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These are the first projects I made with my Arduino

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Hackaday

Developing A Better Way To Control 10,000 LEDs

The SoundPuddle project drives thousands of LEDs based on audio input. The team is working on a replacing the controller for this wire-filled setup with something more robust. They took the mess seen ...
Hackaday

Inefficient NeoPixel Control Solved With Hardware Hackery

Everyone loves NeoPixels. Individually addressable RGB LEDs at a low price. Just attach an Arduino, load the demo code, and enjoy your blinking lights. But it turns out that demo code isn’t very ...
Electronics Weekly

LIN bus MCU scans switches in cars, and controls ambient lighting

7x7mm ATA664251 has an eight-channel switch interface with current sources (up to 20mA) and an analogue multiplexer. The interface is tolerant to the nominally 12V car supply rail. To control RGB LEDs ...