{"product_id":"sparkfun-rgb-led-owire-2-pin-pth-4mm-concave","title":"SparkFun RGB LED 'OWire' - 2 Pin PTH 4mm Concave","description":"\u003cp\u003eHave you ever seen those strings of fairy lights, or pre-lit Christmas trees, that change colors with a little remote? Have you ever noticed that they only have two wires? How do they do that? Well it turns out that this is how: Special LEDs!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese 4mm LEDs are like a compromise between color cycling LEDs and fully addressable LEDs. While you aren't able to individually address each LED in the chain, you \u003cem\u003ecan\u003c\/em\u003e change the color and mode of \u003cem\u003eall\u003c\/em\u003e LEDs in the chain. We call these \"OWire\" LEDs because there's no \"signal\" wire, just power and ground. In order to change modes you wiggle the power LED in a 7-bit pattern depending on the mode\/color you want. Don't worry, we've written an Arduino library! A single LED will run just fine from a GPIO pin, but if you want to put a lot of LEDs in parallel, you'll want to use a MOSFET to signal the power rail. Check the documents for an example schematic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e4mm PTH LED with Concave Lens \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e2 Pins\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eForward Voltage: 3.2VDC\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8 Modes and 7 colors (plus color combos)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDocuments:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.sparkfun.com\/assets\/4\/6\/6\/f\/4\/0-Wire_RGB_LED_Datasheet.pdf\"\u003eOWire LED Datasheet\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.sparkfun.com\/assets\/9\/f\/1\/c\/6\/CZineLight_0-Wire_Communication_Protocol.pdf\"\u003eOWire LED Signaling Protocol\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/sparkfun\/SparkFun_OWire_Arduino_Library\"\u003eArduino Library\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.sparkfun.com\/assets\/7\/9\/e\/1\/3\/OWire_Example.pdf\"\u003eExample Schematic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"sparkfun-10","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40531152207957,"sku":"21209:COM-21209:spark","price":70.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1034\/1611\/products\/COM-21209_1_0-wire_LED.jpg?v=1678246181","url":"https:\/\/www.tanotis.com\/products\/sparkfun-rgb-led-owire-2-pin-pth-4mm-concave","provider":"Tanotis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}