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Building the Pixel Ball Frame and LED Arches

By Zach Hipps

Part 2 of Pixel Ball: See how I turned conduit, PEX tubing, and arcade buttons into a massive, glowing game frame.

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My 100th Video Was a Total Mystery Build Challenge

By Zach Hipps

For my 100th video, my team sent me mystery parts—no plan, just chaos and LEDs. Here’s how I tried to turn it into a working game.

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270

LED Matrix Wall Arcade for Pico-8

By Adafruit Industries

Build a wall mounted arcade that's a low-resolution work of art! You can play PICO-8 games on it, or just run sweet demoscene code for a retro-tech bit of eye candy.

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122

RGB Matrix Panels with Raspberry Pi 5

By Adafruit Industries

Each new generation of the Raspberry Pi brings improvements over the last, and the Raspberry Pi 5 is no exception. The new Adafruit Blinka Raspberry Pi5 PioMatter library brings this capability to the Raspberry Pi 5 by way of the PIO peripherals.

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173

32x32 Square Pixel Art Animation Display

By Adafruit Industries

Animated sprite sheets never looked so good!

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25

Easy No-Soldering Bluetooth Controlled Room Lights

By Adafruit Industries

Learn how to use an Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit and Neopixels to create accent lighting with custom color and animation control from a phone or tablet

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1,517

Adafruit NeoPixel Überguide

By Adafruit Industries

Everything you always wanted to know about Adafruit NeoPixels but were afraid to ask.

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Star Flower Lights

By Adafruit Industries

Make beautiful 3d printed glowing flowers to string around your room or your backyard with the Circuit Playground Express.

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37

Simple and Beautiful NeoPixel Holiday Lights

By Adafruit Industries

Make a simple and stunning light strand to deck your halls.

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18

Dotstar LED and Glass Pebble Floor

By Adafruit Industries

Line your walkway or edge your room with Dotstar LEDs submerged beneath colored glass pebbles.

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72

Build Your Own Arduino Breadboard

By Maker.io Staff

Learn how to build your own Arduino breadboard using a breadboard and components allowing you more flexibility in terms of prototyping needs.