Helix Bulb

The Helix Bulb!

A beautiful color tunable light designed for easy control over WiFi. Only uses a 16x neopixel ring and ESP8266 for electronics. Uses the blynk app for easy customizable control from your phone.

See this tutorial for the basics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxeuR-4zuwQ

The base can be a little bit tricky to assemble and could probably use an update, but this is what I'm rocking. You will need some short m3 screws to mount the ESP and a 20mm m3 screw to hold the base cover to the thread. You will most definitely want a ball end allen key for the ESP mount screws as access is tricky.

I printed the bulb in clear Formlabs resin and the rest in white hatchbox PLA on an MK3S.

***** DO NOT TURN OFF SUPPORTS FOR THE BULB *******
You will want to as it looks like it might work but as the print progresses the entire thing becomes like a spring and very small warping is magnified over and over. This springing effect causes issues on both FDM and SLA prints so