Wifi hood

myminifactory

Geek Chic for the Dark! The idea struck when I saw some 3D prints on tulle fabric. The design was printed onto four pieces of tulle, two front and back views, one standard and one horizontally flipped. Next, Neopixels were glued to some of the hexagons and wired together in a seamless fusion. Finally, the four tulle pieces were sewn onto the hood and the wires were carefully connected. The LED lights are controlled by an ESP8266 microcontroller, which is cleverly housed in a 3D-printed case that mirrors the design of jperson's innovative creation (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2850128). A power jack connects directly to the ESP and the LEDs, requiring only a 5V supply. I employed an USB Powerpack and a versatile adapter cable to achieve this. The code running on the ESP8266 is a masterpiece of programming. It dynamically adjusts the cycling colors in response to WiFi activity in the surrounding area, with faster color changes indicating increased network traffic. Additionally, a brief white flash is triggered whenever a client probe is detected, signaling that a wireless device has revealed itself to the network.