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Arduino Ws2812 LED or Neopixel Led Strip or Ring Tutorial

by electronicGURU

In this instructables we will learn how to use the neopixel or ws 2812 or fast led with Arduino.These types of LED
or strip or ring are controlled by only one single Vin pin and all the LEDs are individually addressable so these are
also called individual addressable LEDs and they are quite costly than normal RGB LED.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7U0mgYHp4Nc

Step 1: Gather Your Components

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BUY PARTS: so very first you need to get two important
BUY ARDUINO UNO: components one of them is an arduino and other one
is neopixel ws2812 LEDs / led strip or ring.
https://www.utsource.net/itm/p/7199843.html
Items to Buy (affiliate link) -
BUY WS2812 LED :
https://www.utsource.net/itm/p/8673712.html Arduino Uno-

BUY WS2812 LED Ring: https://www.banggood.com/UNO-R3-ATmega16U2-A

VR-Mod...
https://www.utsource.net/itm/p/8673715.html
Ws2812 neopixel (12 bit) ring -
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rel="nofollow">https://www.banggood.com/3Pcs- rel="nofollow">https://www.banggood.com/CJMCU-
CJMCU-12-Bit-WS2812-... 3bit-WS2812-RGB-LED...

https://www.banggood.com/CJMCU-12-Bit-WS2812- Ws2812 neopixel led strip -

5050-...
https://www.banggood.com/AUDEW-1M4M5M-RGB-
Ws2812 neopixel (7bit) ring- SMD5050-...

https://www.banggood.com/5Pcs-CJMCU-7-Bit-WS2 https://www.banggood.com/4-PCS-WS2812-5V-Tailli
812-5... ght...

https://www.banggood.com/3Pcs-CJMCU-7-Bit-WS2 https://www.banggood.com/0_5M1M2M3M4M5M-DC
812-5... 5V-USB-R...

Ws2812 neopixel (3 bit) ring - https://www.banggood.com/0_5M1M2M3M4M5M-US

B-RGB-50...
https://www.banggood.com/5pcs-CJMCU-3bit-WS28
12-RG... https://www.banggood.com/0_5M1M2M3M4M5M-DC
5V-USB-R...

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Step 2: Connections

the connections are very simple.all you need to do is to connect vcc of neopixel to the +5v & Gnd of neopixel to
the Gnd & the Vin pin of the neopixel to any digital pin ( i am connecting it to pin 6 because we will define the pin 6
in the software.).

IIf having issue in connections then refer video for help.

Step 3: Programming

Open Arduino IDE then go to examples & go to pixels.setPixelsColor(i,pixels.Color(r,g,b));

"neopixel" then open "simple" sketch.
Where "i" is the number of pixel or led you want to
In the sketch you need to set two things first turn ON in any color

1- define PIN 6 (You need to define the pin no of & "r" "g" "b" are shades of color which are RED ,
arduino on which Vin pin of neopixel is connected, we GREEN,BLUE & their value range is 0 to 255.
are using PIN 6 here)
So here we are using
2- define NUMPIXELS 12 (you need to define no of
pixels your neopixel have which means no of LED on pixels.setPixelsColor(0,pixels.Color(0,0,255);
it , we have 12 LEDs on our neopixel so we'll use 12)
This means that the first pixel is set for blue color.
And in the loop section there is one command is used
to set the color of neopixel

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Step 4: Upload the Code

The final step is upload the code to Arduino & you are done & if you did everything correct then neopixel will turn
on according to the logic you gave .

And if have any issue with any step please refer for video.

EEnjoy your neopixel.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7U0mgYHp4Nc

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