The project is utilizing cheap dot LEDs to create a big LED with an interface through SPI and can be expandable for multiple digits with only three wires for receiving data from any microcontroller ...

We covered SparkFun’s new RGB button pad controller a few weeks ago. This is a full-color clone of the monome interface; a 4×4 grid of buttons with tri-color LEDs underneath. Each LED has 24bits of ...

As the lighting industry continues to make the transition to LED technology, there is an increasing need for more intelligent controllers and drivers.The rising price of electricity presents a major ...

[Tim] got his hands on some APA102 RGB LEDs, which are similar in function to the common WS2812 addressable LEDs seen in many projects we’ve featured. The advantage of APA102 LEDs is that they don’t ...