Make a Light-Up & Musical Snow Globe 🔮
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- čas přidán 29. 11. 2017
- The holiday season is here so it's time to make things glittery and add as many LEDs as possible. I made a snow globe with a Circuit Playground Express board in the base that plays music and lights up after the globe has been shaken.
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OMG! You’re wearing a Ramones shirt! I LOVE the Ramones
I'm impressed
Omg that amazing so gonna make one and i love ur Christmas yoda at the back
Nice
Wow. So beautiful good job. But for me i make plain with out music. I don’t know how to do that. I’m impressed with this video. 😍. _Saludos🥰🇨🇴_
I like your snow globe
How do I get a micro board thing
Hi, I'm trying to make a snow globe that makes the snow blow inside the globe, what you recommend me to get?
I’ve been looking to try this as well. There are some videos on CZcams where people have made them using picture frames from the dollar store and a fan. Look up DIY motorized snow globes. There are several videos I found that were very helpful.
That's so awesome I think I'm gonna try that myself. Hmm. Good job!
Oh, do you know if Adafruit have a proper battery for this?
By the way, this is more of a personal question so don't answer it if you don't feel comfortable- but I'm wondering why sometimes you choose to work less on the code than on the other things? (I mean, of course in this case there's no need to hassle with code for something quick and simple and MakeCode is a good solution, but generally speaking).
Thanks! You should totally make one. I think they do- I only had cell batteries and their 2nd smallest lithium battery so I was going to try the 2000mAh or 2500mAh one to see how they would last.
I tend to keep the code simple in smaller projects because I'm the least comfortable with my coding skills and I still have a lot to learn. If I keep it simple then I'm able to work a little faster and know that it doesn't have bugs so I feel confident sharing it with others to use or look at. I'm starting to get more confident with Python and C so more complicated code projects should start to pop-up :)
Blitz City DIY That's cool. Do you have any tips for building up coding skills as a beginner? How did you learn?
I started with Arduino and basically doing all of the stock sketches that come in the IDE. I'm a visual and tactile learner so seeing code cause hardware to do something makes sense to my brain more so than code that is meant to just run software that doesn't have a visual real world feedback. I also did the Javascript Codecademy course twice and that helped with understanding how code is structured more but I found it to be really challenging to learn because of the lack of feedback for troubleshooting; thus doing it twice. For python I've done a lot of projects recently with Circuit Python and I found after looking at some example code and tutorials from Adafruit it suddenly clicked. I find now that I can at least get 80% there with code upon initially working on it and then it's the nitty gritty, mainly syntax, that will slap me in the face. I usually google whatever error message I get after compiling or in the serial monitor and I've fixed a lot of problems, and learned a lot, that way. But basically after you get the basics of how the structures work and you can look at some code and kind of understand what it's doing then you just have to push yourself out of your comfort zone to learn how more complicated things work. I find personally that the only way I really learn and advance my skills is by trial and error working on a project I don't totally understand. My midi fighter project was like that. I spent a lot of hours, over about a month, finessing the code and trying different things but when I got it I understood it and it was magical. I hope this is at least a little helpful. I definitely haven't approached any of this in a traditional way and as a result I don't have the most traditional advice other than to just keep plugging away because although it can be really frustrating and make you want to quit, with every error or problem you fix with a project you're learning and getting better.
Blitz City DIY That's so comforting to read. I'm learning just like you. I did pretty well with one Java course at the Uni (though with some help from my hubby) and one old, not up to - date Python course at Code Academy but didn't feel comfortable with my skills and now I find myself reading a lot about code and example code(s) from Adafruit and such and it really helps. But at times I thought maybe I'm stupid. How could I learn about servers so fast at my job while I'm struggling with this. Guess we have to persevere until all that hard work will pay off :)
You definitely aren't stupid and it sounds like you're on the right track! Code is basically like learning another language, which is why they're pushing kids to learn it young since that area of the brain becomes a bit more cemented after adolescence. I definitely have those doubts sometimes too but we have to persevere and persist 😊
Where did you buy the board?
Your Light Up Musical Snow Globe video was wonderful and exactly what I'm looking to recreate. Could you share info about the CPE board and battery .. like what specifically should I purchase and where to purchase (Amazon?).
On their website they sell everything needed
For the music is it a full mp3 file or just notes?
Just notes in make code
What kind of jar did you use
You can find them on amazon
@@lakiyahbungie8634 ok
Too complicated for most DIY'ers
I clicked on this by accident..bad news for me
2:18 "Basically gives it a glossy finish..." gives WHAT a glossy finish?!?!?!
The figurine
Is Ko Hindi me bhejiye
globe is plastic
Lakshmi Sai yes