Microcontroller

You want to use a constant current driver and not just a microcontroller. - In order to maintain a constant level of brightness.

Use protoboard and sot-23 breakout boards to mount everything and that would give a lot of brightness in a small package.

Hoop-Trix build your own hoop - generic led controller: Ebay - $4.50

Arduino Pro Mini - https://docs.arduino.cc/retired/boards/arduino-pro-mini/ - saw off side pins - rxi - recieve input, used for data in - tx0 - used to transfer data to strip

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Close to 1/2 in width:

https://www.seeedstudio.com/Seeed-XIAO-ESP32C3-p-5431.html - $4.99 - Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0

https://www.adafruit.com/product/3500 - $8.95