When working with Arduino boards for the first time, you're bound to make some mistakes, but these are some of the most common pitfalls you can avoid.

– RAM: 3bytes WS2812B & Arduino Earlier we controlled LED matrixes, strips and other complex LED projects bundled with countless interconnected wires with the help of multiplexers and shift registers.

I took his project and used the Teensy2 instead of an arduino as well as seperate red, blue, and green LEDs since I had some lying around.

10 Simple-But-Fun Projects to Make With Arduino John Boxall, author of the new book Arduino Workshop, shares a few of the projects from his book on how to get started with the microcontroller.

There are at least 20 different ones available in the Arduino Store, but which among them is the best board for beginners? Let's take a look.