Check out the latest Learn Guide from Erin St Blaine: Make a star crown inspired by the headdress worn by Hedy Lamarr in Zeitgeist Girl (1941). This is a fantastic beginner project that requires a little soldering and some crafting skills, but no coding at all. Learn to install WLED on a microcontroller and hook up Adafruit’s new star-shaped NeoPixels. The crown is made from an inexpensive headband with zip ties for the spokes.
Full tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixel-star-crown-with-wled/overview
From the guide:
Sparkle like a 1940s starlet with this DIY star crown, inspired by the iconic Hedy Lamarr in Ziegfeld Girl (1941).
Hedy Lamarr wasn’t just another Hollywood beauty—she was also a fearless inventor, and wicked smart. While making headlines with her glamorous and sometimes scandalous roles (like in Ecstasy, where she became famous for one of Hollywood’s earliest nude scenes), Hedy was secretly working on a groundbreaking invention to help win World War II. She co-created a “frequency hopping” system to keep Allied torpedoes safe from jamming. That tech became the foundation for what we now use in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
In this tutorial, we’ll channel that mix of glam and genius to make a modern, glowing star crown with NeoPixel stars and WLED, perfect for cosplaying the timeless Hedy or adding some sparkle to your next event. Let’s dive into some Old Hollywood glam meets high-tech magic.
Adafruit QT Py Pico: https://www.adafruit.com/product/5395
NeoPixel Star LEDs: https://www.adafruit.com/product/5982
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