Rainbow Light Show Enclosure

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I discovered this Rainbow Light Show kit on Adafruit's website (https://www.adafruit.com/products/2602) and thought it looked incredibly cool. The lights shift down the strip in a marquee style, and you control the color and brightness by moving your hands over IR sensors. It's kinetic art and lots of fun. After I built it, I knew my 4-year-old niece would love playing with it. But the base, although nicely designed, wasn't going to be robust enough for a 4-year-old. So I modeled a sturdier one. I also replaced the original 16-LED strip with a 60-LED strip from Adafruit (https://www.adafruit.com/products/1461). Simply remove the original strip and connect the longer one. No configuration needed. The static pictures don't do the LEDs justice; they are extremely intense even in a bright room. I shot a short video of the Rainbow in action - https://youtu.be/KHkgz6m1gns Print Settings Printer Brand: Printrbot Printer: Printrbot Plus Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: .3mm Infill: 20% Notes: I used Printrbot Gray PLA @ 195C. It contrasted nicely with the black bezel provided in the kit, and matched the laser-cut graphics on top. Post-Printing Assembly The button fits loosely in the hole in the side of the enclosure. Insert it just before you screw the circuit board in place and it should rest against the reset switch. You should hear a click when you press and release the switch The holes in the screw columns are sized to use the 2 screws that came with the kit. Carefully cut threads in them by running the screws slowly down into the holes before you actually assemble the unit. One mod you might consider is adding a 3.5mm stereo headphone jack beside the power plug. Then connect the LED strip to a corresponding plug to enable you to remove the LED strip from the controller. How I Designed This 123D Design I modeled this using Autodesk's 123 design. I went through 9 iterations before I got it to where I thought it was ready for prime time.