Adafruit IO Basics: Color- Cathode Edit Recommendation

[pumpkinheadnick]

Hello. I just got the Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266 and was doing some examples like this one (https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-io- ... duino-code) but noticed that it was not working for me. After reading through the code page I noticed a line that said

Because we are using a common anode RGB LED, we will need to flip the incoming RGB values. We do this by subtracting the values from 255 before sending the values to analogWrite.

If you are using a common cathode RGB LED, you can send the values directly to analogWrite from data->toRed(), data->toGreen(), and data->toBlue().

but after making the code modification it was still not working. After some more research I found that I needed to change the 3.3v wire to a ground wire. I think that you should include a line about that in the documentation. Maybe also include it on the "wiring" tab too.

I mean I do see that it says

1x diffused RGB LED - common anode

but honestly I did not know there were two different types of leds or how to tell the difference until I read this page...

https://randomnerdtutorials.com/electro ... n%20anode.

That is all. Hope that I can help improve the example for others.

[brubell]

Hi, thanks for providing feedback. I have bolded the type of LED listed on the Wiring page and added emphasis (bolded) to the "If you are using a common cathode RGB LED" on the code page.

Does this seem more clear?

[pumpkinheadnick]

Sorry for the delay.

But yeah, that could work.