Have a Makey Holiday!

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It appears you've provided a detailed guide on building an interactive holiday display using APA102 LEDs, Trinket microcontrollers, and Makey's workshop. I'll break down the steps for clarity: 1. **Prepare the Materials** * Obtain APA102/Breakout boards * Rudolph drone model with LED * Additional reindeer drones (if desired) * White wire (4) * Multimeter * Short segments of 30 gauge wire (for jumpers) 2. **Connect the LEDs** * Connect APA102 LEDs in series to form a string * Twist VCC and Ground wires into one pair, Clock-In and Data-In into another pair * Feed the pairs through the routing hole in the Rudolph drone model * If using additional reindeer drones, feed one wire pair through half of them and the other pair through the other half 3. **Complete the Wiring** * Connect Data-In wire of the LED for Rudolph to the Data-out pin of the last sleigh LED * Connect Clock-In line of the Rudolph LED to the Clock-out line of the last sleigh LED * Connect VCC and Ground lines between the reins and the sleigh LEDs 4. **Connect the LEDs to the Microcontroller** * Use short segments of 30 gauge wire as jumpers between the Trinket 5V and the first sleigh LED * Power the LEDs using the 'USB 5V' pin on the Trinket * Connect digital pin 0 for the data pin and digital pin 1 for the clock pin * Connect the ground pin of the Trinket to the ground of the LED string 5. **Programming the Trinket** * Load the included Arduino Sketch onto the Trinket using the Arduino IDE * Use the APA102 library and optimize allocations to fit the program in memory * The program will display an animated multicolor pattern on the sleigh LEDs and cause the LED in Rudolph to pulse red 6. **Hang and Enjoy** * Use lightweight monofilament to hang the ornament * There are three loops incorporated in the sleigh that allow for a stable 3-point mount and one loop in Rudolph the Drone