Basic LED Animations for Beginners (Arduino)

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Resources and Going Further

For more information, check out the resources below.

How to Use a Multimeter
Pulse Width Modulation
Binary
Arduino.cc
- Built-In Examples
- Reference Language
Stoplight
- Wikipedia: Traffic Light
- Arduino Inventor's Guide: Miniature Stoplight Template

LEDs can be fun and easy to add to any circuit. There are tons of options! Power indicators, signal indicators, or just downright cool lighting effects. Play around with the Arduino code and make some cool effects. Maybe some illumination may spark something even better. Need some inspiration for your next project? Check out some of these related tutorials using LEDs.

Using OpenSegment

How to hook up and use the OpenSegment display shield. The OpenSegment is the big brother to the Serial 7-Segment Display. They run on the same firmware, however the OpenSegment is about twice as big.

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