LEDs & NeoPixels

neopixel light strips and other electronics against a pink snowy backdrop

What’s more fun than a single blinking LED? How about rings, strips, panels, and matrices of LEDs? In Adafruit’s LEDs gift guide, you’ll find all those varieties and more to help get your project bright and colorful. For a wide variety of project ideas, check out the LED section of the Adafruit Learning System. Or just start with Adafruit’s LED selection - the best way to get blinky! 

Flexible Strips and Strands

Adafruit NeoPixel LED Strip with 3-pin JST PH Connector lit up rainbow
Adafruit NeoPixel LED Strip with 3-pin JST PH 2mm Connector
$12.50
Adafruit NeoPixel LED Strip w/ Alligator Clips - 60 LED/m
$12.50
Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Strip reel wired to a microcontroller, with all the LEDs in a rainbow
Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Strip - White 60 LED
$99.80
Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Strip wired to a microcontroller, with all the LEDs in a rainbow
Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Strip 144 LED - 1m Black
$59.95
Top down view of an Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGB 60 LED-per-meter strip.
Adafruit NeoPixel LED Side Light Strip - Black 60 LED
$17.95
Top down view of a Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGB 120 LED-per-meter strip.
Adafruit NeoPixel LED Side Light Strip - Black 120 LED
$34.95
Adafruit Mini Skinny NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Strip - 60 LED/m
$99.80
Ultra Skinny NeoPixel 1515 LED Strip 4mm wide
$24.95
Flexible Silicone Neon-like Skinny NeoPixel LED Strip
$34.95
Demo Shot of the Adafruit Soft Flexible Wire NeoPixel Strand - 50 NeoPixels.
Adafruit Soft Flexible Wire NeoPixel Strand - 50 NeoPixels
$19.95
nOOds - Flexible LED Filament - 3V 300mm long - Warm White
$4.50
nOOds - Flexible LED Filament - 3V 300mm long - Blue
$7.50

Fun Shapes

Trinket M0 Powered NeoPixel Goggle Kit Pack
$39.95
Hand holding NeoPixel Ring with 24 x 5050 RGB LED, lit up rainbow
NeoPixel Ring - 24 x 5050 RGB LED with Integrated Drivers
$16.95
NeoPixel Stick with 8 x 5050 RGB LED
NeoPixel Stick - 8 x 5050 RGB LED with Integrated Drivers
$5.95
NeoPixel Jewel - 7 x 5050 RGBW LED w/ Integrated Drivers
$6.95
Overhead shot of four, black, round LED breakouts.
Flora RGB Smart NeoPixel version 3 - Pack of 4
$6.50

Controllers and Adapters

Angled shot of a Adafruit METRO M0 Express - designed for CircuitPython.
Adafruit METRO M0 Express - designed for CircuitPython
$24.95
Angled shot of rectangular microcontroller.
Adafruit Feather M0 Express
$19.95
Adafruit NeoPXL8 FeatherWing for Feather M0 - 8 x DMA NeoPixels!
$6.95
Adafruit RGB Matrix Featherwing Kit
$7.50
Angled shot of PWM LED matrix driver board.
Adafruit 16x9 Charlieplexed PWM LED Matrix Driver - IS31FL3731
$5.95
Adafruit NeoPixel Driver BFF Add-On for QT Py and Xiao
$3.95

Lots o LEDS!

Angled shot of powered on and assembled LED glasses.
Adafruit LED Glasses Starter Kit
$59.95
Adafruit Matrix Portal - CircuitPython Powered Internet Display
$24.95
16x32 RGB LED matrix panel with colorful text lit up
Medium 16x32 RGB LED matrix panel - 6mm Pitch
$24.95
Adafruit NeoPixel Shields
$0.00
Adafruit NeoPixel 8x8 NeoMatrices
$0.00
Angled shot of 9x16 LED Charlieplexed Matrix.
LED Charlieplexed Matrix - 9x16 LEDs - Cool White
$7.95
Adafruit 15x7 CharliePlex LED Matrix Display FeatherWings
$9.95
Pimoroni Unicorn HAT HD
$34.95

Learn

A detailed introduction on how to use LEDs
All About LEDs
Everything you always wanted to know about Adafruit NeoPixels but were afraid to ask
Adafruit NeoPixel Überguide
Intro to electronics for cosplayers, no prior experience required
Let’s Put LEDs in Things!
How to control NeoPixel LEDs with Python on a Raspberry Pi!
NeoPixels on Raspberry Pi
LEDs are glowing crystals!
Circuit Playground: L is for LED
LED physics on a Pi powered Matrix
Raspberry Pi LED Matrix Sand Toy
NeoPixels are beautiful. Let’s use them in something gross and icky!
OOZE MASTER 3000: NeoPixel Simulated Liquid Physics
Build your own pair of hypnotic specs inspired by Rezz
Rezz-Inspired NeoPixel Glasses
CircuitPython Powered Internet RGB Matrix Display
Adafruit MatrixPortal M4
Light up your eyes with these glasses!
Adafruit EyeLights LED Glasses and Driver
Flexible LED Noodles
Adafruit nOOds Überguide