Light Up Spider-Man Lenses With Circuit Playground via Kieran Meadows

Check out Kieran Meadows NeoPixel lenses project. This is an awesome project just in time for halloween!

NEOPIXEL SERVO LENSES

Alright people let’s do this one last time…
I used Adafruits Circuit Playground Express (CPX) board with two NeoPixel Rings (16 x 5050 RGB LED) and a micro servo motor to control the pivoting axis. A basic gimble mechanism using a couple of Du-Bro Micro Ball Links (928) was designed in Fusion 360 to support the LED lenses so they can be worn without any electrical wires coming in contact with the wearers eyes. The lenses can alternate between 4 LED modes: Standard swirl, Pulsing White, Red wheel (Karens Instant Kill) & Multicolor swirls.

Check out how I put this prop together: http://www.kieranmeadows.co.uk/project_lenses.html

Kieran has an awesome write up on his portfolio site. The servo operated lens mechanism is pretty cool. Very nice CAD work and excellent photography!

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