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“Hi everyone, this is my first instructable. I was always fascinated by the awesomeness of LED’s ,when I was a kid (Before I came to know about white LED on Nokia phone) once I asked my father if we keep red green and blue light pointed at same spot it would give white color can’t we do the same with LED and make a TV? Well now its a reality. So now I wanted to take out a single Pixel out from the display, and change it color anywhere in the world. Once I have made this I will be able to control its color by lots of tools and devices. So Let’s make this thing and get it connected to the internet (Internet of Things). To make vibrant colors I used 5050 RGB SMD LEDs for better color blending. So if you don’t have it no worries, use normal 5mm RGB LEDs or separate R G B LEDs with proper diffuser, Even at my place its hard to find RGB SMD led so I savaged it from LED Strip. (I got 12v 5 meter RGB 5050 led strip for $9 or ₹550 in India). For communication I have used ESP8266 12E ($3 or aprox ₹200 from a local store) or you can use a Node MCU. I personally wanted to try SMD (Surface Mount Devices “Tiny components”) for this project even through hole component will do just fine, and i wanted it to work in 5v so connecting a power bank could make it portable and many of us can’t afford a Philips Hue Go. But you can make one similar.”

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