2018_leds
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We've got RGB LED strips on the robot this year, for decoration and for the software to announce what its trying to do.
The LED strips
we had half a reel of this left over and unused from a previous season: https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/sparkfun-electronics/COM-12021/1568-1153-ND/5673739
These are “analog” RGB strips that have four wires:
- common +12v
- negative for blue LEDs
- negative for red LEDs
- negative for green LEDs
What we like about these:
- we had them around
- they're cheap
not so good:
- no protective coating on top of the LEDs
- The “B” marking on the strip labels the green LEDs and the “G” marking is by the blue terminal.
- Kind of fragile - easy to break the flexible circuit board when they're taped down to somthing (like a robot) and you yank them off.
The driver board
Hookup to RoboRIO
Software
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