Pleiades

LED lantern with gesture control based on RP2040 raspberry pi pico

Demonstration video

Instructions

To craft the lantern yourself:

• Get the necessary materials: Amazon
• Download the Latest release of the firmware.
• Put your RP PI Pico in a flash (DFU) mode by pressing the flash button while connecting it to your computer via USB.
• Copy the pleiades.uf2 file to the Pico device.
• Solder Pico, 16x16 LED and APDS-9960 sensor according to the scheme.
• Assemble the lantern
• Enjoy it!

Wiring scheme

Debug probe scheme