New snow fairy costume is up and running! I’m using the 3w Pixie LEDs to power the skirt underglow and fiber optic ruffles, and I have @Christopher_Smolinsk ’s crystal crown on the headpiece. The costume has an LSM303 accelerometer and I have it set up so both the skirt and crown change color modes when I twirl around (!!!). Here’s some footage from our local tree lighting ceremony and electric lights parade. Happy holidays!
(Adafruit guide to how I made the fiber optic skirt should be launching next week)
https://youtu.be/xHgZMVmjlS8
Looks amazing! May I ask what kind of power source you use and how long does it last?
I’m using a huge LiPoly RC car battery – it’s 11.7v / 2100mAh and it runs the costume for at least a few hours. I am limiting the power just a bit with the FastLED power management features, and it’s still plenty bright. I haven’t timed how long it will go, however… these batteries quit working if you run them all the way down so I’m being a little stingy and changing batteries after an hour or two.
Thanks for the response, @Erin_St_Blaine !
What’s your impression / experience with the pixies?
I like them. They are a little tough to solder… The holes are super close together and oddly sized and I had a surprising amount of trouble. Once I worked that out, the only other trouble I had was that a few of them didn’t work, but I suppose that’s to be expected of a brand new product. Also they are power hungry little beasties. They flicker and misbehave if you don’t give them enough juice.
Thanks for the early-adopter insights!
And especially for the notes power!