HEX RGB LED Board (SK6812)

Name: HEX RGB LED Board (SK6812)
Brand: M5Stack
SKU: M5-A045
Price: 8.91 AUD
Availability: InStock

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SKU M5-A045

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Description

HEX is a hexagonal RGB LED panel. Total 37 RGB LEDs. With a input port and a output port, you can have mutiple of them in series connection.

This how LEDs layout in the panel. Pay attention to the sequence in your code.

Product Features

Total LED: 37
Software development platform: Arduino,UIFlow(Blockly & python)
Two Lego-compatible holes

Kit includes

1x HEX Unit
1x Grove Cable

Documents

Neopixel Library on Arduino

FastLED Library
FastLED Reference(Chinese version)

Learn

Example

1. Arduino IDE

FastLED library on Arduino presents excellent and colorful lighting effects. Before compile, it is require to install the FastLED library and connect HEX to GROVE A.

To get the complete code, please click here。

/*
    Install FastLED library first.(HEX is connected to GROVE A)
 */
#include <M5Stack.h>
#include "FastLED.h"

#define Neopixel_PIN    21
#define NUM_LEDS    37

CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];
uint8_t gHue = 0;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  M5.begin();
  M5.Lcd.clear(BLACK);
  M5.Lcd.setTextColor(YELLOW); M5.Lcd.setTextSize(2); M5.Lcd.setCursor(40, 0);
  M5.Lcd.println("HEX Example");
  M5.Lcd.setTextColor(WHITE);
  M5.Lcd.setCursor(0, 25);
  M5.Lcd.println("Display rainbow effect");

  // Neopixel initialization
  FastLED.addLeds<WS2811,Neopixel_PIN,GRB>/
                        (leds, NUM_LEDS).setCorrection(TypicalLEDStrip);
  FastLED.setBrightness(10);
}

void loop(){
    fill_rainbow( leds, NUM_LEDS, gHue, 7);
    FastLED.show();// must be executed for neopixel becoming effective
    EVERY_N_MILLISECONDS( 20 ) { gHue++; }
}