Blinkt!

Blinkt! is a super slimline Raspberry Pi Add-on board with 8 APA-102 LEDs.

5V Power

Blinkt! does not require both Physical Pin 2 and Physical Pin 4:

• Physical Pin 4 is used for 5v power on all Blinkt! boards since 2018
• Physical Pin 2 was used for 5v power on first run Blinkt! boards prior to 2018

If your Blinkt! doesn't work with one, try swapping over to the other or - if all else fails - wiring both.

Installing

To get started you can use the one-line product installer:

curl -sS https://get.pimoroni.com/blinkt | bash

Code

from blinkt import set_pixel, show
from random import randint
from time import sleep

while True:
    for pixel in range(8):
        r = randint(0, 255)
        g = randint(0, 255)
        b = randint(0, 255)
        set_pixel(pixel, r, g, b)
        show()
        sleep(0.1)

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