Addressable LED strip

Description

Discuss and explore possibilities of ordering some Addressable LED Strips, as well as tinker with them when/if we get them.

Components

• Addressable LED Strips
• Arduino

Roadmap

Goal

• Choose the correct IC, with the most community support and ease of use
• Make a presentation presenting the topic
• Order these LED Strips

Obstacle

• There are several different competing IC standards with their disadvantages and advantages
• We need to be careful where we buy

Schedule

We will discuss this sometime on the week of the 21st Jan, Nemen will set up doodle.

People

Project Leader

• Sasha
• Nemen
• Jean-Daniel Nicoud

Participant

• Damien
• Philippe

References

• IC Concerns
  • IC overview and comparison
  • WS2801 vs WS2811
• Lib/software/controllers Concerns
  • IC abstraction library
• Howtos
  • My response to the WS2811 with an AVR thing
• Existing Realisations / ideas / projects
  • Addressable LED strip hat
  • LED strip video wall