Sparking Creativity in LED Art with CircuitPython
summary
Live demo shows CircuitPython driving a 12-LED strip in a baseball cap with drag‑and‑drop deployment and instant live edits to animation parameters (speed, tail length, color). Animations use the led_animation library (comet, color wheel 0–255), support animation sequences and callbacks, and hit a clear M0 memory error when overloaded. A larger board adds Bluetooth color control that works, and audience tweets with #PyCascadesLED and CSS color words change remote displays after ~20s.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Start
- 3:50Coding Demonstrations
- 7:21Infinity Mirror Necklace
- 9:18Circuit Python
- 11:19Animated Led Baseball Cap
- 14:50Edit the Code
- 19:17Connecting to the Circuit Python Repl Works in Vs Code
- 21:47Adafruit Led Animation Library
- 22:05How Do You Tell When the Board Runs out of Space
- 25:15Color Wheel
- 27:57Bluetooth Demonstration
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