Ryan Finnie on Nostr: Just hook up WS2812b LEDs directly to your Pi’s 3.3v GPIO, they say. The control ...
Just hook up WS2812b LEDs directly to your Pi’s 3.3v GPIO, they say. The control line doesn’t actually need 5v, they say.
It works, right up until it doesn’t, and then you need to build the Level Shifter of Shame.
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