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need some help

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well guys im looking for some help or any advice on a led project i want to do
i want to be able to fully control either a pic 18f series pic or maybe a attyiny series
in a nutshell i want to be able to control 4 rgb leds diffused with a tact switch with different modes
so say hit the tact button mode 1 turns red hit the tact again mode 2 turns blue hit the tact again mode 4 turns yellow so basically the full color spectrum then the final mode to leds off all 4 leds will do the same thing
i have limited space so an arduino is out of the question and my max V is only 5 maybe a bit less i can design a custom pcb but im a complete noob when it comes to coding

any suggestions?

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Re: need some help

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A Trinket (ATTIny85) and Neopixels. Check out some of the existing projects based on these: http://learn.adafruit.com/search?q=trinket+neopixel

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thank you will def buy one to mess around with it :D
would i be able to add more modes like one set of 2 leds be red and the other set of 2 be like blue?

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Re: need some help

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If you are using neopixels, you can drive 100 or more pixels with a Trinket and each of them will be individually addressable.

http://www.adafruit.com/category/168

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well ill be darned will def have fun with this :D
thank you very much heading to the shop now lol

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