Embrace the light

To make your own Sunrise Lamp, you’ll need a shape such as an icosahedron that allows light through, Raspberry Pi Zero, microSD card, power supply, jumper leads, and a NeoPixel ring. 01 Use jumpers to attach the NeoPixel ring to the GPIO header on your Raspberry Pi Zero W, and then to the removable base section of the origami shade. Full instructions and code are at magpi.cc/sunriselamp. 02 You’ll need around 50 sheets of stiff paper or card from which to cut and fold strips to assemble into a discernible shape. Video instructions for creating origami icosohedra can be found on YouTube: magpi.cc/icosahedron. 03 It’s simplest to control the Sunrise Lamp from a web dashboard and to log in via SSH.…

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