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Jumping into Arduino Programming

8/5/2022

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I’ve been researching different lighting systems to build light into the layout for eventual night ops. After much deliberation, I’ve decided to take the plunge and program my own LEDs using a Sparkfun RedBoard Plus along with a Qwiic Shield with plenty of prototyping ports for a bunch of lights. There are a good number of YT videos that easily explain how to set up the Arduino code to light, dim, and flash LEDs, so I hope the process will be straightforward. I also picked up a cheap breadboard and connecting cables on Amazon to test each setup before soldering anything permanently to the RedBoard. 

Taking this approach saves quite a bit over the hobby LED controllers on the market. 


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    This blog chronicles my modeling adventures building the Milan Branch of the Iowa Interstate Railroad. I will also be posting about other modeling ideas and concepts that interest me, so feel free to comment. Thanks for visiting. Scott

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