Shopping List: PropMaker Wing and Feather M4

I am delighted to share Kamui Cosplay’s updated book called, “The Book of Cosplay Light and Sound Effects.” How I wish this was around when I started with LEDs!

However, I wanted to share some direct links to the products I ordered from AdaFruit to help make shopping for supplies a bit easier.

In my order to follow along with Kamui Cosplay’s book, I ordered the following supplies for my cosplay electronics build:

• Lithium Ion Battery 3.7V 6600mAh

  • Sometimes, these are out of stock, so sometimes I will make do with a different sized 3.7V battery.

• Assembled Adafruit Prop-Maker FeatherWing - This chip is the hardware for the LEDs, the accelerometer, and audio amplifier

  • Pro tip, get the one with the assembled plain headers (pins). It will make soldering the two chips together much easier.

• Adafruit Feather M4 Express - This chip is the memory and brain for programming with an onboard USB port.

  • This can be used with Arduino IDE software, but comes standard with CircuitPython.

• Tactile On/Off Switch with Leads - The switch will allow you to turn your power off and save battery when you don’t need your prop activated.

  • To upgrade switches, these rugged metal switches are super fun and have a nice push button feel. I recommend getting some quick connectors for these types of buttons too.

• Mono Enclosed Speaker 3W 4 Ohm - This would be a good speaker for smaller sized projects. Or if you want a little bit better sound, a 40mm diameter speaker 3W 4 Ohm would be good too.

• Molex Pico Blade 2-pin Cable - This little cable is important for plugging in the speaker into the microprocessor.

• AdaFruit NeoPixels - I prefer 60 LEDs per meter. If you’ve got a smaller area to work with, and are very precise at soldering, I really love the Mini Skinny NeoPixels.

• JST PH 2mm 3-pin Plug-Plug - These connectors are great for plugging in strips of LED lights that you have cut to a specific length.

I hope that shopping list is helpful for your cosplay electronics builds. It was a bit tricky figuring out which products were needed, but this was a great start for me to learn about the PropMaker Wing and Feather M4.

Happy cosplaying my friends!