Animate Adafruit NeoPixels in red and green on Christmas
2 ready-made Adafruit and Is It Christmas? Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. Is It Christmas? can start an automation with "Is It Christmas?", and IFTTT can then run "Send data to Adafruit IO" on Adafruit.
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6 triggers, queries, and actions
Any new data
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires any time there is new data in your feed.
Is It Christmas?
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time it is Christmas in the time zone you specify.
Monitor a feed on Adafruit IO
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires anytime it validates the data that you send to your feed. Example: If Feed Temperature > 80, fire Trigger.
History of a feed on Adafruit IO
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of events when you sent data to your feed. Example: If Feed Temperature > 80
History of data
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of any time there is new data in your feed.
Send data to Adafruit IO
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will send data to a feed in your Adafruit IO account.
Any new data
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires any time there is new data in your feed.
History of a feed on Adafruit IO
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of events when you sent data to your feed. Example: If Feed Temperature > 80
History of data
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of any time there is new data in your feed.
Is It Christmas?
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time it is Christmas in the time zone you specify.
Monitor a feed on Adafruit IO
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires anytime it validates the data that you send to your feed. Example: If Feed Temperature > 80, fire Trigger.
Send data to Adafruit IO
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will send data to a feed in your Adafruit IO account.
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If
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Any new data
Is It Christmas?
Monitor a feed on Adafruit IO
Then
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Send data to Adafruit IO
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About Adafruit
Adafruit was founded by MIT engineer, Limor “Ladyada” Fried. Her goal was to create the best place online for learning electronics and making the best designed products for makers of all ages and skill levels.
About Is It Christmas?
Is It Christmas? is a service that indicates whether or not it's Christmas with a simple YES or NO response.