A couple years ago I got into making electronic conferences badges by building a device for DEFCON 25 shaped like a dragonfly. Like all badges the most important design factor was quite literally how ...

A gaming room with awesome accent lighting is the dream for many players, yet high-quality RGB controllers can still be tough to track down. Every year there seem to be more LED gaming controllers ...

I’ve seen a lot of Pixel LED projects and know every maker does things differently. I wanted to show you what I am doing for my Pixel LEDs. This post will give you an Arduino Pixel LED Controller ...

This reference design presents Z8 Encore! XP microcontroller used as a LED flashlight controller. The reference design uses Zilog’s Z8F082A microcontroller to control the power and functional modes of ...

Smart lighting has become a defining feature of modern homes, offices, and commercial spaces. What began as simple on/off ...

German manufacturer Aqua Computer has this week announced the launch of its new “next-generation” RGB LED controller in the form of the farbwerk 360. Capable of controlling up to 360 addressable RGB ...

Today I will be taking a look at the NZXT HUE RGB LED Controller, a case lighting system that is pegged as an all in one solution to case lighting. Now as many of you will know there are no shortages ...

Linear Technology Corp. announces the LT3799, an isolated LED controller with active power factor correction (PFC), specifically designed for driving LEDs from a universal input range of 90 to 265 Vac ...

The NZXT Noctis 450 ROG sports integrated LED lighting. In the past, adding lighting to a PC case—cold cathodes, no less—required serious component research and potentially complex cabling. But with ...

Solid state lighting applications are expanding as higher performance LEDs are now available. One application getting considerable attention is the retrofit of existing triac-based dimmers by ...

Building RGB LED displays is one of the most interesting programming and engineering challenges we see here on Hackaday. Not only do the creators of large displays and LED cubes have to deal with the ...