TM010: ElecFreaks Rainbow LED strip (NeoPixels)

What

Experiment with micro:bit and light. Standard 3-pin GVS ports that are easy to connect. Contact at both ends.

What to Do with This?

Here is some examples by our students: 

• 23w50 DIY Project: A Lottery Game 

• 23w14 DIY Project: A Lightsaber Prototype Using LED Strip

Starter Examples

Find the tutorial from shop.elecfreaks.com.

Neopixel official document

Neopixel is a product by Adafruit, here is the official guide adafruit.com.

The “chip” inside each LED is the WS2812B driver + RGB LED, here is the datasheet of WS2812 chip.

Where to buy

We bought this from HANDS-ON SCIENCE

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