Wtf is this?

This is a lamp of the moon, using a esp8266 and a neopixel with 16 leds. It's using a button and also creates a wifi access point to control it.

Deploy code:

To deploy the code on the esp8266 please see https://philippmanstein.com/blog/vs-code-esp8266-hello-world/ . Please change the password in the Secrets.h !

Control the moon!

To access the moon control page:

• Connect to "the moon" wifi
• Open for example http://moon/
• When this is not working (some browsers/devices don't get the dns config from the esp8266?), call http://192.168.4.1

Materials:

• Esp8266 NodeMcu
• 16 leds Neopixel ring
• Button
• some wires
• DC plug 2.1 x 5.5mm
• 5V 1,5A power supply (with 2.1 x 5.5mm connector!)
• 4x M3 Screws (max 20mm length!)
• Optional Neopixel best practices:
• Capacitor 1000µF Capacitor
• 300 - 500 Ω Resistor

Links:

Link to Blog (in German!): https://blog.brickmakers.de/wie-man-eine-mondlampe-baut Code for ESP8266: https://github.com/duglah/esp8266-fastled-webserver Remix of Progressive Detail Moon Lamp by moononournation https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3242080