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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Smart Christmas Decoration with Raspberry Pi Pico and MQTT -- Episode 582</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27917/smart-christmas-decoration-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-mqtt----episode-582</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Smart Christmas Decoration with Raspberry Pi Pico and MQTT -- Episode 582</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27917/smart-christmas-decoration-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-mqtt----episode-582</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2022 08:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d048feea-a2f7-4132-91ad-ca623d145cc6</guid><dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27917/smart-christmas-decoration-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-mqtt----episode-582#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Documents by Matt on 12/23/2022 8:24:00 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Last Christmas, Katie designed an LED Christmas tree bauble decoration for element14 presents. So, she decided, why not add a friendly snowman to it this year, using some of the same electronics concepts? Her IoT-connected snowman light is powered by the Raspberry Pi Pico W and uses the same MQTT system as her Christmas bauble. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gklto2ds0"&gt;Watch the Video:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/j-dUaZPgPmE"&gt;https://youtu.be/j-dUaZPgPmE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6317510054112"&gt;players.brightcove.net/.../index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-31779" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3996082,2095744,2053833~2,2377261,2908774,3587633~42,3796325~7,3796324~2,2290332~3,2428287,3257343~4,3257341~4,3257302~2,3257299~2&amp;nsku=38AK5986,26T3936,61T7486~2,29X1531,35AH0920,62AJ8788~42,73AJ8837~7,73AJ8836~2,66W1930~3,66X5863,29AH0792~4,29AH0788~4,29AH0797~2,29AH0794~2&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('31779'));" data-farnell="3996082,2095744,2053833~2,2377261,2908774,3587633~42,3796325~7,3796324~2,2290332~3,2428287,3257343~4,3257341~4,3257302~2,3257299~2" data-newark="38AK5986,26T3936,61T7486~2,29X1531,35AH0920,62AJ8788~42,73AJ8837~7,73AJ8836~2,66W1930~3,66X5863,29AH0792~4,29AH0788~4,29AH0797~2,29AH0794~2" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" data-avnetema=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" data-avnetasia=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;RASPBERRY PI PICO W&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;RASPBERRY-PI&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-0cc38" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3996082&amp;nsku=38AK5986&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('0cc38'));" data-farnell="3996082" data-newark="38AK5986" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PANASONIC PIR Sensor, PaPIRS, Digital, White, 12 m, 2.3 VDC, 4 VDC, 102 &amp;deg;, EKMB Series&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PANASONIC&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-20db4" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2095744&amp;nsku=26T3936&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('20db4'));" data-farnell="2095744" data-newark="26T3936" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;BSS138BK NEXPERIA Power MOSFET, N Channel, 60 V, 360 mA, 1 ohm, SOT-23, Surface Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;NEXPERIA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-11d85" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2053833&amp;nsku=61T7486&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('11d85'));" data-farnell="2053833" data-newark="61T7486" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;BSP613PH6327XTSA1 INFINEON Power MOSFET, P Channel, 60 V, 2.9 A, 0.11 ohm, SOT-223, Surface Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;INFINEON&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-88356" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2377261&amp;nsku=29X1531&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('88356'));" data-farnell="2377261" data-newark="29X1531" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KMR231G C&amp;amp;K COMPONENTS Tactile Switch, Microminiature, KMR2, Top Actuated, Surface Mount, Oval Button, 300 gf&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;C&amp;amp;K COMPONENTS&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-a4c1d" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2908774&amp;nsku=35AH0920&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('a4c1d'));" data-farnell="2908774" data-newark="35AH0920" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MP005921 LED, White, SMD, 20 mA, 3.6 V, 1.4 cd&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;42&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-570c9" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3587633&amp;nsku=62AJ8788&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('570c9'));" data-farnell="3587633" data-newark="62AJ8788" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO LED, Red, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 2.4 V, 626 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-b4ca0" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3796325&amp;nsku=73AJ8837&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('b4ca0'));" data-farnell="3796325" data-newark="73AJ8837" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO LED, Blue, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 3.4 V, 475 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-f133b" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3796324&amp;nsku=73AJ8836&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('f133b'));" data-farnell="3796324" data-newark="73AJ8836" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KINGBRIGHT LED, Low Power, Orange, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 