Easy Addressable LEDs with Arduino! WS2812B Tutorial

UPDATE - I was using Arduino 1.83 recently and found that my code doesn't work as well - make sure you are using 1.67!!
UPDATE - check this out for the simple fix: Updating Arduino Broke my Code!! FAIL


In this video, I'll show you how I was able to control the famous WS2812B addressable LED using a standard ATMEGA328P running at 16MHz.  Yea, I know it's been done before, but what's the fun in that...  Here's my 2 cents in how I I did it, plus this is super easy code.  Just drop the function in and you're pretty much ready to go.  Look for more videos coming up - I plan on working with an FPGA to control 1000's of these LEDs - should be pretty cool.  Let me know in the comments below how this method works out for you.

Here's the datasheet for the LED I'm working with:
http://www.world-semi.com/uploads/sof...

World Semi:
http://www.world-semi.com/en/

Google WS2812B in Ebay to find a similar panel that I used in the video.  

The CODE is HERE:  
http://kevindarrah.com/download/ardui...

NOTE: This has only been tested with 45 LEDs, but should work with as many LEDs as you want.  This code has only been tested with the ATMEGA328P-PU running at 16MHz.  Using Digital Pin 8 for the Data line to the WS2812B is only supported at this time.  I'm 99% sure the LEDs I was testing with are WS2812B's but since the panels are not marked, I could be wrong.  Again, let me know how it works out for you.    
 
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