LEDs have a special place in every maker's heart, and it's because we all love the ability to create light at moment's notice. Almost every project I have made over the last two decades has included ...

I'm an Arduino newb, so go easy on me. I have an Arduino Uno with a Grove Base Shield and a Grove LED Strip Driver. I have Superlight strip LEDs. I'm using some of the example code and it seems to be ...

DIY RGB LED strip driver that can be connected to a smart home (HomeKit) using Raspberry Pi and Arduino. This is a complete DIY guide going through all steps on how to build your own RGB LED Strip ...

Infineon's RGB LED Lighting Shield is one two of Arduino-based evaluation boards created to showcase the capabilities of its ARM-based XMC1000 MCUs in lighting and motor control applications. Unlike ...

This project uses an Arduino micro-controller to time a gradual light-strip illumination to simulate a sunrise, and thus allow one to wake up gradually rather than suddenly by an alarm clock. I've ...

Adafruit has this week announced the arrival of the new Arduino RGB Matrix Shield which is now available to purchase priced at $5.95. Any of your projects that use a Arduino-compatible board, equipped ...

Building IoT projects with touchscreens used to be a headache, involving numerous components, messy wiring, and endless troubleshooting. But the ESP32-S3 Box-3 makes things way easier. It is an all-in ...

This article is a bit different from my usual column in two ways. First, it's starting with a hardware and software combo—something I've not done before. Second, the projects are linked to each other ...