LED Cloud-Connected Cloud

Contributors: Sarah Al-Mutlaq

Introduction

Make a rainbow LED colored cloud light that you can control from your phone. You can even have it change color based on the weather outside.

These are the clouds from episode 3 The Fellowship of the Things, which you can watch below if you haven't already.

Required Materials:

To follow along with this tutorial, you'll need the following materials.

You Will Also Need

• long hook-up wire for cloud power (I used stereo wire)
• Paper lanterns (white)
• Pillow filling (I used polyfil)
• Lots of hot glue and a hot glue gun
• Fishing wire
• A wooden dowel for support
• A power source; you will need something that can put out at least 5V and 4A, but for the best results you can get a pricier 6V 8A power source.

Optional part included: Thing dev board (in the wishlist, but only needed if you want to hook up to your phone and/or weather info)

Suggested Reading:

If any of these subjects sound unfamiliar, considering reading the following tutorials before continuing on.