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Control rgb led strip with raspberry pi.
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Connect 3 gpio pins gpio 4 5 6 are a good choice to the r g b inputs of the amp with three male female jumper leads.
I got this fancy rgb led strip with remote from some online seller.
To control the led strip we use a python library from adafruit.
The library requires the spi bus which we have to activate if not already done.
Connect and control ws2812 rgb led strips via raspberry pi if you are looking for rgb led strips you will probably come across the ws2812 or the ws2801.
The amp will come with two short connectors for the led strips.
With the following commands in the raspberry pi terminal you can light up the led strip.
One side for books the other side for iot and a 27 benq monitor in center.
The led strip can now be tested using the pigpio software.
Connect the 5v pin of your pi to the 12v input of the amp with a male female jumper lead.
Things used in this project.
Cut it down to pieces and soldered wired on corners.
These two led strips are very different but both can be controlled with the raspberry pi.
Use one to connect to your led strip.
Now you can do many nice stuff from node js play with the colors.
The good thing is that each led can be addressed individually and any rgb color is possible.
In conclusion it s not that hard to wire a rgb strip light to a raspberry pi and to control it from node js.