Check out the latest guide from Erin St Blaine: make a light-up Rapunzel wig that reacts to sounds and lights up when the wearer makes a noise. This is based on Rapunzel’s glowing hair from the Disney Tangled movie, where the main character’s hair glows when she sings a special song, giving her magic healing powers. Making kids feel like magical princesses is always worthwhile.
Erin used ChatGPT to write the CircuitPython code for this project, and the guide also has a page that shows the prompts and process she used to create this code.
Full tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/sound-reactive-rapunzel-hair
From the guide:
Let your power shine with this DIY light-up Rapunzel wig. The CircuitPlayground Bluefruit uses its onboard microphone to listen for your voice, and creates a golden light animation when it hears a sound. Sing your heart out, and the sound-reactive lights will make your hair glow with a warm magic light, reminiscent of Rapunzel’s hair from Disney’s Tangled movie.
This is a great project to do with kids, who will not be able to get enough of this fantastic cosplay prop. It’s a fairly easy project involving just a little bit of tricky wiring. We’ve included example CircuitPython code you can copy and paste to make the hair light up in a golden wave. The code is easy to customize so it suits your cosplay character if yellow is not your color.
The guide provides instructions on creating a sound-reactive Rapunzel wig using NeoPixel lights and a Circuit Playground Bluefruit that glows in response to singing. It includes a detailed walkthrough of the code used to control the NeoPixels, including customization options for sound sensitivity, light duration, color, and animation speed.
Adafruit Products Used:
– The Circuit Playground Bluefruit is used as the microcontroller to manage the sound detection and NeoPixel control.
– NeoPixel LEDs are used to create the glowing effect within the wig, responding to sound detected by the Circuit Playground Bluefruit
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