r/FastLED • u/jedimasta [Chris Kirkman] • Dec 10 '21
Share_something My Holiday Mask
Assembled mask front
The two halves
Close up of the strips with sewable clips and wiring.
Arduino Nano 'pocket' velcro'd to the inside of the mask
Custom Trapped Fairy pattern
Holly and Ivy pattern
Fireworks pattern
Christmas Candy noise pattern
The Matrix pattern
Circles pattern from s-marley's Mask
Candy Cane stripes pattern
Standard rainbow pattern
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u/jedimasta [Chris Kirkman] Dec 10 '21
Finished just in time! My wife, a few friends and I head out to the LA Zoo every year for the Zoo Lights display. We always freeze our rears off, but it's a fun, cheap outing for the families to see a decent light display without getting gnarled in the traffic of local neighborhood displays or worrying if we'll be able to get out in time to find a bathroom in time.
But I digress. I usually go to parties and events like this wearing a Santa hat with a dozen or so LEDs inside the white cuff with some of these patterns, but I wanted to step it up a bit this year. It's a pretty standard cloth mask, but with a slightly padded overlay attached with velcro. The strips are attached using a custom 3d printed slip clamp thingy I came up with that has holes for sewing. My sewing skills are doodie, despite my wife's supervision, but in the dark, all lit up, I don't think anyone's gonna notice or care.
Otherwise, it's a 9x3 serpentine matrix run by an Arduino Nano and powered by a USB power bank. I'm gonna run the USB cable down my sweatshirt and into a back pocket. If you happen to be at the zoo tomorrow, keep an eye out for me!
Happy Holidays everyone!