[Lab] how to control several RGB LEDs with Arduino

[Darcy Whyte]

There are some chip thingys for controlling lots of LEDs.

I have some somewhere... I think the ones I have are good for up to 24 LEDs
each...

I'll be in my lab in a few minutes so will get the part numbers...



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On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Olaf Baumann <olaf.baumann at pobox.com> wrote:

> Hey Lab,
>
> I got some RGB LEDS to play with but when I count the number of pins I
> need, it doesn't look like I can drive very many.
>
> The UNO has six PWM output pins and each RGB LED needs three.  As the
> saying goes, twos company, but I want a crowd!
>
> With regular LEDs, I used cascading shift registers to allow me to control
> 24 of them.  A great success in my temporarily blinded eyes.
>
> Is there an analog analogue to the digital shift register?  It seems that
> PWM is a hack for a voltage level, would a steady voltage be better?  SPI
> or I2C would be bonus--maybe I could use an ATtiny85.
>
> thanks,
> Olaf
>
>
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