1 LED Strips, what's the difference? WS2811, WS2812B, 2812Eco, WS2813, WS2815, SK6812, SK9822.
Recommended as a comparison of common addressable LED chips, helping newcomers weigh up the variants before buying strips for a project.
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2 Yet another Sound Reactive LED sequence
Shared by its maker as a demo of Arduino sound-reactive addressable LEDs using simple peak detection; there is little independent opinion on it.
3 Cheap DIY Arduino Ambilight 2.0 (Revisited) RGB WS2812b LED Full Build & How-To
A tutorial people have followed for Arduino projects with addressable LED strips, recommended as a sensible base to adapt, with code available through its description.
4 How To Use Addressable RGB WS2812B LED Strips With a Raspberry Pi Single Board Computer
A basic walkthrough of driving addressable LED strips from a Raspberry Pi, which people have followed for their own projects and suggest to newcomers.
5 How To Control WS2812B Individually Addressable LEDs using Arduino
Suggested as a starting point for driving addressable LED strips from an Arduino, including correct wiring and simple animations.
6 My first lantern reborn
Shared by its maker as a demonstration of an Arduino driving addressable LEDs in a lantern, reacting to sound through simple peak detection.
7 #246 12 Tips and Tricks for Neopixels Projects (Arduino, ESP8266/ ESP32)
Suggested as a useful set of practical pointers for people starting with addressable LED strips, including how power and data are usually wired.
8 DIY Arduino Ambilight RGB WS2812b Full Build & How-To
A tutorial people follow to build a PC ambient lighting setup using an Arduino Nano and WS2812B LEDs, with a parts list in the description.
9 Sound reactive using Perlin Noise and glitter
A short demo of a sound reactive WS2812B strip effect driven by an Arduino Nano and MEMS microphone, shared by its maker as an example with code.
10 FastLED Basics Episode 1 - Getting started
Start of Scott Marley's video series on addressable LEDs and FastLED, suggested to newcomers wiring and testing LED strips from an Arduino.
11 BEGINNERS Guide to Individually Addressable RGB LED Programming with Arduino
Useful background on individually addressable LED strips, shared for choosing a strip type and for basics such as power feeding and data direction.