2.1 V, 601 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KINGBRIGHT&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-4a676" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2290332&amp;nsku=66W1930&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('4a676'));" data-farnell="2290332" data-newark="66W1930" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP DC Power Connector, Jack, 500 mA, 4 mm, Cable Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-11975" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2428287&amp;nsku=66X5863&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('11975'));" data-farnell="2428287" data-newark="66X5863" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Rectangular Power Contact, Squba 207777, Tin Plated Contacts, Copper Alloy, Socket, Crimp, 20 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-570f1" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257343&amp;nsku=29AH0792&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('570f1'));" data-farnell="3257343" data-newark="29AH0792" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Rectangular Power Contact, Squba 207776, Tin Plated Contacts, Copper Alloy, Pin, Crimp, 20 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-53f63" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257341&amp;nsku=29AH0788&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('53f63'));" data-farnell="3257341" data-newark="29AH0788" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Connector Housing, IP68, Squba 207782, Receptacle, 2 Ways, 3.6 mm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-7a807" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257302&amp;nsku=29AH0797&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('7a807'));" data-farnell="3257302" data-newark="29AH0797" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Connector Housing, IP68, Squba 207778, Plug, 2 Ways, 3.6 mm, Molex Squba 207776 Series Pin Contacts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-e0fe7" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257299&amp;nsku=29AH0794&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('e0fe7'));" data-farnell="3257299" data-newark="29AH0794" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PCB&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;WS2812&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: mqtt, e14p_KD, holiday, snowman, raspberry pi, leds, christmas, friday_release, Rpi PicoW&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 582: Smart Christmas Decoration with Raspberry Pi Pico and MQTT</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27917/smart-christmas-decoration-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-mqtt----episode-582/revision/4</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2022 14:40:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d048feea-a2f7-4132-91ad-ca623d145cc6</guid><dc:creator>pchan</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27917/smart-christmas-decoration-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-mqtt----episode-582#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to Documents by pchan on 12/23/2022 2:40:33 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Last Christmas, Katie designed an LED Christmas tree bauble decoration for element14 presents. So, she decided, why not add a friendly snowman to it this year, using some of the same electronics concepts? Her IoT-connected snowman light is powered by the Raspberry Pi Pico W and uses the same MQTT system as her Christmas bauble. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gklto2ds0"&gt;Watch the Video:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/j-dUaZPgPmE"&gt;https://youtu.be/j-dUaZPgPmE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6317510054112"&gt;players.brightcove.net/.../index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-c69e7" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3996082,2095744,2053833~2,2377261,2908774,3587633~42,3796325~7,3796324~2,2290332~3,2428287,3257343~4,3257341~4,3257302~2,3257299~2&amp;nsku=38AK5986,26T3936,61T7486~2,29X1531,35AH0920,62AJ8788~42,73AJ8837~7,73AJ8836~2,66W1930~3,66X5863,29AH0792~4,29AH0788~4,29AH0797~2,29AH0794~2&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('c69e7'));" data-farnell="3996082,2095744,2053833~2,2377261,2908774,3587633~42,3796325~7,3796324~2,2290332~3,2428287,3257343~4,3257341~4,3257302~2,3257299~2" data-newark="38AK5986,26T3936,61T7486~2,29X1531,35AH0920,62AJ8788~42,73AJ8837~7,73AJ8836~2,66W1930~3,66X5863,29AH0792~4,29AH0788~4,29AH0797~2,29AH0794~2" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" data-avnetema=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" data-avnetasia=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;RASPBERRY PI PICO W&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;RASPBERRY-PI&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-2430a" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3996082&amp;nsku=38AK5986&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('2430a'));" data-farnell="3996082" data-newark="38AK5986" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PANASONIC PIR Sensor, PaPIRS, Digital, White, 12 m, 2.3 VDC, 4 VDC, 102 &amp;deg;, EKMB Series&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PANASONIC&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-b53fd" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2095744&amp;nsku=26T3936&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('b53fd'));" data-farnell="2095744" data-newark="26T3936" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;BSS138BK NEXPERIA Power MOSFET, N Channel, 60 V, 360 mA, 1 ohm, SOT-23, Surface Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;NEXPERIA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-1969b" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2053833&amp;nsku=61T7486&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('1969b'));" data-farnell="2053833" data-newark="61T7486" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;BSP613PH6327XTSA1 INFINEON Power