Code you can hold: Making your first IoT wearable
summary
Builds a wearable shark hat that lights for different Uber ride states using a cellular microcontroller and addressable LEDs, proving a one-line cloud hook actually controls hardware. Uses a Particle Electron (web IDE, SIM, VIN/GND power), neopixels for per-LED animations, a breadboard then a perma-proto with soldered joints, battery power and simple HTTP calls via particle.function to trigger effects. Also makes a Twitter‑reactive Bongo Cat plush (server + Twitter API + servo tuning). First workable hat takes about two months of learning; the prototypes do work.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 2:30A Chore Wheel
- 6:38Bongo Cat
- 11:29Particle Electron
- 12:24Neopixels
- 17:08Power Your Microcontroller
- 23:52What Was the Hardest Project for You To Make and How Technical
- 25:42What Will Be Your Next Project
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