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 So, here you have it: Max code, arduino code, and a video of the LED lights synchronized to any audio source the Computer's microphone detects.
-FINAL PROJECT
+'''FINAL PROCESS'''
+Also seen in the website: https://learn.adafruit.com/rgb-led-strips/overview
+''There are two basic kinds of LED strips, the "analog" kind and "digital" kind. Analog-type strips have all the LEDs connected in parallel and so it acts like one huge tri-color LED; you can set the entire strip to any color you want, but you can't control the individual LED's colors. They are very very easy to use and fairly inexpensive.
+''
+The LED lights used in this project are analog ones.
+https://i.postimg.cc/Qtn5J6cm/led-strips-analogstrip-t.jpg
+''Because there are three LEDs in series, you cannot drive these LEDs from a 5V supply. The LED strips say "+12V" on them to mark the anode and that's the maximum voltage we suggest. Each segment of 3 LEDs draws approximately 20 milliAmperes from a 12V supply, per string of LEDs. So for each segment, there is a maximum 20mA draw from the red LEDs, 20mA draw from the green and 20mA from the blue. If you have the LED strip on full white (all LEDs lit) that would be 60mA per segment.''
+https://i.postimg.cc/pdcBXQqw/led-strips-wires-t.jpg
+I had to look for a 12V power supply that would be capable of powering up the whole system. I also has to solder cables from each RGB channel, and a 4th one for the power. Until it looked a like this:
+https://i.postimg.cc/zGVvYnHb/led-strips-heatshrunk-t.jpg
+Once the LED stripe was ready, I had to fix the arduino board and the breadboard in order to be able to control each LED channel individually. For this, I needed MOSFETS:
+''Because these LED strips are very simple, we can easily use them with any microcontroller. Since each 'LED' pin may end up requiring an Amp or more to sink to ground, power transistors are required! Don't try to connect the pins directly to your everyday microcontroller, they will burn out and/or not work.
+You can use any power NPN or N-Channel MOSFET, make sure the transistor is rated to be able to pass as much current as you need. For example, since we draw about 0.2Amps per channel per meter, if you have a 5 meter strip you will need to pass up to 1 Ampere per transistor. Get the beefy "TO-220" packages, not the dinky little guys. Make sure they look like this:''
+https://i.postimg.cc/TPNZMDmw/led-strips-7805-t.jpg
+And the connection in the breadboard goes like this:
+https://i.postimg.cc/qvbmzd7D/led-strips-ledstripfet.gif
+As you can see. Each cable we soldered to the LED stripe, was placed in the middle leg of each MOSFET. Each right led was connected to another cable that went to the channel 5, which is the main controller in the arduino code. And each left leg, was connected by bridge to the ground in the arduino board. The extra cable for the LED stripe power supply was not connected as shown in the picture, it was connected directly to the 12V power supply.
 Arduino code: [[:File:sketch_mar12a.ino]]
 MAx code: [[:File:FINAL PATCH.maxpat]]
-Final Connection:
+https://i.postimg.cc/4dVyYsXz/Untitled.png
+'''Final Connection:'''
+https://i.postimg.cc/4NBCbqdV/led-strips-m0-analog-rgb-bb.png
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-Videos:
-https://drive.google.com/open?id=15kt2OARi4K42cJ0nSlw96H0r6gP7PsFT
+{{#ev:vimeo|328945477|640 x 480}}
+{{#ev:vimeo|328945435|640 x 480}}
+{{#ev:vimeo|328945387|640 x 480}}
+{{#ev:vimeo|328945366|640 x 480}}
 ==Homeworks==
 [[/Homeworks]]