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RGB LED Breakout
Control RGB LEDs with this daisy-chainable breakout board.
Red Green and Blue (RGB) LEDs are great for lighting up all sorts of colors. Using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) you can get a whole analog array of different colors all across the visible spectrum. This board has 5 inputs: 5V, Red, Green, Blue, and Ground.
Naked PCB
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Naked PCBThe PCB for surface mount version of this board naked except for its starry silkscreen. -
RGB SmileLEDs smiling back at you! This not the correct way to populate this PCB. -
Close UpThe RGB board needs 5 wires to function. Power, ground, and red, green, and blue. Using pulse width modulation (PWM) on the red green and blue wires the LED can create a huge range of colors. The LEDs used on this board are common cathode so the higher the PWM value the less color on that color channel. -
Sunkit and RGB boardThe Sun Kit can light up the RGB breakout board. Or a whole set of RGB break out boards it will just eat your batteries quicker...
The PCB for surface mount version of this board naked except for its starry silkscreen.
Soldering Video
Watch the RGB breakout board being made. The actual process takes about 20 minutes but here you watch it go down in 40 seconds.
Parts
| Title | Description | # | Cost | Link | Picture |
| RGB LED | Clear Common CathodeValue:(800, 4000, 900)mcd | 5 | $1.95 | Link |
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| Resistor | RES 300 OHM 1/4W 5% CARBON FILMValue:300 | 15 | $0.08 | Link |
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