MOSFET, P Channel, 60 V, 2.9 A, 0.11 ohm, SOT-223, Surface Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;INFINEON&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-0c783" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2377261&amp;nsku=29X1531&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('0c783'));" data-farnell="2377261" data-newark="29X1531" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KMR231G C&amp;amp;K COMPONENTS Tactile Switch, Microminiature, KMR2, Top Actuated, Surface Mount, Oval Button, 300 gf&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;C&amp;amp;K COMPONENTS&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-2dff8" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2908774&amp;nsku=35AH0920&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('2dff8'));" data-farnell="2908774" data-newark="35AH0920" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MP005921 LED, White, SMD, 20 mA, 3.6 V, 1.4 cd&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;42&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-62f82" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3587633&amp;nsku=62AJ8788&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('62f82'));" data-farnell="3587633" data-newark="62AJ8788" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO LED, Red, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 2.4 V, 626 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-96470" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3796325&amp;nsku=73AJ8837&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('96470'));" data-farnell="3796325" data-newark="73AJ8837" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO LED, Blue, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 3.4 V, 475 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-795ef" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3796324&amp;nsku=73AJ8836&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('795ef'));" data-farnell="3796324" data-newark="73AJ8836" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KINGBRIGHT LED, Low Power, Orange, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 2.1 V, 601 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KINGBRIGHT&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-85d2f" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2290332&amp;nsku=66W1930&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('85d2f'));" data-farnell="2290332" data-newark="66W1930" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP DC Power Connector, Jack, 500 mA, 4 mm, Cable Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-cfe19" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2428287&amp;nsku=66X5863&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('cfe19'));" data-farnell="2428287" data-newark="66X5863" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Rectangular Power Contact, Squba 207777, Tin Plated Contacts, Copper Alloy, Socket, Crimp, 20 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-b09ba" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257343&amp;nsku=29AH0792&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('b09ba'));" data-farnell="3257343" data-newark="29AH0792" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Rectangular Power Contact, Squba 207776, Tin Plated Contacts, Copper Alloy, Pin, Crimp, 20 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-6d121" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257341&amp;nsku=29AH0788&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('6d121'));" data-farnell="3257341" data-newark="29AH0788" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Connector Housing, IP68, Squba 207782, Receptacle, 2 Ways, 3.6 mm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-c7bde" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257302&amp;nsku=29AH0797&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('c7bde'));" data-farnell="3257302" data-newark="29AH0797" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Connector Housing, IP68, Squba 207778, Plug, 2 Ways, 3.6 mm, Molex Squba 207776 Series Pin Contacts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-bc2cc" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257299&amp;nsku=29AH0794&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('bc2cc'));" data-farnell="3257299" data-newark="29AH0794" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PCB&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;WS2812&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img alt="element14 presents" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/5024/vcp-biography-katie"&gt;About Katie Dumont&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="padding-right:5px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: mqtt, e14p_KD, holiday, snowman, raspberry pi, leds, christmas, friday_release, Rpi PicoW&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 582: Smart Christmas Decoration with Raspberry Pi Pico and MQTT</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27917/smart-christmas-decoration-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-mqtt----episode-582/revision/3</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2022 19:04:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d048feea-a2f7-4132-91ad-ca623d145cc6</guid><dc:creator>danzima</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27917/smart-christmas-decoration-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-mqtt----episode-582#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to Documents by danzima on 12/21/2022 7:04:05 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Last Christmas, Katie designed an LED Christmas tree bauble decoration for element14 presents. So, she decided, why not add a friendly snowman to it this year, using some of the same electronics concepts? Her IoT-connected snowman light is powered by the Raspberry Pi Pico W and uses the same MQTT system as her Christmas bauble. