Adafruit Prop-Maker FeatherWing (ID: 3988) Adafruit

DESCRIPTION

The Adafruit Feather series gives you lots of options for a small, portable, rechargeable microcontroller board. Perfect for fitting into your next prop build! This FeatherWing will unlock the prop-maker inside all of us, with tons of stuff packed in to make sabers & swords, props, toys, cosplay pieces, and more.

Please note:

• A few of the onboard hardware elements use PWM and analogue output so the Feather M0 Express or Feather M4 series are recommended, they’ll work best with this wing and let you make the most of it.

FEATURES

• Snap-in NeoPixel port – With a 3-pin JST connector, you can plug in a JST-wired NeoPixel strip directly, or use a 3-pin JST connector to wire up your favourite shape of addressable NeoPixel LEDs. This port provides high current drive from either the Feather Lipoly or USB port, whichever is higher. A level shifter gives you a clean voltage signal to reduce glitchiness no matter what chip you’re using
• 3W RGB LED drivers – 3 high current MOSFETs will let you connect a 3W RGB LED for powerful eye-blasting glory. For most Feathers, the 3 pins are PWM capable so you can generate any colour you like. Available as pin breakouts plus strain-relief holes
• Triple-Axis Accelerometer with Tap Detection – The LIS3DH is our favourite accelerometer, you can use this for detection motion, tilt or taps. Here’s an example of a lightsaber that makes sounds when swung or hit. We have code for this chip in both Arduino and CircuitPython.
• Class D Audio Amplifier – Drive a 8Ω 1Watt speaker or 4Ω 3W speaker for sound effects. Plug and play with our cute and slim oval speaker, or connect a picoblade cable for your favourite speaker. For use only with Feathers that have analogue audio out such as the Feather M0 Express and M4 series.
• Low power mode! The power system for the RGB LED, NeoPixels and speaker amplifier can be controlled by a pin to cut power to them, so you have lower power usage when the prop is in sleep or off mode (but can wake up fast by listening to the button press or accelerometer data). When the power pin is set low, the current draw for just the wing is under 1mA and no there’s a current draw from any attached NeoPixels – normally they’re about 1mA even when not lit.
• Breakouts plus a strain-relief hole for the enable pin and ground (for a mechanical switch that will power down the whole board)
• Breakouts plus strain-relief holes for an external switch pin and ground (for a mechanical mode button)

RESOURCES

• Prop-Maker Lightsaber 
• MUNNY Glowing Friend with Bluetooth Control!