DIY Right Light for Webcam

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# RingLight A CircuitPython-powered Ring Light for a Webcam You could buy a ring light to provide the best possible light source for looking good on a webcam, but why buy something when you can spend several hours soldering and coding your own custom, addressable, RGBW ring light. The good nerds at Southern Fried Science are here for you. I spent the last month polishing up my coding, soldering, design, and 3D-printing skills to bring you a 3D-printed, DIY ring light that you can build and code yourself. Is it cheaper than a commercial ring light? No. Does it work better than a ring light designed and manufactured by a professional team of engineers? Also no. Can you independently control each color channel so it looks like you’re in the Matrix, under water, of cosplaying the This Is Fine dog via a large, bulky box that sits on you desk? Yes. Does it come with a panic button that lets you bail out of Zoom calls by pretending that you’re being pulled over by the police? You better believe it does. Mount works on a [Logitech C920-style](https://amzn.to/3aLuoJ2) HD Webcam, but can be adapted to fit others. ## Bill of Materials - [Circuit Playground Bluefruit](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4333) - [NeoPixel Ring - 24 x 5050 RGBW LEDs w/ Integrated Drivers](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2863) - [Slide Potentiometer with Plastic Knob](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4271) - [Colorful Round Tactile Button Switch](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1009) - [Adafruit Perma-Proto Half-sized Breadboard PCB](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1609) - [M3 x 20mm Socket Head Cap Screw](https://amzn.to/2OdD5E6) Full build instructions can be found here: [Build Your Own 3D-printed Ring Light to Upgrade Your Remote Meetings](http://www.southernfriedscience.com/build-your-own-3d-printed-ring-light-to-upgrade-your-remote-meetings/) Code Available on Github: [Ring Light](https://github.com/SouthernFriedScientist/RingLight/blob/main/README.md) ## Support If you build one, please let me know on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/DrAndrewThaler), or [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/drandrewthaler/) and tell me how it goes. To support more weird and wonderful projects like this, please check out my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler).