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Little Bird Lorikeet WS2812B Rainbow Board
The Little Bird Lorikeet is an Australian-made RGB LED board featuring five individually addressable WS2812B LEDs (NeoPixel-compatible). Control all five LED...
The Little Bird Lorikeet is an Australian-made RGB LED board featuring five individually addressable WS2812B LEDs (NeoPixel-compatible). Control all five LEDs from a single microcontroller pin using the WS2812B serial protocol, with each LED driven at 18 mA constant current for consistent colour regardless of voltage variation.
The chainable design allows multiple Lorikeet boards to be connected in series for longer LED strips. Compatible with Arduino, Micro:bit, Raspberry Pi Pico, and any microcontroller that supports the WS2812B protocol. Works with Adafruit NeoPixel libraries.
Key Features
- 5× WS2812B RGB LEDs – Individually addressable, NeoPixel-compatible
- Single-Pin Control – All LEDs driven from one digital output
- Chainable – Connect multiple boards in series via 3-pin headers
- Constant Current – 18 mA per LED for consistent brightness and colour
- Australian Made – Designed and manufactured in Sydney
Specifications
- LED Type – WS2812B RGB
- LED Count – 5
- Input Voltage – 5 V
- Interface – Single-wire serial, 2× 3-pin headers
- Dimensions – 65 × 9 × 5 mm
Ideal For
- LED indicator and status display projects
- Arduino, Micro:bit, and Raspberry Pi Pico builds
- Wearable and decorative lighting
- Learning addressable LED programming
Package Contents
- 1× Little Bird Lorikeet WS2812B Rainbow Board
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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- Headers
- Rows of metal pins used to plug a module into a breadboard or connect it with jumper wires. Pre-soldered headers make the module easier to use straight away without needing to solder the pins yourself.
- LED
- A light-emitting diode is a small electronic component that lights up when current flows through it in the correct direction. In this kit, LEDs create the flashing effect, so polarity and correct soldering matter for the project to work.
- microcontroller
- A microcontroller is a small computer on a chip that runs your program and controls connected inputs and outputs. For this product, it is the part that reads buttons and sensors, drives the display and speaker, and communicates over Bluetooth.
- 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, usually referring to an LED that can mix those three colours. It matters because controlling an RGB LED teaches how separate outputs combine to create different colours.
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