# Building The Stranger Things Lights For Halloween

DevFeed: [Building The Stranger Things Lights For Halloween](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-the-stranger-things-lights-for-halloween-111162.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/building-the-stranger-things-lights-for-halloween/>)

Author: Zoe Skyforest

Published: 2026-11-02T06:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hackaday](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hackaday.md>)

Topics: [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>)

Tags: [alphabet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alphabet.md>), [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [esp32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp32.md>), [esp32-s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp32-s3.md>), [halloween](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/halloween.md>), [holiday-hacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/holiday-hacks.md>), [led-hacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/led-hacks.md>), [leds](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leds.md>), [lights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lights.md>), [stranger-things](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stranger-things.md>), [user-interface](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-interface.md>), [web-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-server.md>), [ws2812b](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ws2812b.md>)

## AI overview

The Halloween display recreates the alphabet lights from *Stranger Things* using a Xiao ESP32-S3 and 52 WS2812B addressable RGB LEDs--two per letter, fitted into an existing string of lights. An ESP32-hosted web interface lets users type messages, which the lights flash one letter at a time. Because only one letter lights at once, the excerpt says the current stays low enough to draw power from the board's power input pin. The letters are cut from EVA foam.

## Source excerpt

When Stranger Things came out all those years ago, one image left an indelible mark on pop culture. A set of Christmas lights, lined up with letters of the alphabet, such ...read more