantern caught my attention. It’s a fairly affordable item ($60 or less) with a tiny internal LCD projector and video player to show an animated face:
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Neo-nOOds
The Adafruit nOOds Überguide mentions using nOOds LED filaments in combination with LED drivers such as the AW9523 or WS2811. Unfortunately the idea has yet to gain traction. Sometimes you just have to show the thing in use…
For a “Neo-nOOds” demonstration piece, my initial thought was to create a design on some bracers or the back of a vest. But then, during my annual pilgrimage to all the Halloween stores opening, I noticed these top hats…costume store-grade stuff but a little nicer than average for the price…
