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An LED strip with 30 LEDs per meter puts individual LEDs about 33 mm apart. A regulation ping-pong ball is 40 mm in diameter, making them just a wee bit too big to fit nicely.

I used two strings of lights for this project—an Adafruit NeoPixel 20-light strip, and a 50-light set from Amazon.

The Creative Commons-licensed comic is serious business for budding Arduino tinkerers, with step-by-step instructions for a basic LED light project that will get you up and running with the ...