In Our House A ‘Tea Please’ Call Never Goes Unanswered

Why ask for a cup of tea the boring way?

We drink a lot of tea in our house and have a rule that a “Tea Please” call never goes unanswered no matter how inconvenient. I thought I’d get myself ahead by making this ‘Tea Please’ beacon which sparkles into life when I am 10 minutes from home.

The sign is built into a small, deep frame, with LEDs attached in the recess. The stencil font message is cut out of plain paper and glued to lutradur fabric, both cut with a Cricut machine.

A dormant Tea Please light waiting to be triggered

My “Tea Please” sign shares an ESP32 microcontroller with my Rotegrity International Space Station Beacon.

Tracking the ISS With a Glowing Rotegrity Beacon

The ESP32 is flashed with WLED and controls both lights with a string of 24 addressable WS2812B RGB leds split evenly between the two models. By…