Adafruit NeoPixel Laptop Stand

Bring your laptop stand to life with a NeoPixel ring! All you need is a hot glue, a potentiometer, an arduino, a laptop stand like this and an Adafruit NeoPIxel ring.

Wire the neopixel by connecting the ground from the NeoPixel ring to ground on the arduino and +5vdc from the NeoPixel ring to +5vdc on the arduino. The neopixel ring can be very bright so if you want the option to dim the instensity of the ring, simply connect a potentiometer in line with the +5vdc. Connect data input from the NeoPixel ring to digital pin 6 on the arduino. Use hot glue on the bottom of the arduino, at all the wired connections for support and to attach the NeoPixel ring to your laptop stand.

Download the Adafruit Neopixel library zip file below. To install the library, open the arduino ide. Go to Sketch->Include Library->Add ZIP Library... and select the library you downloaded. Now upload the "simple" sketch from File->Examples->Adafruit_NeoPixel-master->simple to your arduino. That's it!

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