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gklto2ds0"&gt;Watch the Video:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/j-dUaZPgPmE"&gt;https://youtu.be/j-dUaZPgPmE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6317510054112"&gt;players.brightcove.net/.../index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-f0ead" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3996082,2095744,2053833~2,2377261,2908774,3587633~42,3796325~7,3796324~2,2290332~3,2428287,3257343~4,3257341~4,3257302~2,3257299~2&amp;nsku=38AK5986,26T3936,61T7486~2,29X1531,35AH0920,62AJ8788~42,73AJ8837~7,73AJ8836~2,66W1930~3,66X5863,29AH0792~4,29AH0788~4,29AH0797~2,29AH0794~2&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('f0ead'));" data-farnell="3996082,2095744,2053833~2,2377261,2908774,3587633~42,3796325~7,3796324~2,2290332~3,2428287,3257343~4,3257341~4,3257302~2,3257299~2" data-newark="38AK5986,26T3936,61T7486~2,29X1531,35AH0920,62AJ8788~42,73AJ8837~7,73AJ8836~2,66W1930~3,66X5863,29AH0792~4,29AH0788~4,29AH0797~2,29AH0794~2" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" data-avnetema=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" data-avnetasia=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;RASPBERRY PI PICO W&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;RASPBERRY-PI&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-e7592" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3996082&amp;nsku=38AK5986&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('e7592'));" data-farnell="3996082" data-newark="38AK5986" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PANASONIC PIR Sensor, PaPIRS, Digital, White, 12 m, 2.3 VDC, 4 VDC, 102 &amp;deg;, EKMB Series&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PANASONIC&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-951bf" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2095744&amp;nsku=26T3936&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('951bf'));" data-farnell="2095744" data-newark="26T3936" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;BSS138BK NEXPERIA Power MOSFET, N Channel, 60 V, 360 mA, 1 ohm, SOT-23, Surface Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;NEXPERIA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-69f97" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2053833&amp;nsku=61T7486&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('69f97'));" data-farnell="2053833" data-newark="61T7486" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;BSP613PH6327XTSA1 INFINEON Power MOSFET, P Channel, 60 V, 2.9 A, 0.11 ohm, SOT-223, Surface Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;INFINEON&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-81806" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2377261&amp;nsku=29X1531&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('81806'));" data-farnell="2377261" data-newark="29X1531" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KMR231G C&amp;amp;K COMPONENTS Tactile Switch, Microminiature, KMR2, Top Actuated, Surface Mount, Oval Button, 300 gf&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;C&amp;amp;K COMPONENTS&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-9adba" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2908774&amp;nsku=35AH0920&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('9adba'));" data-farnell="2908774" data-newark="35AH0920" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MP005921 LED, White, SMD, 20 mA, 3.6 V, 1.4 cd&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;42&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-c0db9" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3587633&amp;nsku=62AJ8788&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('c0db9'));" data-farnell="3587633" data-newark="62AJ8788" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO LED, Red, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 2.4 V, 626 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-4d250" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3796325&amp;nsku=73AJ8837&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('4d250'));" data-farnell="3796325" data-newark="73AJ8837" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO LED, Blue, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 3.4 V, 475 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-d507e" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3796324&amp;nsku=73AJ8836&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('d507e'));" data-farnell="3796324" data-newark="73AJ8836" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KINGBRIGHT LED, Low Power, Orange, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 2.1 V, 601 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KINGBRIGHT&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-b94a2" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2290332&amp;nsku=66W1930&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('b94a2'));" data-farnell="2290332" data-newark="66W1930" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP DC Power Connector, Jack, 500 mA, 4 mm, Cable Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-10c43" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2428287&amp;nsku=66X5863&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('10c43'));" data-farnell="2428287" data-newark="66X5863" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Rectangular Power Contact, Squba 207777, Tin Plated Contacts, Copper Alloy, Socket, Crimp, 20 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-ced5e" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257343&amp;nsku=29AH0792&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('ced5e'));" data-farnell="3257343" data-newark="29AH0792" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Rectangular Power Contact, Squba 207776, Tin Plated Contacts, Copper Alloy, Pin, Crimp, 20 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-26646" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257341&amp;nsku=29AH0788&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('26646'));" data-farnell="3257341" data-newark="29AH0788" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Connector Housing, IP68, Squba 