Well with Anime Detour officially over and a very successful test of the new eyes, I thought it's about time to to give people a rundown on how it works, what I used, and a peek behind the code. The code is going up onto Github, but I wanted to see if I couldn't get the wiring diagrams and parts list here, because I think it's a bit more user friendly. And infinitely better formatted than 20 Facebook posts.
First off, List of materials used.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3634 One strip of side glow Neopixel LEDs. Really any set of Neopixels should work the same, this strip as of April 2019 has the highest pixels per inch though.
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