The ShiftBrite is an RGB LED module with a built-in driver featuring 10-bit digital brightness control on each color channel (over one billion colors). Multiple ShiftBrite modules can be easily chained together and controlled from a single microcontroller to create large LED displays. This configuration comes with no header pins.

Overview:
The ShiftBrite is a module by macetech that integrates the Allegro A6281 3-channel constant current LED driver with a large, high-brightness RGB LED. Using just three digital output pins and a simple protocol, your microcontroller can control a long chain of ShiftBrites. Each ShiftBrite in the chain can be independently changed to any of the 1,073,741,824 possible colors to create dynamic displays and decorations. Adjustable current for each color channel lets you correct for slight differences in brightness. Overtemperature shutdown protects the LED driver from overheating. The pins of the ShiftBrite are spaced 0.1" apart, making them compatible with breadboards and perfboards.

The ShiftBrite comes in two configurations: one with male header pins and one without male header pins. Our custom six-conductor cables, available in lengths of 6" and 12" and 24", can be used to easily chain together multiple modules.