ximport raspberry apa102

Required material:

• raspberry pi (tested on 2b and 3b+)
• APA102 or similar led strip
• Optional : a good power supply for the strip
• For playing with 3 leds, the raspberry 5V is sufficient.

Wiring:

Raspberry	APA102 led strip
2	5V
6	GND
19	DI
23	CI

Enable the SPI functionality using raspi-config then reboot

Turn led 1 in red, led 2 in green led 3 in blue:

echo "00000000 ff0000ff ff00ff00 ffff0000 00000000 00000000" | xxd -r -p > /dev/spidev0.0

And since A picture is worth a thousand words:

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Question, remark, bug? Don't hesitate to contact me or report a bug.