With the following commands in the raspberry pi terminal you can light up the led strip.
Control rgb led strip with raspberry pi.
Things used in this project.
Remotely control an rgb led with a raspberry pi.
The good thing is that each led can be addressed individually and any rgb color is possible.
Connect 3 gpio pins gpio 4 5 6 are a good choice to the r g b inputs of the amp with three male female jumper leads.
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The led strip can now be tested using the pigpio software.
This special raspberry pi ws2801 library includes some functions for controlling the individual leds.
To control the led strip we use a python library from adafruit.
Sudo pigpiod starts pigpio.
These two led strips are very different but both can be controlled with the raspberry pi.
I got this fancy rgb led strip with remote from some online seller.
In conclusion it s not that hard to wire a rgb strip light to a raspberry pi and to control it from node js.
Cut it down to pieces and soldered wired on corners.
Now you can do many nice stuff from node js play with the colors.
One side for books the other side for iot and a 27 benq monitor in center.
The amp will come with two short connectors for the led strips.
Connect and control ws2812 rgb led strips via raspberry pi if you are looking for rgb led strips you will probably come across the ws2812 or the ws2801.
Use one to connect to your led strip.