207782, Receptacle, 2 Ways, 3.6 mm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-c629a" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257302&amp;nsku=29AH0797&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('c629a'));" data-farnell="3257302" data-newark="29AH0797" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Connector Housing, IP68, Squba 207778, Plug, 2 Ways, 3.6 mm, Molex Squba 207776 Series Pin Contacts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-b1c77" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257299&amp;nsku=29AH0794&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('b1c77'));" data-farnell="3257299" data-newark="29AH0794" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PCB&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;WS2812&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img alt="element14 presents" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/5024/vcp-biography-katie"&gt;About Katie Dumont&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="padding-right:5px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: mqtt, e14p_KD, holiday, snowman, raspberry pi, leds, christmas, Rpi PicoW&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 582: Smart Christmas Decoration with Raspberry Pi Pico and MQTT</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27917/smart-christmas-decoration-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-mqtt----episode-582/revision/2</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:50:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d048feea-a2f7-4132-91ad-ca623d145cc6</guid><dc:creator>tariq.ahmad</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27917/smart-christmas-decoration-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-mqtt----episode-582#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to Documents by tariq.ahmad on 12/19/2022 7:50:22 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Did you make last years Christmas Tree Bauble? Why not add a friendly snowman to it this year! If you didn&amp;rsquo;t make last years, then I think you should have a twinkly snowman to brighten up your workshop or home this year. An IOT connected snowman Christmas light.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gklto2ds0"&gt;Watch the Video:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/j-dUaZPgPmE"&gt;https://youtu.be/j-dUaZPgPmE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6317510054112"&gt;players.brightcove.net/.../index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-acc8d" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3996082,2095744,2053833~2,2377261,2908774,3587633~42,3796325~7,3796324~2,2290332~3,2428287,3257343~4,3257341~4,3257302~2,3257299~2&amp;nsku=38AK5986,26T3936,61T7486~2,29X1531,35AH0920,62AJ8788~42,73AJ8837~7,73AJ8836~2,66W1930~3,66X5863,29AH0792~4,29AH0788~4,29AH0797~2,29AH0794~2&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('acc8d'));" data-farnell="3996082,2095744,2053833~2,2377261,2908774,3587633~42,3796325~7,3796324~2,2290332~3,2428287,3257343~4,3257341~4,3257302~2,3257299~2" data-newark="38AK5986,26T3936,61T7486~2,29X1531,35AH0920,62AJ8788~42,73AJ8837~7,73AJ8836~2,66W1930~3,66X5863,29AH0792~4,29AH0788~4,29AH0797~2,29AH0794~2" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" data-avnetema=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" data-avnetasia=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;RASPBERRY PI PICO W&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;RASPBERRY-PI&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-c11e9" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3996082&amp;nsku=38AK5986&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('c11e9'));" data-farnell="3996082" data-newark="38AK5986" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PANASONIC PIR Sensor, PaPIRS, Digital, White, 12 m, 2.3 VDC, 4 VDC, 102 &amp;deg;, EKMB Series&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PANASONIC&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-50603" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2095744&amp;nsku=26T3936&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('50603'));" data-farnell="2095744" data-newark="26T3936" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;BSS138BK NEXPERIA Power MOSFET, N Channel, 60 V, 360 mA, 1 ohm, SOT-23, Surface Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;NEXPERIA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-19bdc" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2053833&amp;nsku=61T7486&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('19bdc'));" data-farnell="2053833" data-newark="61T7486" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;BSP613PH6327XTSA1 INFINEON Power MOSFET, P Channel, 60 V, 2.9 A, 0.11 ohm, SOT-223, Surface Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;INFINEON&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-6277c" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2377261&amp;nsku=29X1531&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('6277c'));" data-farnell="2377261" data-newark="29X1531" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KMR231G C&amp;amp;K COMPONENTS Tactile Switch, Microminiature, KMR2, Top Actuated, Surface Mount, Oval Button, 300 gf&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;C&amp;amp;K COMPONENTS&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-cddf9" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2908774&amp;nsku=35AH0920&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('cddf9'));" data-farnell="2908774" data-newark="35AH0920" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MP005921 LED, White, SMD, 20 mA, 3.6 V, 1.4 cd&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;42&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-14354" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3587633&amp;nsku=62AJ8788&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('14354'));" data-farnell="3587633" data-newark="62AJ8788" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO LED, Red, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 