# FadeCandy NeoPixel Driver - USB-Controlled Dithering

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** COM-12821 · **Brand:** [Sparkfun](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/sparkfun-australia)
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## Retired product

This product is retired and no longer available for purchase. Replaced by: PIM582.

**Replacement:** https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/PIM582

## Description

This is the FadeCandy from Adafruit, a USB controlled LED driver with on-board dithering to help illuminate your Neopixel project. Even though the FadeCandy was designed to be used alongside of the NeoPixel Line the driver also works with most WS2811/12 LEDs. This little board has been designed to help both beginners and the advanced LED techie!

 Eight outputs line the bottom of the FadeCandy to provide you with a way to support up to 512 LEDs total assigned to each output in eight strips of 64 LEDs each. Thanks to the firmware each driver utilizes a unique built in dithering algorithm to help in color correction to make the light from each WS2812 apear and move and fade smoothly.

**Documents:**

- [Schematic](https://cdn.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Components/LED/FadeCandyB.pdf)
- Eagle Files
- [LED Art with FadeCandy](https://cdn.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Components/LED/led-art-with-fadecandy.pdf)
- NeoPixel Überguide
- [NeoPixel Library](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/scanlime/fadecandy) (Design Files and Example Code)

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