Parts 1 x STEMMA QT / Qwiic JST SH 4-pin to Premium Male Headers Cable (150mm Long)[ID:4209] 1 x Adafruit FT232H Breakout - General Purpose USB to GPIO, SPI, I2C (USB C & Stemma QT)[ID:2264] 1 x Female DC Power adapter - 2.1mm jack to screw terminal block[ID:368] 1 x 5V 10A switching power supply[ID:658] 2 x Adafruit DotStar Digital LED Strip - Black 144 LED/m - One Meter (BLACK) [ID:2241] 2 x 4-pin JST SM Plug + Receptacle Cable Set[ID:578] 1 x Extruded Aluminum Enclosure Box - 100mm x 67mm x 26mm[ID:2229] and a random USB-C cable I had lying around TODO: figure out how to make the housing very chic. where I learned about SPI, got the idea for the enclosure: https://swharden.com/blog/2018-06-03-bit-bang-ftdi-usb-to-serial-converters-to-drive-spi-devices/ Adafruit FTDI232H breakout, MPSSE, SPI information https://ftdichip.com/software-examples/mpsse-projects/libmpsse-spi-examples/ https://ftdichip.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/D2XX_Programmers_GuideFT_000071.pdf https://ftdichip.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AN_178_User-Guide-for-LibMPSSE-SPI-1.pdf https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-ft232h-breakout Adafruit DotStar LED strip resources https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-dotstar-leds https://cpldcpu.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/understanding-the-apa102-superled/ https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_DotStar/ https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_BusIO wiring adapted from https://learn.adafruit.com//assets/63279 USB connecting breakout and PC note: put the I2C switch in the off position if you have the new version of this board stemma QT plugged into the socket on the breakout stemma QT V+ (red) not connected TODO: clip off? stemma QT GND (black) -> strip GND (black) stemma QT SDA (blue) -> strip DI (green) stemma QT SCL (yellow) -> strip CI (yellow) DC 5V (red) -> strip 5V (red) DC GND (black) -> strip GND (black)