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 ...

The art of taking long exposure photographs with blinking RGB LEDs has improved greatly over the years, mostly due to the extremely easy to use Arduino and hundreds of tutorials on the web. If there’s ...

Here's a nice one for those looking to incorporate LEDs with a touch or proximity switch into a project: the company Bare Conductive shows how to use an LED strip light with its Touch Board. The ...

[Patrick] was prepping for some future projects he had in mind, for which he will need a simple 2D array of addressable LEDs. While it is certainly possible for him to build his own LED array and ...

Adafruit has this week announced the arrival of new LED hardware in the form of DotStar Micro LEDs reference : APA102–2020) and Smart SMD RGB LEDs which are available in a pack of 10. The new LED ...

I'm trying to dim LED strips, approximately 30ft in length, with hand controls. I've found that regular potentiometers (those sold by Adafruit) max out at about 0.2 W. For whatever reason, the Red ...

Adafruit, the innovative team that brought you the Onion Pi Tor Proxy earlier this week, has once again been busy creating amazing new gadgets to make your everyday life even easier and more ...