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Beyond Hello World - LED Strips

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Beyond Hello World - LED Strips

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Hello Makers,

We will start the meeting with a short demo and then it will be open work time. All projects are welcome including any stepper motor projects that are out there :)

This month the demo will be LED strips! These are really cool individually addressable RGB strips.

http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/9/c/c/c/600_458740140.jpeg

They have been around for a few years and there have been some super cool projects have been done with them:

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http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/9/d/e/2/600_458740418.jpeg

Still it can be hard to get further than the basic demo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8YiWNrkAAI). To go beyond that we will take a look at how to use the Neopixel library (https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel) so you can generate arbitrary patterns. We will also see how to incorporate HSV (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV) color coordinates and gamma correction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_correction) into code.

So come with your ideas, projects, and questions and let's all take the next step with LED strips. Also if you have worked a lot with LED strips come and share what you know :)

See you there!

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Thanks for coming to to Beyond Hello World Electronics! Please note that children under 14 need to be accompanied by an adult.

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