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LED Bubble Hair with Motion-Reactive Rain Effects | CircuitPython Wearable Tutorial

Make glowing LED bubble hair that reacts when you move your head! In this project, six strands of seed pixels are built into a hair fall and controlled by an Adafruit RP2040 Prop-Maker Feather. The LEDs show a soft color gradient during normal wear, then the onboard accelerometer detects a head shake and triggers animated rain effects. A gentle shake creates staggered glowing droplets that fall down individual strands. A stronger shake creates a lightning flash followed by a faster, denser rainstorm. In this tutorial you'll learn how to: - Wire six independent seed-pixel strands to the…

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