How to Install LEDs Under a Scooter (with Bluetooth)
Great post by Becky Stern on Instructables:
For this project I’m recycling two bits of pixel strip leftover from my old POV bike project tutorial. These are APA102s or DotStars, but you could totally use NeoPixels for this project, I just happened to have this set of two strips wired in parallel, which is perfect for sticking under my scooter.
She uses alot of Adafruit parts (below). Great project Becky! See her full tutorial here and follow her on Youtube.
- Two strips of APA102 (aka DotStar) LEDs (or WS2812b aka NeoPixels with a slight code change)
- Bluefruit 32u4 Feather Arduino-compatible microcontroller board
- Lithium battery
- Waterproof project enclosure
- Stranded wire
- Soldering iron and solder
- Wire strippers and flush cutters
- Heat shrink tubing
- Helping third hand tool (optional but handy)
- Hot glue (nearby ice water is great for unexpected burns)
- Tape
- Neodynium (rare earth) magnets
- CB radio antenna magnet with hardware to attach (washer, nut, bolt)
- Small screwdriver
