Mood Light - Pi Zero WH Project Kit

by Pimoroni

A beautifully modern Mood Light that'll look great on your bedside table, bookcase, or desk, and it's internet-connected!

Updated version! Our Mood Light Kit now includes a Raspberry Pi Zero WH and a brand spanking new Unicorn HAT Mini - this means you now get 119 LEDs instead of 32, four programmable buttons and there's now absolutely no soldering required. Nice!

Our Mood Light Kit has everything* you'll need to build a sleek looking light that evokes a real pendant light, and uses our Unicorn HAT Mini board packed with 119 teeny tiny RGB LEDs. Set it to a single colour, have it fade through all the colours of the rainbow, or harness the built-in wireless LAN on the Pi Zero WH. It'll take around 30 minutes to assemble everything** (check out our assembly guide for details).

Kit contents*

  • Pi Zero WH
  • Unicorn HAT Mini with a 17x7 matrix of RGB LEDs
  • White and yellow pendant light stand and diffuser
  • 50cm USB A to micro-B cable
  • USB A (female) to micro B (male) adaptor
  • Mini to full-size HDMI adaptor
  • Sticker sheet (personalise your Mood Light!)
  • Comes in a reusable kit box

*Just add your own micro-SD card

Mood Light uses our popular Unicorn HAT Mini board, with 119 individually controllable RGB LEDs, giving you a veritable rainbow full of colour possibilities. The stand cleverly mounts the Pi Zero WH and Unicorn HAT Mini at just the right angle to cast the light through the pendant light cutout and diffuse it beautifully.

The built-in wireless LAN on the Pi Zero WH opens up a wealth of opportunities: connect it to your Twitter feed and track the mood of your recent tweets, or fade through the sunset and sunrise colours once you've pulled the daily sunset/sunrise times from your favourite weather server.

Features

  • 17x7 matrix of RGB LEDs
  • 4 programmable buttons
  • 3-layer white and yellow pendant light stand and diffuser
  • Pi Zero WH with single core CPU and built-in wireless LAN and Bluetooth
  • Adaptor kit
  • 50cm USB A to micro-B cable (power your Pi from an existing charger or computer)
  • Python library

Software

We've put together a Python library for Unicorn HAT Mini that makes it simple to control individual LED's colour and brightness, display images or test, make games, and more. There's some really fun examples of how to use the buttons for games, with Simon Says and a fun little Columns-type game with coloured, falling blocks.

You can find a getting started tutorial for Unicorn HAT Mini here.

If you have a Unicorn HAT Mini you won't be able to use the old Unicorn pHAT library - please make sure you're using the one linked above!

Notes

Assembled size of Mood Light is 85x125x70mm (WxHxD).

8 customer reviews

3 years ago
The assembly went really smoothly. Now I am waiting for missing hdmi cable to make it work. One thing that is missing in the instructions is what to do after assembly for newbies like me who have never started a raspberry pi. Had to find some other tutorial (not a huge problem though :p )
by Justyna about Mood Light - Pi Zero WH Project Kit via REVIEWS.io
5 years ago
Neat little kit. Fairly easy to assemble. I plan to write a service with a python Flask interface to control the Unicorn pHAT and schedule pattern/color changes.
by Timothy about Mood Light - Pi Zero WH Project Kit via REVIEWS.io
7 years ago
I've wanted a simple 'status light' to gift to a friend for a long time, but my bare LEDs and exposed circuit boards wouldn't work for her. This kit is simple enough for anyone with a little soldering experience, and the assembly is on par with a small lego set. The software for the unicorn pHAT comes with BOTH python 2 and 3 libraries. That alone should sell it! I do wish it came with an SD card, as that can be a deal breaker if you don't have one on hand, but for the price it's not a big deal. I've already ordered another to put together with my niece, and will be assembling some others to give as gifts. A+ kit.
by Marcus about Mood Light - Pi Zero WH Project Kit via REVIEWS.io
7 years ago
I did a post on reddit about getting my kid to sleep here: https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/5yyiuc/getting_my_kid_to_sleep_pi_zero_w_mini_project/ In short: 18-19 = yellow light indicating bedtime is coming. 19-06 = red light indicicating it's night time. 06-08 = green indicating it's okay to get up now. 08-18 = off I just got a daughter, and since the first light worked wonders - i had to get a second one. HOORAY FOR SLEEPING!
by sysvival about Mood Light - Pi Zero WH Project Kit via REVIEWS.io
8 years ago
This is a cool little project, it comes in a lovely presented box. Its not a hugely complex kit and is fairly easy to put together The down sides are the need to solder, I knew this as it does say, but the Pi didn't do to well being soldered and i need to fix it. So make sure you get the hammer heads or can solder It would be nice if it included a small SD card too, because you only need a small card and the ones on Amazon were a bit OTT for this project. But I would by again :)
by Martyn about Mood Light - Pi Zero WH Project Kit via REVIEWS.io
8 years ago
Very easy to build and fun to play with, going to use it as a notification light for email. The only complaint I could have is that it is kind of flimsy. It is meant to stay on your desk and would not be great for a kid to play with over and over.
by Stephen about Mood Light - Pi Zero WH Project Kit via REVIEWS.io