drewbatchelor / drews-skates

Circuit Python Bluetooth LED Roller Skates

Drews-Skates

Circuit Python LED Roller Skates

by Drew Batchelor 2021 Version 1.0 RC2 Heavily based on the:

Adafruit LED Ukulele with Feather Sense and PropMaker Wing

Follow the amazing tutorial here: https://learn.adafruit.com/light-up-reactive-ukulele

Original Ukulele Code is here: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/tree/main/Ukulele

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Code:

Copy this code to the board and name it "code.py". Be sure to have all the libraries that are listed as "import" at the top of "code.py" saved in the lib folder on the board. At the time of writing, that is import: time, array, digitalio, board, neopixel, random, adafruit_lsm6ds.lsm6ds33, adafruit_led_animation, adafruit_ble.

Hardware:

Adafruit Bluefruit Sense Feather Board. Battery with a switch to control power. Connect 2 Neopixel LED strips to Pin D13, gnd and Battery positive, currently set as 34 Pixels long 2 strips in parallel. Use Adafruit Bluefruit Connect App on Phone to control. Board buttons: User button will cycle the modes, reset will reset the board.

Instructions for App:

Connect to: "Drews Skates" Go to Controller > Control Pad 1 = on / off, 2 = Change LED pattern, 3 = strobe,
4 = strobe on knock (uses the accelerometer on the board), Up/Down = LED brightness, Left/Right = LED pattern speed.