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Re: Robot Lighting

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Originally Posted by taichichuan View Post
We've had good luck with using Arduinos and RGB addressable LED tape like this stuff:

http://www.adafruit.com/products/306

The Arduino can only source 40ma on one digital out. So, you'll likely have to create your own power transistor circuit if you want to trigger more than a simple LED.

Good luck and enjoy the lights!
In regards to this addressable strip, I saw that you must use a micro controller to use the lights. Instead of using an Arduino board couldn't you use a DIO off of the sidercar?