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Iron Man Arc Reactor with Circuit Playground Express
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This is an Iron Man Arc Reactor with an Adafruit Circuit Playground Express. This one can be programmed with MakeCode, making it a great project for kids! They can easily program it do different patterns, colors, play music, and turn on or off if they clap their hands with a drag and drop interface.
The 3D parts where remixed from an existing project by Aelkaim. I basically modified the Crystal Bottom to hold the CPX, and Crystal Ring to hold a 24 Bit LED ring.
Print all parts at 95% scale to work with the parts I link to below. I had to do this to fit the large LED ring. If you get different parts you may need to adjust the scale.
Adafruit Circuit Playground Express (https://www.adafruit.com/product/3333)
24 Bit LED WS2812 Ring (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CNFZC35)
3 Alligator Clips
Spray Paint (Metallic Gold, Metallic Silver,"Hammered")
Copper Wire 24 Gauge (Ace Hardware)
3 X M3 16mm screws (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0743CP22G)
Print out these parts in Transparent or Glow in the Dark PLA
01_Crystal_Ring
02_Crystal_CPX_Bottom
03_Crystal_Top
Print out these parts in ABS (I preferred this stronger material because the PLA kept breaking when I screwed the parts together and pulled them off the bed)
04_Upper_Grid
05_Lower_Grid_Caps ( Printed with a Raft to keep the tabs from breaking off when I removed them from the printer. )
Full build instructions and more pictures on my blog post.
https://anotherpiblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/iron-man-arc-reactor-with-circuit.html
The 3D parts where remixed from an existing project by Aelkaim. I basically modified the Crystal Bottom to hold the CPX, and Crystal Ring to hold a 24 Bit LED ring.
Print all parts at 95% scale to work with the parts I link to below. I had to do this to fit the large LED ring. If you get different parts you may need to adjust the scale.
Adafruit Circuit Playground Express (https://www.adafruit.com/product/3333)
24 Bit LED WS2812 Ring (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CNFZC35)
3 Alligator Clips
Spray Paint (Metallic Gold, Metallic Silver,"Hammered")
Copper Wire 24 Gauge (Ace Hardware)
3 X M3 16mm screws (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0743CP22G)
Print out these parts in Transparent or Glow in the Dark PLA
01_Crystal_Ring
02_Crystal_CPX_Bottom
03_Crystal_Top
Print out these parts in ABS (I preferred this stronger material because the PLA kept breaking when I screwed the parts together and pulled them off the bed)
04_Upper_Grid
05_Lower_Grid_Caps ( Printed with a Raft to keep the tabs from breaking off when I removed them from the printer. )
Full build instructions and more pictures on my blog post.
https://anotherpiblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/iron-man-arc-reactor-with-circuit.html