This is a quick temporary build I did for Goosemas. I used a Fox Valley Trader’s yard Goose. It’s hollow, and has a hole in the bottom, so I decided to add music-activated lights to it, using WLED and LEDfx.
The LED controller is a Wemos D1 Mini. It’s controlled by a Raspberry Pi 3B running the LEDfx software (see the notes section below).
The base was made of 3/8″ foam board topped with cork. The vertical part was made of corrugated plastic. It was a little weak, so I laminated 2 pieces together. The strip was just attached using some tape.
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Since this was a very temporary build, Walter didn’t attach to the base, he just sat on it.
I decided to power it via USB (plugged into the Wemos, and then powered the LEDs via the 5V/GND pins). It got quite hot after a few mins and would freeze up, so I had to take the board out of its project box. It ran stable after that.
I have a Raspberry Pi 3B with a USB mic that I run LEDfx on. It provides all of the audio-responsive effects.
Parts Used:
- Wemos D1 Mini
- WS2812B 5V LED strip (25 LEDs)
- USB Mini charger
- 3-pin male/female harness connectors
- 5.5mm DC connector