2.4 V, 626 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-b28c1" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3796325&amp;nsku=73AJ8837&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('b28c1'));" data-farnell="3796325" data-newark="73AJ8837" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO LED, Blue, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 3.4 V, 475 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-c7ec1" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3796324&amp;nsku=73AJ8836&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('c7ec1'));" data-farnell="3796324" data-newark="73AJ8836" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KINGBRIGHT LED, Low Power, Orange, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 2.1 V, 601 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KINGBRIGHT&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-4a45b" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2290332&amp;nsku=66W1930&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('4a45b'));" data-farnell="2290332" data-newark="66W1930" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP DC Power Connector, Jack, 500 mA, 4 mm, Cable Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-5af43" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2428287&amp;nsku=66X5863&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('5af43'));" data-farnell="2428287" data-newark="66X5863" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Rectangular Power Contact, Squba 207777, Tin Plated Contacts, Copper Alloy, Socket, Crimp, 20 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-0ea70" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257343&amp;nsku=29AH0792&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('0ea70'));" data-farnell="3257343" data-newark="29AH0792" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Rectangular Power Contact, Squba 207776, Tin Plated Contacts, Copper Alloy, Pin, Crimp, 20 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-360cc" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257341&amp;nsku=29AH0788&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('360cc'));" data-farnell="3257341" data-newark="29AH0788" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Connector Housing, IP68, Squba 207782, Receptacle, 2 Ways, 3.6 mm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-f28d2" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257302&amp;nsku=29AH0797&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('f28d2'));" data-farnell="3257302" data-newark="29AH0797" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Connector Housing, IP68, Squba 207778, Plug, 2 Ways, 3.6 mm, Molex Squba 207776 Series Pin Contacts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-2ced7" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257299&amp;nsku=29AH0794&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('2ced7'));" data-farnell="3257299" data-newark="29AH0794" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PCB&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;WS2812&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: mqtt, e14p_KD, holiday, snowman, raspberry pi, leds, christmas, Rpi PicoW&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 582: Smart Christmas Decoration with Raspberry Pi Pico and MQTT</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27917/smart-christmas-decoration-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-mqtt----episode-582/revision/1</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:49:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d048feea-a2f7-4132-91ad-ca623d145cc6</guid><dc:creator>tariq.ahmad</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/27917/smart-christmas-decoration-with-raspberry-pi-pico-and-mqtt----episode-582#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Documents by tariq.ahmad on 12/19/2022 7:49:26 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Did you make last years Christmas Tree Bauble? Why not add a friendly snowman to it this year! If you didn&amp;rsquo;t make last years, then I think you should have a twinkly snowman to brighten up your workshop or home this year. An IOT connected snowman Christmas light.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gklto2ds0"&gt;Watch the Video:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/j-dUaZPgPmE"&gt;https://youtu.be/j-dUaZPgPmE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://players.brightcove.net/1362235890001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6317510054112"&gt;players.brightcove.net/.../index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table class="e14-product-bom-main"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-f73d2" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3996082,2095744,2053833~2,2377261,2908774,3587633~42,3796325~7,3796324~2,2290332~3,2428287,3257343~4,3257341~4,3257302~2,3257299~2&amp;nsku=38AK5986,26T3936,61T7486~2,29X1531,35AH0920,62AJ8788~42,73AJ8837~7,73AJ8836~2,66W1930~3,66X5863,29AH0792~4,29AH0788~4,29AH0797~2,29AH0794~2&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('f73d2'));" data-farnell="3996082,2095744,2053833~2,2377261,2908774,3587633~42,3796325~7,3796324~2,2290332~3,2428287,3257343~4,3257341~4,3257302~2,3257299~2" data-newark="38AK5986,26T3936,61T7486~2,29X1531,35AH0920,62AJ8788~42,73AJ8837~7,73AJ8836~2,66W1930~3,66X5863,29AH0792~4,29AH0788~4,29AH0797~2,29AH0794~2" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" data-avnetema=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" data-avnetasia=",,undefined~2,,,undefined~42,undefined~7,undefined~2,undefined~3,,undefined~4,undefined~4,undefined~2,undefined~2" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;RASPBERRY PI PICO W&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;RASPBERRY-PI&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-e59c4" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3996082&amp;nsku=38AK5986&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('e59c4'));" data-farnell="3996082" data-newark="38AK5986" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PANASONIC