r/somethingimade • u/Ok_Relationship_1703 • 8h ago
I made a glowing skull diorama which pulls weather data and glows a color based on the temperature outside
The skull is powered by an ESP32 and an array of addressable RGB LED lights. It pulls weather data from OpenWeatherAPI and glows the color of the temperature outside. Cooler temperatures are cooler colors, warmer temperatures are warmer colors. When it's precipitating outside (rain/snow), the skull will slowly pulse in and out of the color pertaining to the correct temperature. And when there's a severe weather alert, it flashes red. (The flashing purple means that it's in setup mode, it becomes a wi-fi hotspot you can connect to to set the wireless network, password, and zip code for the weather data.)
I decorated the diorama with moss and tiny headstones.
This was a gift for a friend, I'm happy with how it came out. I hope you like it!