Description
Multilingual RGB LED Kit (incl. Raspberry Pi Pico)
Bring some engineering magic to your festive season with the Wordy Christmas Tree, a unique DIY electronics kit designed by Elektor. This beautifully engineered 3D Christmas tree combines eleven PCBs, a Raspberry Pi Pico, and 27 addressable RGB LEDs to illuminate Christmas greetings in seven languages: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Unlike ordinary LED trees, each word inside the tree has its own light chamber, creating a refined, softly glowing display without sound or flicker. The LEDs are fully WS2812-compatible and driven via the popular Adafruit NeoPixel library, making custom animations and colour effects easy to create.
Perfect for makers, tinkerers, and festive electronics fans, this kit offers both an enjoyable build and a striking, conversation-worthy decoration. The Wordy Christmas Tree is your perfect holiday maker project!
Features
- Multilingual greetings (7 languages) milled into the front panel
- 3D construction from 11 interlocking PCBs
- Powered by Raspberry Pi Pico
- 27 individually addressable RGB LEDs (pre-mounted)
- Smooth fade-in and fade-out animations
- Fully programmable using the Arduino IDE
- A 5-V power supply (with micro-USB connector) capable of ≥1 A is recommended for maximum brightness (not included)
Included
- All required PCBs with LEDs and other SMD parts mounted
- Raspberry Pi Pico (to be soldered & programmed by the user)
- 3-way pin header (to be soldered by the user)
- 3-way pin socket (to be soldered by the user)
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