Blinkt!

Blinkt!: eight RGB LED indicators

With Blinkt!, that has eight super-bright RGB LED indicators, you can make many things, such as add visual notifications to your Raspberry Pi and you wouldn’t go broke

These eight super-bright RGB LED indicators are also known as APA102 pixels. Being included in the smallest and cheapest form factor are perfectly compatible to be plug straight into the Raspberry Pi 4, 3, 2, B+, B, A+, and Zero.

With this product you can control and modify each pixel individually in order to create light gradients, pulsing effects or generate flashes by turning them on/off repeatedly. You can use the Python library to easily drive the data and clock lines, or you can connect those pins to the GPIO #23 and #24 pins respectively.

Blinkt!’s Features:

• Eight APA102 RGB LEDs
• Individually controllable pixels
• Bright and shiny!
• Compatible with Raspberry Pi 40-pins (RPI 4, 3B+, 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero and Zero W boards)
• Fits inside most Raspberry Pi cases
• It’s small and sits directly on top of your Raspberry Pi board
• It does not interfere with PWM audio
• Blinkt! Pinout
• Python library
• Comes fully assembled

Note: Additional products shown in here are not included within this product.

VERY IMPORTANT! Be very careful when you plug in the Blinkt! to your Raspberry Pi board in order to plug it in correctly. The Blinkt!’s curves on the top must match with the corners of the compatible Raspberry Pi board.

With the Mini Black HAT Hack3r, while using the Blinkt!’s, you will be able to access to all the GPIO of your RPI at the same time. You can combine the Blinkt! with a HAT or pHAT or also you may prototype your project using the GPIO pins. Get fun with these RGB LED indicators.

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