LEDs

The addressable (UCS1903) LED neon flex rope adds cool lighting effects for outdoor and indoor uses including in hallways and stairs, holiday lighting, and more! In this hookup guide, you will learn how to connect, power, and control the LED segments with an Arduino and the FastLED library.

Add blinking lights to any holiday decoration with our Holiday Lights Kit.

Build a Boss Alarm that alerts you of anyone walking into your office and automatically changes your computer screen.

How to crack an unknown safe in under an hour.

Learn what it takes to build large LED installations from planning to power requirements to execution.

An introduction to matrix scanning, using the SparkFun 4x4 Button Pad.

How to assemble and use the Cherry MX Switch Breakout, allowing you to turn a matrix of mechanical switches into a full-size keyboard!

Craft your own paper circuit holiday greeting using the LEDs, a Chibi Chip, Love to Code!

A short guide to creating a rainbow of new LilyPad LED colors at home!

A top hat decked out with LED strips makes for a heck of a wedding gift.

Embedded with heating pads and four Neopixel rings, these earmuffs do more than your average winter accessory to keep you warm while still looking good.

In this digital fabrication project featuring 3D printing, laser cutting, and DIY electronics, you will build a beautiful design object for your desktop or night stand.

This tutorial provides everything you need to know to make your own light up high top sneakers!

How to hook up the LM3914 or LM3916 to drive a 10-LED display with a lone analog signal.

The FemtoBuck board is a high-efficiency, single-channel constant-current LED driver.

A fun project that uses a Raspberry Pi and a custom Java app to create your own sound visualizer using a RGB LED matrix.

An addition to a previous project, this time using a PC and a custom Java app to create your own music visualizer using a RGB LED matrix.

We take a tour of a LED manufacturer and learn how PTH 5mm LEDs are made for SparkFun.

How about that humidity? This tutorial shows how to add sensing capability to the 21st Century Fashion Kit's RGB flower project.

In this tutorial, we will learn about how to create an interactive theatrical prop for a performance by 3D printing a translucent diamond prop using a non-addressable RGB LED strip and AT42QT1011 capacitive touch sensing.

Learn how we converted 72 lightbulbs into an interactive LED array for our conference room.

Use an Arduino and the SparkFun Sound Detector to create visualizations on Addressable RGB LED strips.

How to get the most out of the infrared receivers and transmitters included in the IR Control Kit.

Getting started guide for the Large Digit display driver board. This tutorial explains how to solder the module (backpack) onto the back of the large 7-segment LED display and run example code from an Arduino.