Awasome Led Strip Lights Raspberry Pi Computer Games References. Web i want to control a led strip from a raspberry pi 3. I'm currently working on a project in which i intend to use a raspberrypi to control a led halo ring and a led strip mounted on my vehicle.

Web it is important that gnd / ground is connected to both the raspberry pi and the external power supply. Use a jumper wire to connect to the gate pin of the mosfet and set the other end aside. Our final step is to customize lightshowpi's config file, and run a special script that outputs to our rgb led strip instead of turning gpio pins on and off.