Pimoroni PiGlow

Description Videos Show Reviews PiGlow is a spiral nebula of 18 coloured, individually-controllable LEDs for your Raspberry Pi. Use it for all sorts of things. And, of course, itfits inside aPibow case! This diminutive boardis compatible with all 40-pin Raspberry Pi models, and can be controlled really simply with the PiGlow Python library . Use PiGlow for mood lighting / ambience, monitoring the status of your system, scripts, or daemons, Twitter mentions or emails, VESA-mounted behind your monitor or TV,or a zillion other things! Features 18 coloured LEDs (3x each red, orange, yellow, green, blue, white) Driven by theSN3218 8-bit, 18-channel PWM LED driver Uses I2C (address0x54) PiGlow pinout Compatible with all 40-pin header Raspberry Pi models Python library Comes fully assembled Software The PiGlow Python library makes controlling PiGlow a piece of cake. You can control the brightness of the different colour groups of LEDs, the arms of the nebula, or individual LEDs – flexible! There’s also a handful of examples to show you what can be done. Community software A bunch of awesome folk have contributed code for PiGlow. Here’s just some of it: Gordon Henderson has added a PiGlow driver forwiringPi that you can find here: http://wiringpi.com/dev-lib/piglow/ Simon Walters has added PiGlow support for Scratch : http://cymplecy.wordpress.com/ Jason Barnett has put together a great Python class and a load of samples : https://github.com/Boeeerb/PiGlow Ben Lebherz has forked Jason’s project and tidied up the code a bit while addinggamma correction : https://github.com/benleb/PyGlow Manuel Ernst has created a Node.js library : https://github.com/zaphod1984/node-piglow Falldeaf has put together a nice XBMC hack to use the PiGlow as a status indicator : http://falldeaf.com/2013/11/the-xbmc-piglow-information-display-addon/ Jonathan Stowe has created a module for the Perl divers among you : https://metacpan.org/release/JSTOWE/Device-PiGlow-1.0 Toon Schoenmakers has gone as far as making a library for Golang : https://github.com/schoentoon/piglow Bruce Beisel has created a Java package (with GUI simulator and example applications): https://github.com/brucebeisel/PiGlow4J Robert Peake has made a simple, mobile-friendly, web-based interface, the PiGlow Web Controller : https://github.com/cyberscribe/piglowweb Joris Vervuurt has created a lightweight Node.js module : https://github.com/jorisvervuurt/jvspiglow Notes Photo-sensitivity warning: flashing, strobing, and patterns of lights may cause epileptic seizures. Always take care and immediately stop using if you feel unwell (dizziness, nausea, affected vision, eye twitching, disorientation). Videos Hide Videos Show Videos PiGlow Preview A quick peak at Pimoroni’s freshly minted 18-channel PWM, 6-hu… 0 Reviews Hide Reviews Show Reviews