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Raspberry Pi 3 Cookbook for Python Programmers - Third Edition
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Raspberry Pi 3 Cookbook for Python Programmers - Third Edition

by Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Tim Cox
April 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
552 pages
13h 58m
English
Packt Publishing
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Getting ready

This recipe uses the RGB LED kit used in the previous recipe; you will also need the following additional items:

  • Breadboard (half-sized or larger)
  • 2 x DuPont female-to-male patch wires
  • Tilt switch (the ball-bearing type is suitable)
  • 1 x 470 ohm resistor (R_Protect)
  • Breadboard wire (solid core)

The tilt switch should be added to the RGB LED (as described in the Getting ready section of the Multiplexed color LEDs recipe). The tilt switch is wired as follows:

The tilt switch is connected to GPIO Input (GPIO pin 24) and Gnd (GPIO pin 6)

To reproduce the POV image, you will need to be able to quickly move the LEDs and tilt the switch ...

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