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  Search ebay for - arduino nano. Get a clone/compatible model on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?LH_BIN=1&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=arduino+nano&LH_PrefLoc=1
  Search ebay for - arduino nano. Get a clone/compatible model on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?LH_BIN=1&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=arduino+nano&LH_PrefLoc=1


You can also use a small, cheap microcontroller like an [[http://www.instructables.com/id/Use-a-1-ATTiny-to-drive-addressable-RGB-LEDs/ ATTiny]] to drive some of these strips!  
--Not the most user friendly microcontroller, but hella cheap!


--Not the most user friendly microcontroller, but hella cheap!


== Cheap LED strings ==
== Cheap LED strings ==
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* [https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-WS2801-Library Adafruit WS2801]
* [https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-WS2801-Library Adafruit WS2801]
* [https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel Adafruit Neopixel (WS2811)]
* [https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel Adafruit Neopixel (WS2811)]
* [https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoMatrix Adafruit Neopixel Matrix!!]
* [http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_OctoWS2811.html Teensy's OctoWS2811]


== Patterns ==
== Patterns ==
* [http://funkboxing.com/wordpress/?p=1366 Funkboxing patterns for FastSPI]
* [http://funkboxing.com/wordpress/?p=1366 Funkboxing patterns for FastSPI]
* [https://github.com/philihp/Jubilee/blob/master/jubilee.pde Jubilee]
* [https://github.com/stephenR/led_game_of_life FastSPI Game of Life!]
* Noisebridge's [[LED Strip Pattern Collection]]
* [https://github.com/fraguada/LPD8806_Strip_Patterns LPD8806 Patterns]
* [https://github.com/edelooff/LPD8806-Miniprojects LPD8806 Projects/Patterns]


== Controller software ==
== Controller software ==
* [https://github.com/scottjgibson/PixelPi PixelPi]
* [https://github.com/scottjgibson/PixelPi PixelPi]
* [https://github.com/neophob/PixelController PixelController]
* [https://github.com/neophob/PixelController PixelController]
* [http://openpixelcontrol.org/ Open Pixel Control]
* [https://github.com/neophob/StripInvaders Strip Invaders]


== PCB designs ==
== PCB designs ==
* [https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Flora-Smart-NeoPixel adafruit neopixel ]
* [https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Flora-Smart-NeoPixel adafruit neopixel ]
* [https://github.com/danasf/ws2812pixel dana's simple ws2812 pixel]
* [https://github.com/danasf/ws2812pixel dana's simple ws2812 pixel]
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