Moon Control

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What's going on here?\r\n--------------\r\nThis is a lamp that shines with the light of the moon, using an esp8266 microcontroller and a neopixel strip with 16 colorful LEDs.\r\nIt features a button to turn it on and off, and also creates its own wifi network so you can control it from your smartphone or computer.<br /> \r\n\r\nGetting Started:\r\n-----------------\r\nTo set up the code on the esp8266, please check out this tutorial: https://philippmanstein.com/blog/vs-code-esp8266-hello-world/ .\r\nRemember to change the password in the Secrets.h file!\r\n\r\nShine On!\r\n------------------------\r\nTo access the moon lamp's control page:\r\n- Connect to "the moon" wifi network\r\n- Open a web browser and type in http://moon/\r\n - If that doesn't work (some browsers or devices have issues with the esp8266's dns config), try typing in http://192.168.4.1 instead\r\n\r\nMaterials Needed:\r\n-------------\r\n- Esp8266 NodeMcu microcontroller\r\n- 16 LEDs Neopixel ring strip\r\n- Button\r\n- Some wires for connecting everything together\r\n- DC plug with a 2.1 x 5.5mm connector\r\n- 5V 1,5A power supply with a 2.1 x 5.5mm connector (make sure it's the right one!)\r\n- 4x M3 screws that are no longer than 20mm long\r\n- Optional: capacitor and resistor to follow neopixel best practices (check out this link for more info: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-neopixel-uberguide/best-practices):\r\n - 1000µF Capacitor\r\n - 300 - 500 Ω Resistor\r\n\r\nLinks and Resources:\r\n--------\r\nCheck out this blog post in English: https://medium.com/@brickmakers/how-to-build-a-moon-lamp-97b76f6d2842\r\nGet the code for ESP8266 from GitHub: https://github.com/duglah/esp8266-fastled-webserver\r\nInspired by Progressive Detail Moon Lamp by moononournation on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3242080