Summary

I created this for a class I taught to high school students as a crash course in digital fabrication. It's a fun project that includes digital design, laser cutting, 3D printing, soldering, programming, and circuits. Make a custom laser cut cover and it will do it's thing all by itself, looking cool.

Circuit, instructions, and code are coming soon.

Instructions

Parts:
4/40 1/2" machine screw x 3
4/40 nut x 3
acrylic compatible super glue
1/4" plywood
1/8" clear acrylic

Electronics:
Adafruit Trinket (5v or 3v version)
Neopixel Strip (Digital RGB LED strip)
LiPo Battery
Wires and solder

Laser Cutting Instructions:
kiss cut red, through cut black

Assembly Instructions:
Cut the top and bottom from 1/4" birch plywood. Cut the sides (top row) from 1/8" clear acrylic. Glue the acrylic layers together according to their number with #1 at the bottom. Make sure the holes line up. Place the metal nuts when you get to the hex layer and glue the new layers on top. DO NOT glue the solid acrylic layer to the others. glue it to your decorative top.
Glue the acrylic layers to the solid plywood piece (bottom).
The wood piece with a 1"x1" square is for a 3D printed object to be inserted. Solder and program your adafruit trinket and shove all the wires inside. Screw down the top and it will stay lit for a few hours.

Not switch or way to control the lights in this version... :)

Light Trinket