Basic LED Animations for Beginners (Arduino)
Contributors:
Brandon J. Williams
Brandon J. Williams 
Resources and Going Further
For more information, check out the resources below.
- How to Use a Multimeter
- Pulse Width Modulation
- Binary
- Arduino.cc
- Stoplight
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.
Interactive LED Music Visualizer
Use an Arduino and the SparkFun Sound Detector to create visualizations on Addressable RGB LED strips.
LumiDrive Hookup Guide
The LumiDrive LED Driver is SparkFun’s foray into all things Python on micro-controllers. With the SparkFun LumiDrive you will be able to control and personalize a whole strand of APA102s directly from the board itself.
