NEW GUIDE: John Park’s Sword & Wand Prop Effects with Circuit Playground @adafruit @johnedgarpark #halloween
Need to up the ante on your props? Add motion triggered lights and sound with a Circuit Playground by following our new guide Sword & Wand Prop Effects with Circuit Playground! Perfect for cosplay, Halloween, or any time.
Add motion triggered sound and light effects to any prop with Circuit Playground. Here’s a way to quickly and easily add exciting, colorful lighting effects and sounds to your props. Using the accelerometer, speaker, and NeoPixel LEDs built into the Circuit Playground, you can have sounds and lights for idle animations, along with two different effects triggered by waving and striking your foam sword, cosplay blaster, magic wand, and more.
You can also build a 3D printed magic wand by downloading and printing the included files and following the steps in this guide.
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Need to up the ante on your props? Add motion triggered lights and sound with a Circuit Playground by following our new guide Sword & Wand Prop Effects with Circuit Playground! Perfect for cosplay, Halloween, or any time.
