Adafruit PyPortal Wake-Up Light Alarm Clock User Manual

PyPortal Wake-Up Light Alarm Clock

Created by Isaac Wellish

Last updated on 2021-03-17 01:18:26 PM EDT

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Guide Contents

Guide Contents Overview

Prerequisite guides Parts Other parts Other materials

Connect Electronics

Connect without soldering Connect by soldering:

Install CircuitPython

Set up CircuitPython Quick Start! PyPortal Default Files

PyPortal CircuitPython Setup Adafruit CircuitPython Bundle Internet Connect! What's a secrets file? Connect to WiFi Requests

HTTP GET with Requests HTTP POST with Requests Advanced Requests Usage

WiFi Manager Code PyPortal With CircuitPython

CircuitPython Code Downloading the libraries

Using the Wake-Up Light

Here's an example of the wake-up light in use (for a late riser...) Before wake-up time During wake-up time After wake-up time How it works Displaying text Text position Font Text color Initializing wake-up times Main loop

Affixing the Strip

Attaching strip to bed frame or other furniture Adding features

Overview

Do you suffer from a lack of natural sunlight in your room? Does the lack of sunlight make it almost impossible to get out of bed when you hear a dreadful alarm?

Yes, windows would be nice, but we live in New York City and who needs those when you got a PyPortal and a NeoPixel strip?

In this project, you can wake up to a soft white light fading into your consciousness! You could get a

consumer grade sunrise alarm clock (https://adafru.it/FqP) that may solve your problem but you can also

do it yourself!

Using a PyPortal, and a NeoPixel strip, make a sunrise alarm clock that wakes you up with light! Program the PyPortal with CircuitPython to set your wake-up times and the strip will begin to brighten 30 minutes before your wake-up time.

Prerequisite guides

This project may require some soldering depending on the NeoPixel strip you get. Here's a great guide on soldering if it's your first time or you need some refreshing!

Adafruit Guide To Excellent Soldering (https://adafru.it/dxy)

Parts

You can pick up an Adafruit PyPortal and a USB cable (if needed). If you like, you can mount the PyPortal in the Adafruit laser-cut acrylic stand. All these parts are bundled in AdaBox 011 if you'd like to buy them together.

AdaBox011 - PyPortal

Reach out beyond your desk - to the stars and beyond - with PyPortal! This ADABOX features a new, easy-to-use IoT device that allows you to customize and create your... Out of Stock

Instead of AdaBox 011, you can buy parts separately:

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Adafruit PyPortal - CircuitPython Powered Internet Display

PyPortal, our easy-to-use IoT device that allows you to create all the things for the “Internet of Things” in minutes. Make custom touch screen interface... Out of Stock

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USB cable - USB A to Micro-B

This here is your standard A to micro-B USB cable, for USB 1.1 or 2.0. Perfect for connecting a PC to your Metro, Feather, Raspberry Pi or other dev-board or... $2.95 In Stock

Adafruit PyPortal Desktop Stand Enclosure Kit

PyPortal is our easy-to-use IoT device that allows you to create all the things for the “Internet of Things” in minutes. Create little pocket... $9.95 In Stock

Other parts

You only need 1m of neopixel strip (https://adafru.it/FqQ):

Your browser does not support the video tag. Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGBW LED Strip - White PCB 30 LED/m

What is better than smart RGB LEDs? Smart RGB+White LEDs! These NeoPixels now have 4 LEDs in them (red, green, blue and white) for excellent lighting effects. These LED... $89.75 In Stock

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STEMMA JST PH 3-Pin to Male Header Cable - 200mm

This cable will let you turn a JST PH 3-pin cable port into 3 individual wires with high-quality 0.1" male header plugs on the end. We're carrying these to match up with our... Out of Stock

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Breadboarding wire bundle

75 flexible stranded core wires with stiff ends molded on in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, brown, black and white. These are a major improvement over the "box of bent... $4.95 In Stock

Small Alligator Clip Test Lead (set of 12)

Connect this to that without soldering using these handy mini alligator clip test leads. 15" cables with

alligator clip on each end, color coded. You get 12 pieces in 6 colors....

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Hook-up Wire Spool Set - 22AWG Stranded-Core - 6 x 25ft

This is a box of six 25ft spools of stranded-core wire. Stranded-core wire is best used for wiring jigs where there's... Out of Stock

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Premium Female/Female Jumper Wires - 40 x 6"

Handy for making wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCB's. These premium jumper wires approximately 6" (150mm) long and come in a 'strip' of 40 (4 pieces... Out of Stock

5V 2.5A Switching Power Supply with 20AWG MicroUSB Cable

Our all-in-one 5V 2.5 Amp + MicroUSB cable power adapter is the perfect choice for powering singleboard computers like Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone or anything else that's power... $7.50 In Stock

Other materials

single-sided tape foam tape hot glue gun and sticks a bed frame or dresser to attach NeoPixel strip to

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Connect Electronics

First we'll connect the electronics before we add the code and attach the strip to a bed frame (or another piece of furniture).

Because these specific NeoPixel strips (https://adafru.it/FqQ) come in 5 meter reels, if you order 1m of reel you may get a piece of reel in the middle and thus may have to solder to the pads of the strip. Here are the two possibilities of strip end you may get and how to connect to the PyPortal with each.

Connect without soldering

If the data in end of your neopixel strip looks like this, connect wires the following way.

 The data in end of a NeoPixel strip is the end where the arrows on the strip are pointing away from.

Attach the JST connector to D3 on the back of the PyPortal. Plug the white and black cables into the corresponding inputs on the NeoPixel strip. Connect the alligator clips from the red JST cable to the red NeoPixel cable.

Connect by soldering:

Here's a great guide to soldering (https://adafru.it/dxy) for your reference.

If the data in end of your NeoPixel strip looks like this, connect wires the following way.

Prep 3 wires, preferable a red, black and white. Solder red to 5V, white to Din and black to GND on the neopixel strip. Attach the JST connector to D3 on the back of the PyPortal. Connect the female breadboard cables from the PyPortal to the NeoPixel strip.

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