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  • I made a little LED Matrix and everything went wrong

    5pcs 6-20 layer PCBs with free Via-in-Pad from $2 , Sign up here to Get $60 Coupons:https://jlcpcb.com/?from=bitluni (Sponsor) I designed this matrix 5 years ago and finally took some time to assemble and test it. All went wrong but I manage to ma...
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  • Finisher Prize for Light Up Your Life Design Challenge

    Hello Element14 Community, Right before leaving to Christmas holidays, I receive my finisher prize for participating in Light Up Your Life Design Challenge sponsored by Würth Elektronik. Before digging into reward, let’s rewind what I did as part of…

  • RGB Flashlight: Final Project Summary & Future Plans

    I'd like to wrap up my blog entries for this contest on a hopeful note. While I acknowledge I didn't do great with soldering the LEDs and that prevented better progress on the project, along the way I've learned a lot about how RGB LEDs work and their…

  • Desk LED Towers - The Demo - RGB for RadiantGoofyBulbs

    After builds and iterations for a while now, through this blog, I'd like to display a demo of the project RadiantGoofyBulbs - custom LED bars built to use with displays or generally as ambient lights using Wurth 1315050930246 and 1315050930002 parts.…

  • Desk LED Towers - The Demo - RGB for RadiantGoofyBulbs

    After builds and iterations for a while now, through this blog, I'd like to display a demo of the project RadiantGoofyBulbs - custom LED bars built to use with displays or generally as ambient lights using Wurth 1315050930246 and 1315050930002 parts.…

  • Build Continues with Mechanicals and Integration - RGB for RadiantGoofyBulbs

    After testing the LEDs initially and pivoting on the Prismatic tool for display colour extraction and encoding LEDs, the custom LED bar is soldered and tested with the control unit discussed here Building Custom LED Bar and Control Unit - RGB for RadiantGoofyBulbs…

  • Misaz’s WL-ICLED experiments: Counting LEDs on bus

    Hello. I welcome you to my last experiment before I publish final project. In this forum post I want to explain how you can determine LED strip length without knowing it’s length in advance. Idea on this is not my own. I first time read about it here…

  • Misaz’s WL-ICLED experiments: Combining LEDs of multiple types

    Hello. I welcome you to forum post describing my next experiment with Würth Elektronik WL-ICLEDs. In this forum post I will look at opportunity to combine 24-bit and 48-bit LEDs on single chain. It can be quite useful if you work on project which has…

  • Building Custom LED Bar and Control Unit - RGB for RadiantGoofyBulbs

    After discussing the project idea here The Project Plan - RGB for RadiantGoofyBulbs and setting up prismatic tool for display colour extraction Display Colour Extraction - RGB for RadiantGoofyBulbs , where is my hardware! Through this blog, I will take…

  • Misaz’s WL-ICLED experiments: Mysterious End Frame

    Hello everyone. I continue working on next experiment, but I found something which is strange or at least somehow interesting, and decided to dedicate blog to it. I was implementing last protocol. It is two wire protocol supported by 1311610030140 LEDs…

  • Misaz’s WL-ICLED experiments: Testing BI pin

    Hello. I welcome you to my second forum post as part of Light Up Your Life Challenge! . In this forum post I will share my experience with PCB design and soldering LEDs. In this part I will experiment with BI pin of 1312121320437 Würth LEDs (middle sized…

  • Misaz’s WL-ICLED experiments: It’s soldering time

    Hello. I welcome you to my second forum post as part of Light Up Your Life Challenge! . In this forum post I will share my experience with PCB design and soldering LEDs. For testing PCBs, I designed 3 PCBs. One for each type of LED I will play with…

  • Misaz’s WL-ICLED experiments: Introduction

    Hello everyone. I welcome you to my first forum post as part of my participation in Light Up Your Life Challenge! . In this post I will describe my plans and status. I posted application to this design challenge but my application was not one of the…

  • Better Microscope & PCB Photo Light - Part 5: PCBs Arrive & The Ultimate Skills Test

    In the past few postings, I’ve covered the contents of the kit , showed you how I soldered the WL-ICLEDs to the Adafruit breakouts, achieved “first light” using FastLED and did some PCB and 3D printing design . In the last chapter, I ended the post with…

  • Better Microscope & PCB Photo Light - Part 3: Lighting Up My Life (a little bit)

    In the previous two instalments, I covered the contents of the kit including close-up images of the LEDs themselves and the potentially daunting task of soldering the 5050-size WL-ICLEDs to the breakouts . Now, it’s time to put them to good use. Installing…

  • Lights up with blaze - RGB for RadiantGoofyBulbs

    Hello Community! In this blog, I will walk you through my latest LED project powered by the Challenger Kit from Wurth Elektronik. This kit comes packed with a variety of LEDs ready to bring your projects to life with vibrant colours and dynamic lighting…

  • I always wanted RGB LEDs on my Razer!

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  • :GAME ZIP 64 Pacman Animation with Sound

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  • :GAME ZIP 64 Pacman Animation with Sound

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  • Introducing Solas and the journey of creating my own RGB LED Board

    Initial Ideas Over 3 years ago I really wanted a single RGB LED controlled by a microcontroller. I didn't want to add LEDs to a microcontroller, solder them, chain them, wire them up! I just wanted an RGB LED connected a microcontroller. And, as far…

  • Jumbo DIY LED -- Episode 533

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  • RGB Led Toggle using KDS+SDK using K64F Freedom board

    This is an output for a tutorial on toggling RGB Led’s on FRDM-K64F board using Kinetis Design Studio IDE and using Kinetis Software development kit (KSDK).
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  • Out Of the Box LED animation for the ISELED kit

    This video shows the out of the box LED animation for the ISELED kit
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