True Colour RGB LED HAT for Raspberry Pi [discontinued]

This RGB LED HAT (B) from Waveshare features RGB WS2812B LEDs and can be easily attached on top of a standard 40-pin Raspberry Pi header to display colorful LED effect. Better yet, it's controlled by just a signal pin, freeing up all of the other valuable GPIO pins for use in the rest of your project.

Note: Raspberry Pi not included. You'll need a Raspberry Pi, or Raspberry Pi Zero with male headers soldered on. Alternatively, you can purchase a Raspberry Pi Zero with the headers presoldered.

Features

* Supports any revision of Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Pi Zero

* Onboard 8 x 8 RGB LED (WS2812B)

* Control pin is configurable via jumpers (0Ω resistor)

* Break out control pins, easy for working with other MCUs

* Comes with development resources and manual (examples in Python and Web control)

Specifications

* Operating voltage: 5V

* Brightness: adjustable 256 levels

* Color depth: 24-bit true color (8-bit for R/G/B respectively, totally 256 x 256 x 256=16777216 colors)

* Data rate: 800Kbps(typ)

* Dimension: 65mm x 56.2mm

* Mounting hole size: 3.0mm

Pinout

* For use with Raspberry Pi, you only need plug the HAT into the 40-pin GPIO header on the Raspberry Pi

* The PH2.0 3P connector is used for other devices such as Arduino, Adafrut Feather HUZZAH, BBC micro:bit V2, or other controller board.

Symbols Pin descriptions

5V 5V power supply

GND Ground

DIN Control signal input

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Resources

* Waveshare Wiki

Package Contents

* 1x RGB LED HAT (B)

* 1x RPi screws pack