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38

Color Sensing Music Player

By Adafruit Industries

Make colored bricks play music.

TUTORIAL
43

SAMD51 Thing Plus Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

This tutorial aims to familiarize you with the new SAMD51 Thing Plus and help you get started using it.

TUTORIAL
45

LilyPad RGB LED Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The LilyPad RGB LED is a specialty board that can produce a variety of colors. On the board is an RGB (red-green-blue) LED, made of three tiny LEDs connected together.

PROJECT
33

Ambient Shifting Wave Lights With Arduino and Visuino

By Ron Cutts

In this tutorial, you will learn how to make a decorative ambient lighting setup using 4 dimmable 5V retro light modules and an Arduino.

PROJECT
115

How to Scroll Text on Multiple MAX7219 LED Matrix Displays With Arduino

By Ron Cutts

In this tutorial, we will build a scrolling text display using FC-16 LED matrix modules (MAX7219-based), an Arduino, and Visuino.

PROJECT
97

NeoPixel NeoMatrix 8x8 64 RGB LED Matrix Random Color Animation

By Ron Cutts

In this Visual Programming Visuino tutorial, we’ll use the Adafruit NeoPixel NeoMatrix 8x8 64 RGB LED Matrix to create random color running lights.

PROJECT
101

✨ Web-Controlled NeoPixel LED Ring With ESP32 and Visuino

By Ron Cutts

In this tutorial, we will build a web-controlled NeoPixel LED ring using an Arduino Nano ESP32 and a WS2812B NeoPixel LED ring. You can set the color and brightness directly from your browser by typing the ESP32 IP address (or http://NeoPixel if name resolution works).

TUTORIAL
90

DIY Ambient Light Indicator

By SparkFun Electronics

In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to use the SparkFun Ambient Light Sensor - VEML7700 (Qwiic) to accurately detect the brightness of your surroundings.

PROJECT
66

RP2350-LCD Weather Station With Color Warning Alerts

By Ron Cutts

Create a simple and beginner-friendly weather station using the RP2350-LCD 📟 and DHT11 🌡️ sensor in Visuino. The temperature and humidity values are shown on the LCD with color-coded warning indicators 🔴🟢🔵.