DIY Light-Up Shoes
Contributors:
Feldi
Feldi 
Introduction
These DIY Light-Up Kicks are high top sneakers embedded with a WS2812 Addressable LED Strip and a Qduino Mini Microcontroller. The LEDs are easily programmable and re-programmable for countless customizations of color, pattern, and animation. In this tutorial we will go through the step-by-step process of building this project.
Required Materials
To follow along with this guide, you will need the following:
You Will Also Need:
- High Top Sneakers (Cloth or canvas is preferable to leather)
- Soldering Iron
- Solder
- Wire Cutters
- Wire Strippers
- Super Glue
- Hot Glue Sticks
- Hot Glue Gun
- White Felt
- Scissors
- Needle and Thread
- Velcro
Suggested Reading
If you aren't familiar with the following concepts, we recommend checking out these tutorials before continuing.
How to Solder: Through-Hole Soldering
This tutorial covers everything you need to know about through-hole soldering.
Installing an Arduino Library
How do I install a custom Arduino library? It's easy! This tutorial will go over how to install an Arduino library using the Arduino Library Manager. For libraries not linked with the Arduino IDE, we will also go over manually installing an Arduino library.
What is an Arduino?
What is this 'Arduino' thing anyway? This tutorials dives into what an Arduino is and along with Arduino projects and widgets.
Installing Arduino IDE
A step-by-step guide to installing and testing the Arduino software on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
Learn the basics about LEDs as well as some more advanced topics to help you calculate requirements for projects containing many LEDs.
Addressable LED Strip Hookup Guide
Add blinking lights to any holiday decoration with our Holiday Lights Kit using WS2812-based addressable LEDs!