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Little Bird Lorikeet WS2812B Rainbow Board with Right Angle Header
The Lorikeet is a compact RGB LED board with five individually programmable WS2812B LEDs, also commonly known as NeoPixels. Each LED is addressable, with the...
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The Lorikeet is a compact RGB LED board with five individually programmable WS2812B LEDs, also commonly known as NeoPixels. Each LED is addressable, with the driver chip built into the LED package.
It uses a chainable design, so you can connect multiple Lorikeet modules together to extend the length of your lighting project. A single microcontroller pin can control the whole chain, making it suitable for Arduino, micro:bit, Raspberry Pi Pico and similar boards.
Each LED has 18mA constant current drive to help keep colours consistent even when the supply voltage varies. The board can also be used with the Adafruit NeoPixel libraries, and example project ideas include Arduino lighting guides and a Raspberry Pi Pico temperature indicator.
Includes 1x Little Bird Lorikeet RGB LED Strip. It also works well with a loop cable for connecting to a micro:bit.
Specifications:
- Input voltage: 5V
- LED: WS2812B(datasheet) - RGB LED
- Interface: Single Wire Serial
- Header: 2x 3 pin header - Right Angle
- Dimensions: 9mm (width) x 65mm (height) x 5mm (depth)
- Constant current drive: 18mA
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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- LED
- A light-emitting diode (LED) is a small electronic component that emits light when current flows through it in the correct direction. Because it only conducts one way, its polarity matters, and a through-hole LED must be soldered the correct way around to light up.
- microcontroller
- A microcontroller is a small computer on a single chip that runs a stored program and controls connected inputs and outputs such as buttons, sensors, displays and communication interfaces. In a device built around one, it is the part that executes the code and coordinates the device's behaviour.
- NeoPixel
- A type of addressable LED system where colour data is sent along a single digital data line from one LED or controller to the next. Compatibility matters because the timing and signal format must match for the lights or driver board to respond correctly.
- RGB
- Short for red, green and blue, the three primary colours of light that are mixed in varying amounts to make a wide range of colours. In electronics RGB can refer to an LED or pixel that blends these three colours, or to a colour signal or interface that carries separate red, green and blue channels.
- WS2812B
- A smart RGB LED chip with a tiny built-in controller, commonly used in addressable light strips and panels. It matters because many WS2812B LEDs can be chained together and controlled from one microcontroller pin, but they need compatible code and careful power planning as the number of LEDs grows.
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