Tag: Led

AughtNaughtZero @ instructables.com posted his latest project, a LED matrix visualizing data from a weather website such as temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed etc. This project utilizes a 6 x 16 matrix of RGB LEDs to visualize a weather forecast pulled from the Weather...

Here is a LED matrix able to show useful information such as weather forecast, temperature and stock updates. The matrix is controlled by a Particle Photon board. You wake up in the morning. You're groggy. You grab your phone lazily and start browsing. You check the weather, your...

LCD Screen Backlight CCFL to LED Replacement -...

The LT8391 is a synchronous 4-switch buck-boost LED controller that regulates LED current from input voltage above, below, or equal to the output voltage. The proprietary peak-buck peak-boost current mode control scheme allows adjustable and synchronizable 150kHz to 650kHz fixed...

Thomas Gonnot has published a RGB LED Strip Controller based  on STM32F0 microcontroller. The controller is able to power NeoPixel and DotStar protocol RGB LEDs. A simple controller for a RGB LED strip, with independent control of color and intensity. The design is based on a...

LG Innotek has released an ultra-thin optical biometric sensor module designed to be used in wearables and smartphones to measure health parameters such as heartbeat, stress indicators and blood oxygen saturation level. The new sensor is more accurate than it's predecessors...

Here is a quick tear down of an IKEA 400 lm "Ryet" bulb. Cheapest bulb with full safety listing that I have ever seen. Selling for less than $2.00! Ryet IKEA LED Bulb teardown -...

Tim discuss about a new RGB LED that appeared on the market: During the last months, a new WS2812 alternative appeared on the market: The SK6812. I finally managed to get my hands on some of them to take a closer look. In most aspects these devices are basically clones of the WS2812....