PiGlow
❌ Discontinued 🚫 Unsupported
light Pimoroni 📅 Acquired: 2017
Spiral Nebula of 18 colored LEDs by Pimoroni
Connection Types
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Overview
The PiGlow is a small LED board with 18 LEDs arranged in a spiral pattern. Each LED can be individually controlled via the SN3218 8-bit, 18-channel PWM LED driver.
The board features:
- 18x individually controllable LEDs
- 6 LEDs each in 3 arms (arranged in a spiral)
- 6 different colors (3 LEDs of each color)
- 8-bit PWM control per LED (256 brightness levels)
- SN3218 LED driver chip
- I2C interface (address 0x54)
- 3.3V or 5V compatible
Configuration Notes
⚠️ Note: The SN3218 driver is not currently supported in ESPHome.
SN3218 probably obsolete.