- $5 filament (filament spools cost $20 to $65, and you need two colors)
- black PLA filament
- transparent PLA filament
- $35 for microcontroller, USB cable, switch and wires
- $10 for 2000mA USB charging device to power the UFO
- 3D printer capable of printing volume L19cm x W19cm x H12cm minimum
- soldering iron, wires
- FTDI cable (approx $15) for programming the ESP8266
- U.S.: Adafruit http://www.adafruit.com
- U.S./Internationally: Mouser electronics http://mouser.com (they have many international sites such as mouser.de, mouser.at, ...)
- Germany/Austria: Flikto http://flikto.de
- Germany/Internationally: EXP Tech https://www.exp-tech.de/
- 1x Adafruit Huzzah ESP8266 breakoutboard
- 2x meters Adafruit DotStar Digital LED Strip, 30 LED per meter
- 1x mini-push-button-switch 6x6mm
- 1x [USB cable to power the ufo] e.g. (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/512) but note, the cable must be able to handle the current of up to 2A; and we will clip off one of the plugs
- If you don't have it yet, you will need this cable for programming Sparkfun FTDI 5V with 3.3V IO cable
