Instructables user p3nguin made this gorgeous glowing crown using our 60 Neopixel ring!
I love some of the new wearable stuff that’s showing up on Adafruit, Hackaday and Make Magazine. When I saw Adafruit’s new 60 LED Neopixel Ring, I knew exactly what I wanted to build for my daughters… I had made a previous attempt at head wear for the Father-Daughter dance last month but out of failure comes inspiration.
Presenting the Laser Crown for the princesses in your life!
The Laser Crown is stunningly bright, lightweight and comfortable. It has no visible wires, USB chargeable, completely programmable, lasts 1-6 hours, has a replaceable battery, expandable, compatible with most arduino type microcontrollers and can be built in an afternoon. And you get to use a laser cutter…
NeoPixel 1/4 60 Ring – WS2812 5050 RGB LED w/ Integrated Drivers: The biggest NeoPixel Ring yet! With four of these you can make a huge ring with 60 ultra bright smart LED NeoPixels are arranged in a circle with a 6.2″ diameter. Each order comes with just the quarter ring. Four of this item are required to make a large ring. You will have to solder them together as well, so for the full ring of 60 LEDs, buy four and solder them together! Read more.
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Lithium Ion Polymer Battery – 3.7v 1200mAh: Lithium ion polymer (also known as ‘lipo’ or ‘lipoly’) batteries are thin, light and powerful. The output ranges from 4.2V when completely charged to 3.7V. This battery has a capacity of 1200mAh for a total of about 4.5 Wh. If you need a larger battery, we also have a 2500mAh+ model. Read more.
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I have to add: Anything that sparkles and shimmers is good for the wardrobe. The crown was a huge hit at our house! We have three in progress, with the Queen Bee’s the largest, I hope.
(However, I may be biased, since user p3nguin is my guy, and he is using up perfectly good garage space with all of his tools and equipment.) 😉
Every Wednesday is Wearable Wednesday here at Adafruit! We’re bringing you the blinkiest, most fashionable, innovative, and useful wearables from around the web and in our own original projects featuring our wearable Arduino-compatible platform, FLORA. Be sure to post up your wearables projects in the forums or send us a link and you might be featured here on Wearable Wednesday!
I have to add: Anything that sparkles and shimmers is good for the wardrobe. The crown was a huge hit at our house! We have three in progress, with the Queen Bee’s the largest, I hope.
(However, I may be biased, since user p3nguin is my guy, and he is using up perfectly good garage space with all of his tools and equipment.) 😉