Rhea’s Neopixel Circuit + Halloween Ideas

Arduino Neopixel Circuit

Shout out to Josh for doing this with me 😊

For Halloween, I’d like to dress up as Edward Scissorhands. My three sketches took on different ways I am going to materialize this concept and incorporate neopixels.

For my first idea, I want to recreate Edward’s mechanical heart. A vibration sensor will detect touch or sound which will trigger a heartbeat pulse in red and white leds. When idle, the heartbeat will be a slow pulsing glow and with movement it will be a rapid heartbeat.

Materials:

• 1x Arduino Nano/Uno
• 1x NeoPixel ring
• 1x Vibration or microphone sensor
• 5V battery pack
• Black shirt, with LED ring under fabric

For the second version of this idea, I’d like to create my own take on the Scissorhands. I want the Scissorhands to glow when they’re “being cut”. When the fingers are upright, there will be a white glow and with a cutting motion, red strips of light. I want to use tilt or flex sensors in the gloves to detect movement.

Materials:

• 2x Flex or tilt ball sensors
• NeoPixel strip
• Arduino Nano
• Portable battery pack
• Gloves + silver-painted cardboard/foam “blades”

For my last idea, I wanted to create something that expressed Edwards inner emotions because he was often misunderstood. Around the seams of a jacket, I want to incorporate an aura like light that reacts to different lights and glows based off of that reflecting his aura. The darker the world, the more his emotions and aura will surface, when there is more light, they’ll dim.

Materials:

1× Arduino Nano or Uno
1× NeoPixel strip
1× Photoresistor
1× 10kΩ resistor
1× 5V battery pack
1× 300–500Ω resistor
1× 1000µF capacitor
Jumper wires
Small breadboard
Electrical tape / heat shrink
Black jacket or costume base

Thank you 👿