The most illuminating part of the Raspberry Pi maker community is the ingenuity and creativity of the makers. One in particular has been busy lately creating a slew of Pi projects and his most recent creation definitely shines above the rest. Maker and developer Arnov Sharma has built a custom studio light using our favorite microcontroller—the Raspberry Pi Pico.
This studio light offers a great deal of customization through a series of LEDs laid out in a custom matrix. The lights can be tweaked to change its temperature, from a warm light or cool glow and everything in between. There are also WS2811 RGB LEDs for those times when you need to add a splash of color to a scent. According to Sharma, this was a practical project he created out of necessity to help improve photos and videos taken of his other projects.
