Raspberry Pi Controlling RGB LED Strip Lights (12v) (Updated)

2018-06-25 15:11:39

This is an update to the video I did in 2018 where I show you how to control a 4-wire RGB LED strip using a Raspberry Pi.

BasementMaker Raspberry Pi Configurator script: https://github.com/basementmaker/raspberrypi-configurator

The script will automatically update your Raspberry Pi and configure it with the software required to work on this project.

How to use: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/basementmaker/raspberrypi-configurator/master/pi-config.sh chmod +x pi-config.sh ./pi-config.sh

You can also use the shorter url: wget https://basementmaker.net/pi-config.sh chmod +x pi-config.sh ./pi-config.sh

Run the script, select: Standard Setups and then select: PiGPIO

If you prefer to install PiGPIO manually, here are those commands: sudo apt install -y build-essential python-setuptools python3-setuptools wget https://github.com/joan2937/pigpio/archive/master.zip && unzip master.zip && cd pigpio-master && make && sudo make install

Commands: sudo pigpiod pigs p 17 255 pigs p 22 255 pigs p 24 255

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