Animating an LED strip from a computer

By controlling the LED strip from a computer, you can do almost anything! I used it to create a dancing light show for music.

Oct 22, 2016

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Components and supplies

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USB-A to B Cable

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Arduino UNO

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5V 10A switching power supply

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NeoPixel strip

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Capacitor 1000 µF

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Female DC Power adapter - 2.1mm jack to screw terminal block

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Jumper wires (generic)

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Resistor 475 ohm

Project description

Code

syncstrip binaries

csharp

Use this if you do not want to compile syncstrip yourself. It may have bugs, and may be outdated.

syncstrip

Latest commit to the master branch on 15-10-2016

syncstrip binaries

csharp

Use this if you do not want to compile syncstrip yourself. It may have bugs, and may be outdated.

syncstrip

Latest commit to the master branch on 15-10-2016

renderstrip

Latest commit to the master branch on 15-10-2016

Downloadable files

Basic Connections

Basic connections for a NeoPixel LED strip and an Arduino (image from Adafruit)

Basic Connections

Basic Connections

Basic connections for a NeoPixel LED strip and an Arduino (image from Adafruit)

Basic Connections

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