PIR Sensor, PaPIRS, Digital, White, 12 m, 2.3 VDC, 4 VDC, 102 &amp;deg;, EKMB Series&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PANASONIC&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-691a4" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2095744&amp;nsku=26T3936&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('691a4'));" data-farnell="2095744" data-newark="26T3936" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;BSS138BK NEXPERIA Power MOSFET, N Channel, 60 V, 360 mA, 1 ohm, SOT-23, Surface Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;NEXPERIA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-b44d8" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2053833&amp;nsku=61T7486&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('b44d8'));" data-farnell="2053833" data-newark="61T7486" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;BSP613PH6327XTSA1 INFINEON Power MOSFET, P Channel, 60 V, 2.9 A, 0.11 ohm, SOT-223, Surface Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;INFINEON&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-cb56d" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2377261&amp;nsku=29X1531&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('cb56d'));" data-farnell="2377261" data-newark="29X1531" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KMR231G C&amp;amp;K COMPONENTS Tactile Switch, Microminiature, KMR2, Top Actuated, Surface Mount, Oval Button, 300 gf&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;C&amp;amp;K COMPONENTS&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-4ee78" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2908774&amp;nsku=35AH0920&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('4ee78'));" data-farnell="2908774" data-newark="35AH0920" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MP005921 LED, White, SMD, 20 mA, 3.6 V, 1.4 cd&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;42&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-f5c29" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3587633&amp;nsku=62AJ8788&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('f5c29'));" data-farnell="3587633" data-newark="62AJ8788" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO LED, Red, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 2.4 V, 626 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-6a6c6" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3796325&amp;nsku=73AJ8837&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('6a6c6'));" data-farnell="3796325" data-newark="73AJ8837" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO LED, Blue, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 3.4 V, 475 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP PRO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-b91d4" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3796324&amp;nsku=73AJ8836&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('b91d4'));" data-farnell="3796324" data-newark="73AJ8836" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KINGBRIGHT LED, Low Power, Orange, SMD, 0805 [2012 Metric], 20 mA, 2.1 V, 601 nm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;KINGBRIGHT&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-cbec6" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2290332&amp;nsku=66W1930&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('cbec6'));" data-farnell="2290332" data-newark="66W1930" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP DC Power Connector, Jack, 500 mA, 4 mm, Cable Mount&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MULTICOMP&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-89c6a" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2428287&amp;nsku=66X5863&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('89c6a'));" data-farnell="2428287" data-newark="66X5863" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Rectangular Power Contact, Squba 207777, Tin Plated Contacts, Copper Alloy, Socket, Crimp, 20 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-104a6" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257343&amp;nsku=29AH0792&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('104a6'));" data-farnell="3257343" data-newark="29AH0792" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Rectangular Power Contact, Squba 207776, Tin Plated Contacts, Copper Alloy, Pin, Crimp, 20 AWG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-a5b41" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257341&amp;nsku=29AH0788&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('a5b41'));" data-farnell="3257341" data-newark="29AH0788" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Connector Housing, IP68, Squba 207782, Receptacle, 2 Ways, 3.6 mm&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-30dfb" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257302&amp;nsku=29AH0797&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('30dfb'));" data-farnell="3257302" data-newark="29AH0797" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX Connector Housing, IP68, Squba 207778, Plug, 2 Ways, 3.6 mm, Molex Squba 207776 Series Pin Contacts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MOLEX&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-e10cb" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3257299&amp;nsku=29AH0794&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('e10cb'));" data-farnell="3257299" data-newark="29AH0794" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="undefined" data-avnetema="undefined" data-avnetasia="undefined" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr class="xs-hide"&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="mcetoc_1gkltt6hf1"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PCB&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;WS2812&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: mqtt, e14p_KD, holiday, snowman, raspberry pi, leds, christmas, Rpi PicoW&lt;/div&gt;
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