Drew tested out some addressable RGB LEDs he bought during Hacker Camp, using a Bus Pirate. Via Shenzhen_hacker_hole WeChat group.
The LDP6803 uses SPI for communication. A power supply and a Bus Pirate and I was able to change colors without code. The chip uses a 7bit encoding of colors so setting individual colors can’t really be done without code.
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