Is this possible with Arduino and WS2801 Leds?

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Is this possible with Arduino and WS2801 Leds?

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I am wanting to create a project that would use an Arduino to control several of the WS2801 12mm Diffused Digital RGB LED Pixel strings. I'm thinking I would have 100 total pixels/4 strands. I would want to connect 6 momentary push buttons to the Arduino to light up certain pixels sequentially. For example: Pressing button#1 would light up pixels 1-30 in red in sequence. Pressing button#2 would light up pixels 1-30 plus 31-40 in green in sequence. Pressing button#3 would light up pixels 1-30 plus 41-50 in blue in sequence (not lighting 31-40). Is this scenario possible?

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Re: Is this possible with Arduino and WS2801 Leds?

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absolutely! this is a fairly easy thing to do, since it is so many LEDs, you may want to invest in a good power supply such as our 5V 10A in case they are all lit up at once

we even have LED buttons with red, green and blue LEDs in 'em https://www.adafruit.com/products/481 :mrgreen:

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