TheAdafruit Sparkle Motion Stickis part of ourseries of “Sparkle Motion” boards, which are our attempt to make thebest smallWLED-friendly smart LED driving board in the whole world. Our resident mermaid,firepixiemakes a lot of projects with WLED, and she loves it! So, how can we make something powerful enough to drive advanced LED projects that need a compact design?

The USBStick version of the Sparkle Motion is a simpler version of our full-featured Sparkle Motion. We offer it as a USB stick only, or with a simple case (select an option before adding to cart).

• Power via USB Type A for up to 5V 2A input –you can use off-the-shelf USB battery packs for portable operation.
• 2Amp resetting fuseto protect from over-current drive
• ESP32mini module with built-in antenna port – the classic ESP32 has the best WLED support, even if we’d prefer the ‘S2 or ‘S3. Comes with 4 MB of flash, dual-core 240MHz Tensilica, WiFi, Bluetooth LE, and Bluetooth Classic support.
• USB-serial converterwith auto-reset
• Two output signals plus 5V power and ground– both signal outputs are level shifted to 5V.
• Built-in I2S microphonefor audio-reactive projects
• Built-in Infrared receiveron GPIO 10for easy remote control integration
• User button on GPIO 0which you can press even when its in the snap-on case
• Red built-in LEDon pin 4
• Small built-in NeoPixelon pin 18
• Screw terminal blocksfor no-solder connectivity

Compared to ourlarger Sparkle Motion board, this only supports 5V and doesn’t have a reset button, there are fewer outputs, and no breakout pads of I2C/GPIO connections for external accessories.
Compared to ourSparkle Motion Mini, this has a USB A port so it’s 2A max power. It does have IR and built-in terminal blocks but does not have GPIO breakout pads.

While we recommend it for use with WLED, it will also work just fine as a compact ESP32 board for use with Arduino, ESP-IDF, MicroPython, CircuitPython, or any other ESP32-supported codebase.

Specifications

• Product Dimensions: 67.5mm x 18.6mm x 11.7mm
• Product Weight: 7.5g

Resources

• Primary Guide: Adafruit Sparkle Motion Stick
• Enclosure Diagram

Package Contents

• 1x Adafruit Sparkle Motion Stick
• [OPTIONAL] 1x Enclosure