Molly Nicholas
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How to make a Lightning Cloud

I really wanted to make a little cloud that would light up as though it was filled with lightning.

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How to make a Lightning Cloud

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Adafruit Pro Trinket
with the little battery backpack soldered on
×1
Adafruit Breadboard-friendly RGB Smart NeoPixel - Sheet of 25
×1
Boning
like the kind used for corsets
×1
Cardboard
×1
Cotton balls
×1
Cotton batting, 3/4" thick
×1
Thread
×1
Wire
×1
Sewing pins
×1

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Needle
Hot glue gun (generic)
Hot glue gun (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)

Story

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Schematics

Schematics

Code

Github file

https://github.com/molecule/cloud-lightning/tree/master

Credits

Molly Nicholas

Molly Nicholas

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I ran away from the Circus to join Science.

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