Scroll text messages on your bag, jacket, or any other surface, using a Flex NeoPixel Matrix and Flora + Fona!
This guide will show you how to build and test your circuit, upload our sample code to get your project up and running, and then house your project in a fabric pouch that you can sew to a fabric substrate of your choice.
This is a fairly straightforward soldering project, but an intermediate project when you take into account the complexity of the code. If you’re an ultra-beginner, this might not be the easiest “first project,” but could easily be a great second or third.
To build this project, you will need the following parts and tools:
- Flora microcontroller
- Fona cellular module (Fona 808 and 3G will also work) with SIM card
- GSM antenna
- Flexible 8×32 NeoPixel Matrix (dotstar matrices will work too with slight code and wiring adjustments)
- 2500mAh lipoly battery
- 26 gauge silicone-coated stranded wire in various colors
- soldering iron and tools
- E6000 adhesive
- Velcro tape
- Sewing machine (optional but convenient)
Read on for complete instructions on the Adafruit Learning System!
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!