Basic LED Animations for Beginners (Arduino)
Contributors:
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.
LED PomPom Headbands
Follow this tutorial to make your own light up PomPom headband! Try the beginner version if you are new to electronics or the advanced version if you have some more experience!
RedBoard Edge Hookup Guide
The RedBoard Edge is a RedBoard that's been rebuilt around the idea that projects are eventually put into an enclosure to help clean up their look.
Beginner Parts Kit Identification Guide
The essential parts for beginning (or even experienced) hobbyists that gives you all of the basic through-hole components you will need to get started playing with embedded projects. We'll identify a few parts in the kit and provide a few basic circuits to get started!
Moving Beyond the Ordinary With the Qwiic Alphanumeric Display
More than just numbers, more than just letters, with a little creative coding you can do teach your alphanumeric display lots of new tricks.
