Addressable LED Strip + Arduino (Tutorial)

Let’s learn how to use the addressable LED strip (WS2812B) with Arduino! We’ll learn how to connect the LED strip to the Arduino and then program with the Adafruit Neopixel library!

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What to Buy:

-Arduino Uno
https://www.amazon.com/Arduino-A00006...

-Jumper wires & breadboard
https://www.amazon.com/Standard-Jumpe...

-Addressable LED Strip (WS2812B & 5V)
https://www.amazon.com/BTF-LIGHTING-W...

-Resistor Sets
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

-Capacitor
https://www.amazon.com/Gikfun-Electro...

-Arduino IDE Software
https://www.arduino.cc/en/software

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Helpful guides that I referenced in this video!

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/...
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-n...

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Social Media:
Please feel free to ask questions and also to tag me with your LED experiments!! I would love to see and share!

  / takumi_ogata  
  / takumiogata  

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Timeline
0:00 - Intro
0:35 - What to Buy
1:14 - Connecting the LED Strip to the Arduino
2:05 - Powering the LED Strip
3:21 - Programming the LED Strip
5:03 - Outro