ESP32: drive an addressable RGB LED strip over RMT, the right way
Wire a WS2812B addressable RGB LED strip to an ESP32, drive it with the RMT peripheral and the FastLED library, and avoid the 800-LED limit and the always-on power math.
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3 tutorials
Pico: use PIO to drive WS2812B LEDs (NeoPixels)
The Pico's Programmable I/O can drive WS2812B LEDs without blocking your code. A reusable PIO program you can drop into any project.
ESP32: drive WS2812B addressable LEDs (NeoPixels)
Wire a strip of WS2812B LEDs to an ESP32 and drive colors, brightness, and animations from Arduino code. The classic ESP32 eye-candy project.