LEDs! Fadecandy works with Adafruit's popular WS2811/WS2812 LEDs. Each controller
board supports up to 512 LEDs, arranged as 8 strips of 64 each. Not for use with RGBW
NeoPixels, you can only use RGB type at this time.
Headers are not included but we have tons of different kinds of dual header in the shop if you
want to solder something into the pads.
Fadecandy is designed to enable art that is subtle, interactive, and playful - exploring the
interplay between light, form, and shadow. If you’re tired of seeing project after project with
frenetic blinky rainbow fades, you’ll appreciate how easy it is to create expressive lighting!
It's also battle tested! The firmware was originally developed to run the Ardent Mobile Cloud
Platform, a Burning Man project which used 2500 LEDs to project ever-changing rolling cloud
patterns onto the interior of a translucent plastic sculpture. It used five Fadecandy boards, a
single Raspberry Pi, and the effects were written in a mixture of C and Python. The lighting on
this project blew people away, and it made me realize just how much potential there is for
creative lighting, but it takes significant technical drudgery to get beyond frenetic-rainbow-fade
into territory where the lighting can really add to an art piece instead of distracting from it.
How it's made - Ladyada and Micah Scott manufacturing Fadecandy at Adafruit.
FadeCandy - Dithering USB-Controlled Driver for NeoPixels (18:41)
TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Dimensions: 20mm x 38mm
Weight: 4 grams
Datasheets, PCB files, Fritzing object and more in the tutorial
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